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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A deputy public defender in Las Vegas who defied a judge's request that she not wear a "Black Lives Matter" pin in court has become the latest voice of protest in a national debate over police brutality and race relations....
BEIRUT (AP) -- An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an attack on a convoy two days ago that killed 20 people....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against their neighbors and presenting a picture of a chaotic world consumed by intractable conflicts....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal charges portraying Manhattan bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami as a man bent on murderous destruction set the stage for the most anticipated terror prosecution since the Boston Marathon bombing....
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, broadly released dashcam and aerial footage, 911 calls and police radio traffic with unusual swiftness following last Friday's shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white officer....
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- An unarmed black man shot dead in the middle of a street by a white Oklahoma police officer had run-ins with the law dating back to his teenage years and recently served four years in prison....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities tried to quell public anger and correct what they characterized as false information Wednesday after a night of looting and arson added Charlotte to the list of U.S. cities that have erupted in violence over the death of a black man at the hands of police....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators of last weekend's bombings have released an image of two men who took a suitcase they found on a city street, possibly without realizing a wired pressure cooker they removed from it and left behind could have blown them to bits....
Alexandria, La., Sep 21, 2016 / 11:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop David Prescott Talley, currently auxiliary bishop of Atlanta and a former Baptist, to serve as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria.As coadjutor, Bishop Talley possesses the right of succession as head of the Diocese of Alexandria upon the resignation of its current ordinary, Bishop Ronald Herzog. Bishop Herzog will celebrate his 75th birthday – 'mandatory retirement' age for bishops – on April 22, 2017.Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta said Sept. 21 that Bishop Talley “is a servant minister of our Church, who is graced with extraordinary wisdom, patience, kindness and dedication.”The bishop, he said, “developed these gifts as a priest and bishop here in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, where he always cared for our people as a true minister of mercy and kindness. Thus, he now begins this new appointment wi...
Alexandria, La., Sep 21, 2016 / 11:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop David Prescott Talley, currently auxiliary bishop of Atlanta and a former Baptist, to serve as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria.
As coadjutor, Bishop Talley possesses the right of succession as head of the Diocese of Alexandria upon the resignation of its current ordinary, Bishop Ronald Herzog. Bishop Herzog will celebrate his 75th birthday – 'mandatory retirement' age for bishops – on April 22, 2017.
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta said Sept. 21 that Bishop Talley “is a servant minister of our Church, who is graced with extraordinary wisdom, patience, kindness and dedication.”
The bishop, he said, “developed these gifts as a priest and bishop here in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, where he always cared for our people as a true minister of mercy and kindness. Thus, he now begins this new appointment with exceptional credentials.”
Serving as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Atlanta since 2012, Bishop Talley, 66, was the first native-born Georgian to serve the Archdiocese of Atlanta as a bishop.
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Sept. 11, 1950, he was raised as a Southern Baptist, but left that ecclesial community as a teenager over the issue of racial segregation, he said. He then joined the Catholic Church when he was 24, after meeting Catholics and reading the writings of Thomas Merton while he was studying at Auburn University.
He was ordained a priest of the Atlanta archdiocese June 3, 1989, and earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He has served as pastor at three Atlanta area parishes, as the archdiocesan vocations director, as chancellor of the archdiocese, and as judicial vicar of the metropolitan tribunal. He was made a monsignor in 2001, and appointed auxiliary bishop of Atlanta in 2013.
As director of vocations, Bishop Talley, who speaks Spanish, helped the archdiocese to initiate a cross-cultural immersion program for seminarians to spend time living in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez so that they could learn Spanish and be more knowledgeable about the Hispanic culture and community.
He currently serves as chaplain to the disabilities ministry in Atlanta. Serving in this ministry has been key to his spiritual life: “all they do is ask the Lord for help. That simplicity and humility is where I think the Church should be – humble before God,” he told the Atlanta archdiocesan newspaper, the Georgia Bulletin.
Archbishop Gregory said, “We will sorely miss him in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, even as we thank him sincerely for sharing himself with us over these years, but we will gladly accompany him with our prayers and warmest best wishes.”
In Bishop Talley, the Pope has given the people of Louisiana a “tremendous gift,” he said.
Bishop Talley met with the priests of the Alexandria diocese Wednesday morning, saying, “I'm happy, I'm excited to be here in the Diocese of Alexandria. I pray that I will be the bishop that I need to be for this diocese.”
Located in central Louisiana, the Diocese of Alexandria serves 12 of the state's parishes, where nearly 10 percent of the population is Catholic.
By WASHINGTON(CNS) -- The findings of a recent Georgetown University study on how Catholicsregard Muslims show an "urgent need" to "cultivate positive dialogue" not just amongCatholics and Muslims, but with other faith traditions as well, according toArchbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago."Experiencehas shown that when people of different faith traditions build personalrelationships and engage in dialogue to learn about one another, they developthe capacity to work together; and they come to appreciate the positive elementsin one another's traditions," said a Sept. 21 statement by Archbishop Cupich, theCatholic co-chairman of the National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue.Accordingto a survey of 1,027 Catholics, nearly half of Catholics can't name anysimilarities between Catholicism and Islam. When asked about the overall impressionof Muslims, three in 10 Catholics admit to having unfavorable views, and Catholicsare less likely than the general American public to know a Muslim personally.Thes...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The findings of a recent Georgetown University study on how Catholics regard Muslims show an "urgent need" to "cultivate positive dialogue" not just among Catholics and Muslims, but with other faith traditions as well, according to Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago.
"Experience has shown that when people of different faith traditions build personal relationships and engage in dialogue to learn about one another, they develop the capacity to work together; and they come to appreciate the positive elements in one another's traditions," said a Sept. 21 statement by Archbishop Cupich, the Catholic co-chairman of the National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue.
According to a survey of 1,027 Catholics, nearly half of Catholics can't name any similarities between Catholicism and Islam. When asked about the overall impression of Muslims, three in 10 Catholics admit to having unfavorable views, and Catholics are less likely than the general American public to know a Muslim personally.
The
survey results were published Sept. 12 in the study "Danger & Dialogue:
American Catholic Public Opinion and Portrayals of Islam." It was conducted by a research group with Georgetown University's Bridge Initiative,which studies Islamophobia.
Dialogue was "strongly advocated" by the Second Vatican Council in its document "Nostra Aetate," Archbishop Cupich said. The document addressed the relations of the Catholic Church with other religions. "As 'Nostra Aetate' teaches, with them (members of other faiths) we should 'make common cause of safeguarding and fostering social justice, moral values, peace and freedom,'" he added.
"No one should dismiss the real threats that some Muslims who embrace a radical ideology, such as the members of the Islamic State, present to people of all faiths," Archbishop Cupich said. "That is why it is now even more important to promote ongoing encounter, dialogue and education between our two great faith traditions."
When dialogue is absent, he added, "we see an increase in the tendency to be negative about those who are different from ourselves. This diminishes all of us, as we face increasing incidents of religious intolerance across the globe."
"It is incumbent upon Catholics to recognize and raise up the positive voices from the Muslim world who clearly reject violence by practicing and teaching an Islam of peace, compassion and mercy."
The
Georgetown report seemed to indicate that U.S. Catholics should take their cue
from Pope Francis regarding Islam and interreligious efforts, quoting from his
apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of the Gospel": "Our
relationship with the followers of Islam has taken on great importance, since
they are now significantly present in many traditionally Christian
countries."
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