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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A day after Donald Trump, against all odds, won election as America's 45th president, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday lamented that the nation proved to be "more divided than we thought" but told supporters: "We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead."...
A Catholic church in the western Japanese city of Nagasaki has become the first in the country to be designated a "minor basilica," a title granted by the pope only to specifically important places of worship.The Oura Church in 1865 was the site where a group of “hidden Christians” revealed their faith to Father Bernard Petitjean of France."The church was the scene of an event that marked a transition from an age when our faith was banned to an age when it became free to follow it, the church will have to play a more central role than ever." said Archbishop Mitsuaki Takami of Nagasaki, as reported by The Asahi Shimbun.The Archdiocese of Nagasaki had applied for this status of minor basilica in February and approved by the Vatican on April 26. More than 100 followers attended a commemorative mass held Oct. 21 at the Oura Church to offer a prayer of gratitude for the church’s new status. (UCAN)
Canberra, Australia, Nov 9, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Australian government's proposed permanent ban on visas for refugees and asylum seekers who have recently arrived by boat drew strong criticism from a bishop who is a former refugee himself. “Seeking asylum even by boat is not illegal. It is a basic human right. Yet not content with demeaning them, the Australian government now wants to introduce laws that will ban them from ever coming here,” Bishop Vincent Long of Parramatta said.The bishop is the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Delegate for Migrants and Refugees. He fled Vietnam by boat at a young age.He spoke against the ban in a Nov. 7 statement on the media blog of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.For Bishop Long, the motives for the measures are “questionable at best and sinister at worst.”He cited the situations on Manus Island, located in northern Papua New Guinea, and the island Micronesian country of Nauru, wher...
Vatican City, Nov 9, 2016 / 06:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said that in order to be more like Jesus, we must not be indifferent to others, but rather meet people where they are and show mercy to those in need, especially the sick and imprisoned.“We can all be instruments of the mercy of God and this will do more good for us than others because mercy passes through a gesture, a word, a visit and this mercy is an act to restore joy and dignity to those who have lost it,” the Pope said Nov. 9 in St. Peter’s Square.“Jesus did it,” he said, adding that when we do these things “we do not fall into indifference, but we become instruments of God’s mercy.”Continuing his catechesis on the corporal works of mercy, which he has been reflecting on the past few weeks, Pope Francis focused on the works of visiting the sick and the imprisoned.During the three years of his public ministry, Jesus constantly met with people, the sic...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Shawn Thew, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Congratulating Donald Trump for hisvictory in the U.S. presidential election, the Vatican secretary of stateexpressed hope that people would work together "to change the globalsituation, which is a situation of serious laceration, serious conflict."Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis' top aide, spoke aboutthe election early Nov. 9 during a meeting at Rome's Pontifical LateranUniversity. The Vatican then released a transcript of his remarks."First of all," he said, "we respectfullymust take note of the will expressed by the American people in this exercise ofdemocracy that, they tell me, was characterized by a large turnout at thepolls.""We send our best wishes to the new president that hisadministration may truly be fruitful," the cardinal said. "And wealso assure him of our prayers that the Lord would enlighten and sustain him inhis service to his country naturally, but also in serving the well-being andpeace o...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Stefano Rellandini, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Visiting the sick and the imprisoned are works of mercy thatnot only benefitthe suffering and the abandoned, but benefit the visitors who are enriched by being with those whosuffer like Christ, Pope Francis said. While theworks of mercy are ancient, they still are relevant today for those who aredeprived of freedom and "suffer one of the greatest hardships of human beings," the popesaid Nov. 9 at his weekly general audience. Whenthe living conditions "often devoid of humanity" in which manyprisoners are housed are added to the equation, "then it is indeedthe case that a Christian shouldfeel the need to do everything to restore their dignity," he said. Continuing his series of talks on the works of mercy, the pope began with visiting thesick and highlighted Jesus' ministry as an example of the Christian dutyto be close to them, especially since "they often feel alone."Simple gestures such as smi...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Meghan Markle has been an actress for more than a dozen years, yet most people heard her name for the first time when Prince Harry announced that she's his girlfriend....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president on Wednesday welcomed home Sharbat Gulla, National Geographic's famed green-eyed "Afghan Girl," just hours after she was deported from Pakistan, the latest in the odyssey of the globally recognized refugee....
Major U.S. stock indexes moved higher in morning trading Wednesday as Wall Street sized up the implications of Donald Trump's stunning presidential election victory....
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