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Washington D.C., Feb 7, 2017 / 06:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires wise U.S. engagement to build a better future for both peoples, and this future could be endangered by an embassy relocation, the U.S. Catholic bishops told the new Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.Bishop Oscar Cantu, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, said that resolving the conflict will require “critical, continued engagement” to overcome 50 years of conflict and its “egregious injustices and random acts of violence.”The U.S. bishops have long backed a two-state solution, as has Pope Francis. The bishops implored the Secretary of State to keep the U.S. Embassy to Israel in Tel-Aviv, rather than move it to Jerusalem as President Donald Trump has advocated.“Relocating the embassy to Jerusalem is tantamount to recognizing Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel,” Bishop Cantu wrote Feb. 1. He noted t...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Felipe Trueba, EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Without making room for God's wordin their heart, people will never be able to welcome and love all human life,Pope Francis said."Each life that we encounter is a gift deservingacceptance, respect and love," the pope said in his message for Lent,which begins March 1 for Latin-rite Catholics."The word of God helps us to open our eyes towelcome and love life, especially when it is weak and vulnerable," hewrote.Released by the Vatican Feb. 7, the text of the pope'sLenten message -- titled "The Word is a gift. Other persons are gift"-- focused on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in the Gospel of St. Luke(16:19-31).The parable calls for sincere conversion, the pope said,and it "provides a key to understanding what we need to do in order toattain true happiness and eternal life."In the Gospel account, Lazarus and his suffering aredescribed in great detail. While he is "practically invisible to the richman," the...
IMAGE: By David AgrenSALTILLO, Mexico (CNS) -- EdelmiroCardona hardly had any time to flee his native Honduras with his brother whengang members came calling.Cardona, who left behind a wifeand 4-year-old daughter, explained how his brother had built a house and rentedit, only to have gangsters, who were related to the tenant, move in and refuseto relinquish it."We had to flee becausethey came by our house shooting," said Cardona, who worked installingsatellite TV service, but sold his motorcycle and tools to pay for his escape.The brothers made it as farnorth as Saltillo, some 190 miles from the Texas border. They decided to go nofarther but to apply for asylum in Mexico.They are among a growing numberof Central Americans deciding to stay in Mexico rather than try to reach theUnited States, the traditional destination for migrants streaming out of countriessouth of Mexico."We're asking for refuge becauseif we return to our country of origin, we run the risk of being killed," Cardona...
BOSTON (AP) -- The Latest on the Boston parade celebrating the New England Patriots' fifth Super Bowl win (all times local):...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter has broadened its campaign against hate speech and abuse....
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Colorful campaign posters in this seaside capital give the impression that Somalia's presidential election on Wednesday will be like any other. That's far from true....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The prison north of Damascus was known to detainees as "the slaughterhouse" and in it, as many of 13,000 people were hanged in only four years after a series of sham trials, according to a new report issued by Amnesty International....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate was poised on Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence expected to break a 50-50 tie after a last-ditch effort by Democrats to sink the nomination....
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia addressed a bioethics workshop held by the bishops of the United States in Dallas, Texas on Monday.The President of the Pontifical Academy for Life thanked US bishops for their commitment and leadership “in initiatives that actively defend human life and the dignity of the person”.He said, “We must be very clear-headed and resolute in confronting the contradictions of extreme individualism and moral relativity that put at risk the humanity of that freedom and personal dignity.”Archbishop Paglia also gave three examples of areas in which ethical considerations will be crucial in the near future:1. A number of studies predict that in the future health care will be one of the central elements of western economies by reason of the development of efficient preventive medicine protocols in addition to the traditional combat against specific diseases and assistance in recovery. This approach will be expensive ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ Lenten message was released on Tuesday entitled “The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift.”Listen to Lydia O’Kane’s report Below find the English language translation of Pope Francis’ Lenten message.The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift.Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God “with all their hearts” (Joel 2:12), to refuse to settle for mediocrity and to grow in friendship with the Lord. Jesus is the faithful friend who never abandons us. Even when we sin, he patiently awaits our return; by that patient expectation, he shows us his readiness to forgive (cf. Homily, 8 January 2016). Lent...
