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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) -- A defiant Donald Trump blamed his worsening campaign struggles on "phony polls" from the "disgusting" media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Liane Golightly has finally decided who she'll vote for on Election Day. Hillary Clinton is not a choice the 30-year-old Republican would have predicted, nor one that excites her. But the former supporter of Ohio Gov. John Kasich says it's the only choice she can make....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump said he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but The Associated Press found little evidence of such large-scale damage....
Wis 11:22--12:2; 2 Thes 1:11--2:2. Lk 19:1-10My Fair Lady is a movie based on George Bernard Shaw's wonderful play, Pygmalion. It is about a brilliant professor, Henry Higgins, who transforms a humble flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into an elegant English lady. In the midst of her brilliant transformation, Eliza falls in love with Henry Higgins, but he treats her only with disdain. Towards the end of the play, she expresses her complaint to their mutual friend, Colonel Pickering: "You see," she says, "Really and truly, apart from the things anyone can pick up (the dressing and the proper way of speaking, and so on), the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not in how she behaves, but how she is treated. I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will." It is both interesting and encouraging t...
Indonesia’s Catholic bishops along with their counterparts from other religions have raised concerns about the political use of religious and ethnic sentiments ahead of regional elections scheduled for Feb. 15 next year. The bishops' conference has reminded Catholics of their responsibility to help prevent violence during the upcoming election season. "We need to think about how Catholics in their own regions can contribute in a concrete way to peaceful and harmonious elections," Father Yohanes Rasul Edy Purwanto, executive secretary of the bishops' conference, told UCANEWS. "We hope that sporadic violence will not emerge. It is easy for violence to become widespread, particularly when it has religious and racial connotations," he said after participating in a meeting of religious leaders on Oct. 17 in Jakarta, coordinated by the Inter-Religious Council (IRC). Father Purwanto said the bishops' conference would iss...
The Philippine Catholic bishops have given special recognition to 10 Catholic families for their unity and service to the Church, despite enduring poverty. One among them was that of Paul Martin, a member of the Knights of Columbus, a lay minister, and a repairman at the Immaculate Conception Parish Baguio City. Martin's wife, Delia serves as lector in their church, and thave 10 children, one of whom, Dexter, is a priest, and daughter, Marie Christine, is a nun. Robert Aventajado, president of the Marriage Encounter Foundation of the Philippines, said the "simplicity" of the families "makes them exceptional among Filipino households." "Their faith in God that He will provide and their faith in each other that love will strive to overcome obstacles have given them exceptional strength," said Aventajado. The bishops' Commission on Family and Life assigned Aventajado's foundation to lead the search for and select ...
Both Catholics and non-Catholics from Nepal's Kathmandu Valley celebrated the canonization of St. Teresa of Kolkata on Saturday. Congregations and religious societies were among those who came together for the Oct. 22 celebrations held at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral in the Nepalese capital where a brief biography of Mother Teresa was read out. Bishop Paul Simick of Nepal honored all the nuns, members of executive bodies and associates of the Missionaries of Charity congregation with a khada (traditional ceremonial scarf) for their service to Mother Teresa's order which has been in Nepal since 1978. Mother Teresa's successor at the Missionaries of Charity is Sister Niarmal who originally came from a well-respected Hindu Nepalese family. This has led many in Nepal to form a bond with the nun whom Pope Francis canonized on Sept. 4 in the Vatican. The Missionaries of Charity in Nepal serve at a home for the elderly...
The Catholic Church-affiliated Agenzia Fides has reported the death of Fr. Joseph Mulimbi Nguli, 52 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Fr. Joseph was the assistant parish priest of St. Martin’s parish in the municipality of Katuba, Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga Province. He was killed by unknown assailants, wearing balaclavas, in the night between 21 and October 22. The Italian based “Il sismografo,” this weekend, quoted AFP / La Croix about the death of Fr. Joseph said to have been shot in the stomach as he returned to his family home in Katuba.The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi, Monsignor Denis Moto, expressed confidence in the local security agencies that Fr. Joseph’s killers would be found and brought to justice. According an article in “Il sismografo,” the following pastoral agents of the Church have been killed in Africa this year under various circumstance: In the Democratic Republic of CongoFr. ...
By Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As a military operation in northernIraq fights to wrest control of areas held by retaliating Islamic State forces,Pope Francis criticized the "cruelty" and heinous violence wagedagainst innocent civilians.He invited people to pray with him, asking that"Iraq, while gravely stricken, might be both strong and firm in the hopeof moving toward a future of security, reconciliation and peace."Speaking to visitors in St. Peter's Square Oct.23 for the Angelus prayer, the pope said, "In these dramatic hours, I amclose to the entire population of Iraq, especially that of the city ofMosul.""Our hearts are shocked by the heinous acts ofviolence that for too long have been perpetrated against innocent citizens,whether they be Muslims, whether they be Christians, or people belonging toother ethnic groups and religions."He said he was "saddened to hear news of thekilling, in cold blood, of many sons and daughters of that beloved land,including many chil...
IMAGE: CNS/Itua Egbor, SJBy Carol GlatzROME (CNS) -- Pope Francis, speaking both as pope and aJesuit, asked members of the Society of Jesus to continue to journey to whereChrist is most needed, and always ask God for consolation, compassion and helpin discernment.The Jesuits aim to "move forward, overcoming theimpediments which the enemy of human nature puts in our way when, in servingGod, we are seeking the greater good," the pope told more than 200 Jesuitschosen to represent the more than 16,000 Jesuits at the order's generalcongregation.Given that the Society of Jesus' way of proceeding for"the greater good is accomplished through joy, the cross and through thechurch, our mother," the pope said he wished to help revive its zeal formission by reflecting on those three points.Instead of the usual custom of general congregationdelegates going to the Vatican to meet the pope, Pope Francis went to theJesuits' Rome headquarters Oct. 24 to meet them. He was greeted by VenezuelanFather ...
