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Madrid, Spain, Nov 16, 2016 / 03:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Critics of a Spanish judge say he wrongly dismissed charges against an artist who stole consecrated Hosts for an exhibit that disrespected the Catholic faith.The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers announced it would file an appeal and be prepared “to go to the highest court necessary in the face of what is becoming a campaign of serious offenses against the Christian faith and religious freedom.”Abel Azcona stole more than 240 consecrated hosts from Masses celebrated in the cities of Madrid and Pamplona. He later took nude photos of himself arranging them on a floor to spell the word ‘pederasty.’ In November 2015, he displayed the photos as part of an art display in a city-owned exhibition hall available for public use.When that exposition was over, the would-be artist sold the consecrated hosts for more than $268,000.Azcona was charged for an alleged offense against laws respecting religious sent...
Baltimore, Md., Nov 16, 2016 / 05:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Infidelity, divorce, sexual violence, pornography, hook-up culture – all things that have both increased en masse in society over the last few decades, and have seared pain into the lives of individual men and women.So how do we even begin to address the problem? By people – especially the youth – choosing to live in true, authentic and virtuous community with one another, says Archbishop Chaput.“We’re getting a culture that’s just hugely preoccupied with sexuality, and being restrained sexually is not considered a virtue anymore, apparently. I think that’s very hurtful to everyone,” Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, who chairs the U.S. bishops' working group on Amoris laetitia, told CNA on Monday.The archbishop, who in a lecture in September noted a marked increase in the number and kind of sexual sins he had heard in the confessional throughout his priesthood, tol...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Carol ZimmermannBALTIMORE (CNS) -- Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez saidhis election as vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov.15 may have had more to do with his archdiocese than anything else."I'mgrateful to my brother bishops for electing me," he said, before addingthat he thinks it was "also about the Archdiocese of Los Angeles" -- thelargest archdiocese in the country with about 5 million Catholics, 70 percentof whom are Latino. He said the archdiocese represents the universal churchbecause every month there are Masses in 42 languages."Really,the presence of Catholics from all over the world is there," he said,adding that the bishops recognize that the archdiocese represents "ourchurch in the United States is becoming more and more diverse."Theyare also recognizing the "reality of the Latino presence" in thiscountry, particularly in the Catholic Church, he said.The Mexican-bornarchbishop, who is the first Latino to hold ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Melvin Laird, a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defense secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, died on Wednesday, his family said. He was 94....
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Latest on the investigation into the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, a black man, by a Minnesota police officer (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rudy Giuliani, President-elect Donald Trump's top candidate for top diplomat, has advised foreign political figures and worked for lobbying and security firms whose clients have had complicated relationships with the U.S. government....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump and his team on Wednesday vigorously rejected charges of turmoil and infighting roiling efforts to set up his White House, national security and economic teams. A week after his upset victory, Trump said the enormous endeavor was proceeding "so smoothly."...
Rome, Italy, Nov 16, 2016 / 11:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said the election of Archbishop Jose Gómez as vice president of the U.S. bishop’s conference will serve as a great resource on immigration, especially in wake of the presidential election of Donald Trump – known for his “fiery” comments on the issue.Head of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archbishop Gómez “has written and spoken very clearly on the rights of migrants and the need to respect their family structure, the family unit,” Archbishop Tomasi told EWTN News Nightly Nov. 16.When it comes to immigration, the archbishop said he believes Gómez will be “a good resource” not only for the Latino community, but for the entire Church due to “his own personal experience and also because of his flock, because the huge diocese of Los Angeles is made up of a lot of immigrants, millions of them.”Archbishop Tomasi was present at a ...
Vatican City, Nov 16, 2016 / 11:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Ahead of the next international exposition, to be held in Kazakhstan during the summer of 2017, the Vatican announced Wednesday its participation under the theme “Energy for the Common Good: Caring for our Common Home.”The Church is the only religious group to be formally present at the Expo, participating in its capacity as a sovereign state, which it has done since the first “world’s fair,” known as the “Great Exhibition” in London in 1851.In keeping with their unique position, the Vatican’s exhibit at the Expo will include both a practical and a spiritual aspect, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, which is responsible for the organization of the Vatican’s presence at the Expo.The overall theme of Expo 2017, being held in Astana June 10 - Sept. 10, is “Future Energy: Energy for All.” The Vatican g...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Jeffrey Bruno, EWTNBy Dennis SadowskiBALTIMORE (CNS) -- Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour called on the bishops of the United States to bring wider attention to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East to their parishes and political leaders.Addressing the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 15, the Maronite leader said he hoped that the new four-year strategic plan adopted by the conference earlier in the day would incorporate a robust advocacy for religious freedom in the rest of the world."People do look to America and religious freedom is our greatest freedom and we ought to be able to export it ...The more we export it throughout the world, the happier our world will be," said Bishop Mansour, who heads the Eparchy of St. Maron in Brooklyn, New York.While referring to the acts of kidnapping, torture and killings by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, Bishop Mansour said that attention must be given to a...
