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Vatican City, Dec 9, 2016 / 05:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday, the Vatican announced that Bishop John O. Barres of Allentown – who was baptized by the famed Archbishop Fulton Sheen – will be taking the helm in the Diocese of Rockville Centre.“I must…thank the priests and the entire people of God of the Diocese of Allentown, where I have had the great blessing of serving as bishop for the last seven-and-a-half years,” Bishop Barres said in a Dec. 9 press release announcing his appointment.“You will all always be in my heart, my memories, my prayers and my Masses as I remember our days of ‘holiness and mission’ together.”A native of Larchmont, N.Y., Bishop Barres, 56, has led the Diocese of Allentown since July 2009, and will take over in Rockville Centre for retiring Bishop William Murphy, who has reached the age limit of 75.His transfer will make him the first bishop of Allentown in their 55-year history to ever be transferre...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handoutBy Cindy WoodenROME (CNS) -- In two long interviews with Jesuitpublications, director Martin Scorsese described his new film"Silence" as a major stage in his pilgrimage of faith, a pilgrimagethat included flunking out of the minor seminary, investigating other religionsand recognizing that the Catholic Church was his home.Growing up in New York, "I was extraordinarily lucky,because I had a remarkable priest, Father (Frank) Principe. I learned so muchfrom him, and that includes mercy with oneself and with others," Scorsesetold Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, editor of the journal La Civilta Cattolica."This man was a real guide. He could talk tough, but henever actually forced you to do anything -- he guided you. Advised you. Cajoledyou. He had such extraordinary love," the director said in the interview,published Dec. 9.A day earlier, America magazine released an interview withScorsese conducted by Jesuit Father James Martin, who also pro...
By COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNS) -- Astronaut legend and decorated World War II pilot John H. Glenn, who served for 24 years in the U.S. Senate and inspired young people to pursue careers in sciences and engineering, died Dec. 8. He was 95. Born in Cambridge and raised in nearby New Concord, Glenn was propelled to fame after being one of seven military test pilots chosen as the country's first astronauts. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit earth when he flew aboard the Mercury Friendship 7 capsule, traversing the globe three times in a flight that lasted just less than five hours Feb. 20, 1962.Among those watching Glenn's first space flight was St. John XXIII, who asked to be kept regularly informed about the progress of flight.Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space, when at age 77 and still a senator, he blasted into orbit on the Space Shuttle Oct. 29, 1998, after lobbying the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for two years that he could serve as a "g...
DALLAS (AP) -- Actor Judge Reinhold says he's "embarrassed" that he was taken to jail after a confrontation with security agents at Dallas Love Field Airport....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kirk Douglas is officially a centenarian....
NEW YORK (AP) -- With a DNA profile but no suspect to match in the strangling of a woman who went for a run and met a killer, authorities are looking to an emerging approach: using the DNA to look for the killer's relatives....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Dylann Roof hesitated for about 20 seconds when an FBI agent asked him what he was doing on the night nine black church members were killed during Bible study....
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday that America will stick with Afghanistan for years to come as a new U.S. president takes over what is already America's longest war....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Coal-state Democrats who are threatening a government shutdown over health benefits for retired miners should "take yes for answer" and stop stalling a short-term spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday....
(Vatican Radio) This year’s Christmas tree and crib were due to be inaugurated and lit up on Friday afternoon in St Peter’s Square. Earlier in the day in the Paul VI hall, Pope Francis met with the donors of the tree and the nativity scene, telling them that these gifts “form a message of hope and love.”Listen to Lydia O’Kane report Welcoming the donors of this year’s Christmas Tree and crib, Pope Francis thanked them for their gifts which he said, would be admired in Saint Peter’s Square “by pilgrims from around the world during Advent and the Christmas holidays.”The 25 metre high spruce tree was donated by the Lagorai Forests Association which is located the Trentino region of Northern Italy and the Pope remarked that, “the beauty of those views is an invitation to contemplate the Creator and to respect nature, the work of his hands.”The Pope also had a special word of thanks to the children who decorated the tree...
