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Washington D.C., Jun 1, 2017 / 03:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic leaders around the world expressed disappointment as President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. was pulling out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.“The decision now, to pull out, this for us is something we hoped would not have happened,” Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told reporters on Wednesday.“It’s a global public good that needs to be taken care of,” he continued, speaking at a media briefing before he addressed an audience Wednesday evening at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. on “Vatican Perspectives on Care for Creation, Economic Injustice, the Refugee Crisis, and Peace.”Also in advance of President Trump’s announcement on Thursday afternoon, a U.S. bishop pressed the government to honor its commitment to the Paris climate agreement.The Paris Agreement was an international climate accord r...
Vatican City, Jun 1, 2017 / 04:04 pm (CNA).- With a visit to the tombs of Father Lorenzo Milani and Father Primo Mazzolari this June, Pope Francis will pay homage to two historic Italians who aimed to change their society for the better.Both Fr. Milani and Fr. Mazzolari combined their social advocacy with a profound devotion and obedience to the Church.Both priests have been wrongly portrayed as “anti-clerical” priests. Their writings have often been misquoted in order to make them appear to dissent from the Church. However, they always obeyed any restriction the Church placed upon them, and they never preached outside of the Catholic Church.Fr. Mazzolari believed that a parish priest was called to be a reference point for the community, and also called to work for the re-evangelization of Christianity. He clearly describes this approach in his book “La Bella Avventura,” or “The Beautiful Journey.”Fr. Milani had a similar approach, which he applie...
Napa, Calif., Jun 1, 2017 / 04:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- What’s a good way to reach a lot of young people all at once?Plant yourself at an entrance of a popular music festival with a sign, some free stuff, and a smile.That’s what Catholic priest Fr. David Jenuwine did last weekend, at BottleRock Napa, a three-day music festival with roughly 30,000 in attendance.His sign read simply: Catholic priest. Blessings, Prayers, Confessions, Answers.Fr. Jenuwine, parochial vicar at St. Apollinaris Parish in Napa, California, told CNA that he had been trying to brainstorm creative ways to reach out to young adults when he heard about the music festival. He said he was inspired after hearing a talk on evangelization a few weeks ago by EWTN personality Fr. Mitch Pacwa.“My youth minister said well, BottleRock is this weekend, but it’s chaos,” he said.“And I went, alright, let’s do it!” Fr. Jenuwine placed himself on one side of the festival, whi...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joshua RobertsBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- PresidentDonald Trump's June 1 decision "not to honor the U.S. commitment" to the Paris climate agreement "is deeplytroubling," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee onInternational Justice and Peace."The Scriptures affirm thevalue of caring for creation and caring for each other in solidarity. The Parisagreement is an international accord that promotes these values," BishopOscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, said in a statement released shortly after the president made his announcement in the White House Rose Garden."President Trump's decisionwill harm the people of the United States and the world, especially thepoorest, most vulnerable communities," the bishop said after Trumpannounced the U.S. will withdraw immediately from the Paris accord."The impacts of climatechange are already being experienced in sea level rise, glacial melts,intensified storms, and more frequent droughts," Bishop Cantu said. "Ican only hop...
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) -- As the Scripps National Spelling Bee inched its way through the four grueling rounds that would determine the primetime finalists, two spellers seemed like young men among boys and girls....
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A masked gunman stormed a hotel-casino complex in the Philippine capital early Friday, shooting up a TV screen, torching gambling tables and stuffing a backpack with casino chips before fleeing, authorities said....
