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Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Apr 7, 2017 / 01:27 pm (Aid to the Church in Need).- The killer of an American woman who had been walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route has been found guilty and could face up to 25 years in prison.Miguel Angel Munoz, 41, ambushed and killed tourist Denise Pikka Thiem, from Phoenix, Arizona, around Easter Sunday 2015.Prosecutors maintained that Thiem lost her way because Munoz had planted a fake marker along the route to confuse pilgrims and tourists and lure them to his property, the New York Times reports.The 40-year-old woman had quit her job to travel the world. She made her last social media posts on April 4, 2015 near Astorga in northwest Spain, Reuters says. She was last seen on April 5, Easter Sunday, one month after her arrival in Spain.That September, police found her body partly buried on Munoz’s property and arrested him. He initially confessed, then recanted and claimed he had only found her body. Thiem was found to have be...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Before he was elected Pope BenedictXVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger once wrote that he was grateful for being born on aday that fell during the church's most intense liturgical season.Born and baptized on April 16, 1927, which was HolySaturday that year, "my life from the beginning was immersed in thepaschal mystery, which could not be anything other than a blessing," hewrote in his book, "Milestones."This year, the retired German pope turns 90 on EasterSunday -- and like many past birthdays, it will be very low-key with a fewvisitors and a decidedly "Bavarian" touch, according to ArchbishopGeorg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household and personal secretary to the retiredpope."This is the only thing he accepted," thelongtime aide told the Italian weekly television talk show, Matrix,"because he doesn't want a big party."Cards and letters have been pouring in, the Germanarchbishop added, and certainly there will...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Throughout the U.S., cities, states,places of worship, university campuses and religious communities have beenpublicly declaring themselves as places of "sanctuary" for migrants,particularly for those who have voiced fears and worries about stepped-updeportation efforts from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE.Their fears were stoked when Donald Trump became presidentand said he would deport the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants inthe U.S., issuing new guidelines that expanded the pool targeted for deportation.Among members of the Catholic Church, some officials as well as parishionersand others have said they will protect their brothers and sisters from the anti-immigrantsentiments brewing as well as from deportation threats. Some declaredthemselves "sanctuary" spaces as a way to express to immigrants that regardless of their status, they'resafe, welcome and protected among them.While the intention to protect members ...
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday approved an agreement negotiated under the Obama administration to overhaul the troubled Baltimore police force, sweeping aside objections from the Trump Justice Department....
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- The smells and sounds of Tijuana smack us as soon as we open the doors of our bug-splattered rental, a Jeep Renegade: food stalls selling roasted corn, churros and hot dogs; a near-empty bar blaring the oompa-oompas of norteno, Mexico's answer to polka....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday he has developed an "outstanding" relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting with the leader of a nation Trump has criticized as a menace to the United States....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers cut back sharply on hiring in March, yet Friday's jobs report still had much to be encouraged about, including a drop in the unemployment rate to 4.5 percent, the lowest in a decade....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee following a corrosive partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the court....
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians at a central Stockholm department store Friday, killing four people, injuring 15 and sending screaming shoppers scattering in panic in what Sweden's prime minister called a terrorist attack....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia said Friday it was cutting a hotline intended to prevent midair incidents over Syria in response to the U.S. missile attack on a Syrian base. The response that demonstrates Moscow's readiness to defy Washington and could even put the two nuclear superpowers on a course toward military confrontation....
