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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Catholic CharitiesBy Rose YbarraMCALLEN, Texas (CNS) -- Blessingthe ground for a new respite center in McAllen is a sign of the Catholic Church'scommitment to be available and helpful to immigrant families, who "are enduringmany, many tragic situations in their lives," said Brownsville Bishop Daniel E.Flores."It's the work of the churchto be a presence and to make available a space for people to feel welcome,where people can be attended to and dealt with in their humanity," the bishop saidDec. 1. "People are not statistics, people are not just numbers, people are notproblems, ultimately, people are people."Catholic Charities of theRio Grande Valley hosted the ground-blessing ceremony for its new respite center. Bishop Flores conductedthe blessing. He was joined at the ceremony by Sister Norma Pimentel, a memberof the Missionaries of Jesus, who is executive director of Catholic Charitiesof the Rio Grande Valley in the Brownsville Diocese, and McAllen Mayor J...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Whether by accident or design, President-elect Donald Trump is signaling a tougher American policy toward China, sparking warnings from both the outgoing Obama administration and Beijing....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After eight years as a wartime president, Barack Obama is handing his successor an expansive interpretation of the commander in chief's authority to wage war around the globe. And that reading has continued to grow even as Obama prepares to pass control to Donald Trump....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A therapist who used music to help kids cope with trauma. A woman who taught at a Montessori school. An artist who could make friends with anyone....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Terry Ewing was among the anxious family and friends who received confirmation Monday of what he already knew in his heart: His girlfriend was among the three dozen killed in the Oakland warehouse fire....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump chose retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Monday to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, raising fresh concerns about the lack of experience some of Trump's Cabinet picks have with agencies they're now being chosen to lead....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The founder of a ramshackle Oakland artists' colony where dozens of people burned to death saw himself as a kind of guru and loved to surround himself with followers but showed chilling disregard for their well-being, according to relatives, neighbors and acquaintances....
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon told Kofi Anan that religious leaders are there to help end the persecution of the Rohingya in Rakhine as well as the renewed ethnic fighting in Shan state. The prelate met with the former U.N. chief and other faith leaders during an hour-long meeting lead by the Rakhine Advisory Commission in Yangon on Thursday, Dec. 1."Cardinal Bo talked about the important role of religious leaders to bring about peace and reconciliation amid the Rakhine crisis and wars in northern Shan state," Father Dominic Zarbinus, the cardinal's secretary told ucanews.com. It's business as usual for the outspoken cardinal who has long been urging the authorities to bring justice to Myanmar.The former United Nations chief Kofi Annan visited people displaced by ongoing conflict in an area near Myanmar's border with Bangladesh Saturday as head of a commission tasked with finding solutions to issues which have raised widespread internatio...
(Vatican Radio) European Union leaders are assessing the impact of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's defeat in the Italian constitutional referendum on European unity and the euro currency. Germany's chancellor has expressed sadness, while other leaders tried to calm concerns that uncertainty after the Italian vote and the prime minister's resignation could weaken the euro. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that she regretted that Renzi resigned following the referendum. "I am sad that the referendum in Italy didn't turn out the way the prime minister wanted, because I have always supported his course of reform," she said.Merkel explained that it was an Italian domestic decision. But she added: "From my point of view, we will continue our work in Europe and we have set the right priorities."Merkel also welcomed Alexander Van der Bellen's victory over right-wing populist Norb...
