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Baltimore, Md., Nov 15, 2016 / 09:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday elected Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston as its president, and Archbishop Jose Gómez of Los Angeles vice-president.Cardinal DiNardo has served as conference vice-president since 2013. He was elected president at the bishops' fall assembly Nov. 15 in Baltimore, and will serve a three-year term.The bishops’ conference president plays a significant role in coordinating and leading charitable and social work and education, while providing a public face for the Catholic Church in the U.S.Cardinal DiNardo has served as Archbishop of Galveston-Houston since 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. Archbishop Gómez succeeded as Archbishop of Los Angeles, in 2011.In the vote for president, Cardinal DiNardo received 113 votes. There were 10 candidates, and the nominee with the second-largest number of votes was Archbishop Gregory A...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Year of Mercy brought more than 20million pilgrims to Rome, but for Pope Francis, the idea always was that thecelebration of God's mercy would be local: have people experience God's love intheir parishes and send them out into the world to commit random acts of mercy.While concrete works of mercy have a social impact, PopeFrancis' idea was deeply connected to evangelization, which is why Rome jubileeevents were organized by thePontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. The pope hadsaid he wanted the Holy Year to be "a new step on the church's journey inher mission to bring the Gospel of mercy to each person."The pope's constant refrain during the Year of Mercy, which began Dec. 8,2015, was that no one is excluded from the mercy of God, who has shownhis love for each person by sacrificing his son for the salvation of all. Allcan be forgiven, the pope taught over and over again. And once a personexperiences ...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICANCITY (CNS) -- In a rather simple prayer service Nov. 19, Pope Francis willcreate 17 new cardinals and symbolically bind them to ancient churchtraditions.Inthe months following the consistory -- as any gathering of cardinals is called-- the new cardinals under the age of 80 will be named members of variousVatican congregations, councils, dicasteries and offices. For most of thecardinals, the memberships, while not involving a permanent move to Rome, willbe the most regular exercise of their new ministry as advisers to the pope.Themost serious responsibility that cardinals have is the solemn obligation to gatherin a conclave to elect a new pope. That right is reserved to cardinals underthe age of 80.ThreeU.S. citizens are among the new cardinals. They are: Archbishop Blase J. Cupichof Chicago; Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the new Vatican office forlaity, family and life; and Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, who recently wastransferred fro...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Carol ZimmermannBALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S.bishops chose to break from tradition during this year's fall assembly bycelebrating Mass at the church known as the "Mother Church" of blackCatholics in Western Baltimore instead of the usual venue: Baltimore's historicbasilica."I pray our presence willconvey the church's solidarity with you," said Baltimore ArchbishopWilliam E. Lori in opening remarks Nov. 14 to a few dozen parishioners attendingthe Mass with more than 250 bishops who filled nearly every pew of the small church.In his homily, Archbishop JosephE. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, said the bishops came to the church "to bepresent, to see with our own eyes, so that we might humbly take a step and leadothers to do so." Archbishop Kurtz, outgoingpresident of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, also said the bishops'presence was just one part of an effort to bring about healing of racialdivides. He acknowledged this effort would involve "more th...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal-designate Kevin J. Farrellbelieves the U.S. bishops as a whole should have discussed pastoral guidelinesfor implementing Pope Francis' exhortation on the family before individualbishops began issuing guidelines for their own dioceses.Implementing the pope's exhortation, "AmorisLaetitia," he said, "has to be done in communion with our bishops. Ithink that it would have been wiser to wait for the gathering of the conferenceof bishops where all the bishops of the United States or all the bishops of acountry would sit down and discuss these things."A conference-wide discussion, he told Catholic News ServiceNov. 15, would ensure "an approach that would not cause as much divisionamong bishops and dioceses, and misunderstandings."The cardinal-designate was asked specifically about pastoralguidelines issued for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by Archbishop Charles J.Chaput, who also is head of a U.S. bishops' ad ho...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries. That could potentially provide a way to undo some of the damage of heart disease....
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A local West Virginia official said she has been placed on leave after she posted a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Democratic mayors of major U.S. cities that have long had cool relationships with federal immigration officials say they'll do all they can to protect residents from deportation, despite President-elect Donald Trump's vows to withhold potentially millions of dollars in taxpayer money if they don't cooperate....
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Drawing a broad lesson from the election of Donald Trump, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that world leaders need to pay attention to people's very real fears of economic dislocation and inequality in the midst of globalization....
