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IMAGE: CNS photo/Javier Etxezarreta, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The defense of the life, dignity andhuman rights of migrants and refugees must come before any other question whenenacting migration policies, Pope Francis said."The defense of human beings knows no limits," thepope said in an interview with the journal of the Department for CivilLiberties and Immigration of the Italian Ministry of the Interior."Those in power," he said, "must be bothfar-sighted and coherent in watchful respect for fundamental human rights, aswell as in trying to end the causes which force civilians to flee."Of course, he said, a safe and humane approach to handlingthe current global migration crisis requires international cooperation andpolicies that "respect both those who welcome and those who arewelcomed."Newcomers must respect the laws of their host countries and beassisted in integrating into the life of their new communities, he said in theinterview published April 7. And members of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ford Williams, U.S. Navy handout via ReutersBy WASHINGTON(CNS) -- Two prominent Catholic leaders in Syria criticized the U.S. missilestrikes against their nation, wondering why they occurred before investigationsinto the origins of chemical attacks reported April 4.ButU.S. President Donald Trump said Syrian President Bashar Assad "launched ahorrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians" and "chokedout the lives of helpless men, women and children.""Nochild of God should ever suffer such horror," he said April 6, announcingthat he had ordered the strike against the air base from which he said thechemical weapons attack was launched.SyriacCatholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph Younan called the attack an aggression andtold Catholic News Service: "It is a shame that the United Statesadministration didn't wait until an honest United Nations investigation wasthoroughly made into what is said to be a chemical air strike in KhanShaykun." "Theagglomerate media and the su...
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a no more quietly complicated character on TV than Kim Wexler....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Police Department is set to deploy the first body cameras to officers after resolving some of the thorniest issues on when to switch on the camera, how long to keep the tape and when to tell the public they're being recorded....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. jobs report for March report delivered a mixed message Friday as hiring fell to its slowest pace in nearly a year. Yet at the same time, the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly a decade....
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BEIRUT (AP) -- World leaders rallied around the United States after it launched a missile strike early Friday on a Syrian air base in response to this week's chemical attack, while Russia condemned the move as "aggression" and suspended crucial coordination with Washington in Syria's congested skies....
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A driver crashed a hijacked beer truck into an upscale department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing at least two people, according to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who called the crash a terror attack....
(Vatican Radio) The Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., gave his fifth Lenten Sermon to Pope Francis on Friday morning in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel.The theme of the Lenten meditations is: “No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’, except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3). This fifth iteration carried the title: 'The Righteousness of God has been Manifested: The Fifth Centenary of the Protestant Reformation, an Occasion of Grace and Reconciliation for the Whole Church.'Please find below an English translation of the Sermon by Marsha Daigle Williamson:Fifth Lenten Sermon 2017“THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD HAS BEEN MANIFESTED”: The Fifth Centenary of the Protestant Reformation, an Occasion of Grace and Reconciliation for the Whole Church1. The Origins of the Protestant ReformationThe Holy Spirit, who, as we saw in the preceding meditations, leads us into the fullness of truth about t...
