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Baltimore, Md., Feb 22, 2017 / 02:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Both Pope Francis and St. Francis of Assisi provide the right perspective on caring for creation in a way that places care for humanity at its center, said Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta.“They invite us to see and to respect the grandeur of God’s creation – beginning with the lofty dignity of the human person and our divinely inspired responsibility to care for the world which God has entrusted to us,” Archbishop Gregory said Feb. 16, delivering a keynote speech at the Mid-Atlantic Congress held in Baltimore.The congress, co-sponsored by the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Archdiocese of Baltimore, aims to help form pastoral and administrative leaders. Archbishop Gregory’s keynote focused on care for creation. He said that creation is good in itself, not simply because it is profitable or useful or exploitable.“First and foremost, it is good because it reflects God&rsq...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alexander Ermochenko, By Carol GlatzROME (CNS) -- The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Churchcalled on the international community to "stop the aggressor" inUkraine's "forgotten conflict" and help the 1 million children inneed of urgent humanitarian assistance."I am appealing to the international community todefend Ukrainian children, victims of war, keeping in mind that in our countrywe are experiencing a humanitarian emergency in Europe that has not beenexperienced since the Second World War," said Archbishop SviatoslavShevchuk of Kiev-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.Despite efforts the past three years, a "stablecease-fire" has never been achieved, "therefore, we ask internationalorganizations to continue diplomatic approaches to stop the aggressor and endthe war so that true peace can be reached," he said in a written statementreceived by Catholic News Service Feb. 22.The archbishop made the appeal after UNICEF releasedreport Feb. 17 saying that 1 m...
IMAGE: CNS/Dennis SadowskiBy Dennis SadowskiMODESTO,Calif. (CNS) -- The push for sanctuary was on a lot of minds at the U.S.Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements.Concernsabout President Donald Trump's intention to deport millions of unauthorizedimmigrants rose throughout the Feb. 16-19 gathering of more than 600grass-roots and church leaders in California's Central Valley.Declaringsanctuary for people fearing forced removal and the breakup of family life wasone way to resist government actions, activists and Catholic clergy said.Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Delimanof Philadelphia, who also is pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish insuburban Bensalem, received a standing ovation when he told thegathering Feb. 18 that "what would be disruptive would be if we woulddeclare our parish a sanctuary church.""Ifthat would spread and every parish in the diocese would do the same, wecertainly could do what Jesus would want us to do," said Bishop Deliman,who has ministered alongside Latino...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Newly released video shows a small plane piloted by Harrison Ford flying low over an airliner with 116 people aboard moments before he mistakenly landed on a taxiway at a Southern California airport....
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The firm that owns the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security worldwide following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years....
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) -- On New Year's Eve, some 1,200 inmates enjoyed funk music and danced with family members inside the walls of Complexo Penitenciario Anisio Jobim, the largest prison complex in Brazil's northern state of Amazonas...
DENVER (AP) -- Republicans who benefited from rowdy town halls six years ago and harnessed a wave of discontent with Democrats to win seats in Congress are learning a hard lesson this week as they return home: The left is happy to return the favor....
PARIS (AP) -- More and more people want to join France's unpredictable presidential race - hopefuls who might never win but could garner enough votes to tilt the outcome....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Latest on plans to close a protest encampment near the Dakota Access pipeline construction site in North Dakota (all times local):...
In Orange County, California, dozens of immigrants have signed powers of attorney authorizing relatives and friends to pick up their children from school and access their bank accounts to pay their bills in the event they are arrested by immigration agents....
