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Vatican City, Nov 15, 2016 / 01:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a video message sent to the US bishops' plenary meeting on Tuesday, Pope Francis urged them to continue reaching out to immigrants, especially commending the upcoming fifth national “Encuentro” on Hispanic/Latino ministry.He said in the Nov. 15 message that while visiting the nation last year, “I was impressed by the vitality and diversity of the Catholic community … In this context, I would commend the coming Fifth National Hispanic Pastoral Encuentro.”The Church in the US has “welcomed and integrated new waves of immigrants” throughout its history, he noted, adding that “in the rich variety of their languages and cultural traditions, they have shaped the changing face of the American Church.”The Encuentro is a multi-year process meant to improve the quality of ministry among Hispanic Catholics, and is a priority for the US bishps' strategic plan. It invol...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Mark PattisonBALTIMORE (CNS) -- CardinalDaniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was elected president of the U.S. bishops'conference Nov. 15 for a three-year term to begin at the conclusion of thebishops' annual fall general assembly in Baltimore.Cardinal DiNardo collected amajority of votes on the first ballot of voting during the second day of thebishops' public session. Based on the number of bishops voting, 104 votes wereneeded for election, and Cardinal DiNardo -- the current vice president of the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops -- received 113.He will succeed Archbishop JosephE. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, whose three-year term as president concludesat the end of the meeting.Elected vice president wasArchbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles. He was elected on the third ballot by 131-84 in a run-off against Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans.Under rules established by the USCCB,the names of 10 bishops who are willing to be nominated f...
SEATTLE (AP) -- Democratic mayors of major U.S. cities that have long had cool relationships with federal immigration officials say they will 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 do not cooperate....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter, long criticized as a hotbed for online harassment, is expanding ways to curb the amount of abuse users see and making it easier to report such conduct....
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) -- The polls have just closed. In a room decorated with posters and leftist slogans, Nabila Mounib is surrounded by activists who take selfies with her and wish her luck....
OREM, Utah (AP) -- Five students were stabbed inside the boys' locker room of their Utah high school Tuesday and a 16-year-old student was taken into custody after school workers risked their lives to box him into a corner, police said....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- At least one person was shot near a parking garage at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport on Tuesday, prompting city officials to close the airport and order people inside a sprawling terminal to seek shelter....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Never mind closing Guantanamo. It might be getting bigger....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hidden from the public in his Manhattan high-rise, Donald Trump huddled Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he tried to fill out key posts in his Cabinet. But the transition team appeared to be straining under the enormous challenge of setting up an administration....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Paul Ryan unanimously won his GOP colleagues' votes on Tuesday for another term at the helm of the House. He told fellow Republicans he had President-elect Donald Trump's support, and heralded "the dawn of a new, unified Republican government."...
