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London, England, Jun 14, 2017 / 01:20 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic bishops of Westminster offered their prayers and local parishes opened their doors to offer aid and supplies to those affected by a massive fire at an apartment complex in west London on Wednesday.“We pray for all the residents of the Grenfell Tower. I pray particularly for those who have suffered injury, those who have died, and all the residents who are left without a home today, and the entire community that has been affected,” said Cardinal Vincent Nichols in a statement.On June 14, just after midnight, a fire began on the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower located in north Kensington, a district of west London. The 24-story building is home to hundreds of people, and the fire blazed until early in the morning.Authorities have said it is too soon for speculation into the cause of the fire.So far, six people have been reported dead in the fire and some 70 people have been hospitalized for injuries sus...
Indianapolis, Ind., Jun 14, 2017 / 03:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Next year’s synod, which will focus on young people, must address their most pressing problems, including indifference and disillusionment, U.S. bishops said at their annual meeting on Wednesday.“The synod indeed comes at a critical time,” Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark told fellow U.S. bishops of the upcoming Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment, to be held in 2018 at the Vatican.Cardinal Tobin cited today’s pressing concerns, like the “rise of the Nones” – or young people with no religious affiliation. An “increased amount of disconnected Millennials is certainly a concern for us, as is the decline and delay of marriage among young people,” he added.The U.S. bishops discussed the upcoming synod at their annual spring general assembly, held this year in Indianapolis from June 14-16.Among the agenda items for the morning of June 14 was an addre...
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Southern Baptists on Wednesday formally condemned the political movement known as the "alt-right," in a national meeting that was thrown into turmoil after leaders initially refused to take up the issue....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most Americans say they think President Donald Trump has little to no respect for the country's democratic traditions, according to a new poll that underscores the difficulty Trump faces in uniting a country deeply divided about his leadership....
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a sadly familiar ritual: an American president addressing the nation at an unsettling time, decrying violence while urging citizens to set aside their differences and pray for the recovery of victims....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's labeling of a House-passed health care bill as "mean" is aggravating some of the conservatives he pressed to back it, even as Senate attempts to reshape the measure increasingly threaten to spill into July....
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers as they practiced for a charity baseball game Wednesday, critically wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and hitting aides and Capitol police as congressmen and others dove for cover. The assailant, who had nursed grievances against President Donald Trump and the GOP, fought a running gun battle with police before he, too, was shot and later died....
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Violence and hatred often are signs that a person is unhappyand feels unloved and unwanted, Pope Francis said. In today's world, people -- especially children and youths-- often feel that unless "we are strong, attractive and beautiful, no onewill care about us," the pope said June 14 during his weekly generalaudience. "When an adolescent is not or does not feel loved, violencecan arise. Behind so many forms of social hate and hooliganism, there is oftena heart that has not been recognized," he said. Despite a heat wave that brought temperatures close to 90degrees, an estimated 12,000 pilgrims donning colorful hats and umbrellascheered and waved as the pope entered St. Peter's Square. Pope Francis took a moment to greet the sick who werewatching the audience fromindoors because ofthe hot Roman weather. "They are in the Paul VI hall and we are here,"the pope told the crowd in the square. "But we are all ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Shawn Thew, EPABy ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS) -- Federal authorities areinvestigating a shooting that resulted in injuries for Catholic congressman andRepublican Steve Scalise and others when a gunman opened fire on him and the othersduring a June 14 practice for an annual congressional baseball game. Scalise'sinjuries are not life-threatening, authorities said. The suspected gunman wasidentified as James Hodgkinson of Illinois, and President Donald Trump said in abriefing that the shooter was dead.Five people were medically transported from the scene at SimpsonPark in Alexandria, shortly after the 7 a.m. shooting, said Michael Brown,police chief for the city of Alexandria, in a press briefing. He would not saywhether the gunman was one of those transported.Scalise is the U.S. House Majority Whip and represents Louisiana's1st Congressional District. He and his wife, Jennifer, belong to St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. The couple's childr...
