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By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to theUnited States, gets plenty of questions about Pope Francis.A March 27 discussion atGeorgetown University, sponsored by the university's Initiative on CatholicSocial Thought and Public Life, was no exception. The nuncio, who sat onstagewith John Carr, the initiative's director, was asked about the pope's keyissues and his impact in the four years since his election. Instead of emphasizing the pope'sspecial qualities or accomplishments, Archbishop Pierre, who has been in theVatican diplomatic corps for almost 40 years, stressed how Catholics are calledto view the pope and essentially work with him in the mission of spreading theGospel.He told the audience, nearlyfilling a campus auditorium, that it is not a question of whether the pope isgood or bad or if one agrees with him or not. The issue, for Catholics, is todiscern what the Holy Spirit is saying through the pope."We have to pay a lot ofa...
A woman believed to have driven three burglars to an Oklahoma home where they were shot to death during a suspected home invasion has been arrested on murder and robbery warrants but the homeowner's son who shot them has not been arrested while police investigate whether he acted in self-defense under the state's "Stand Your Ground" law....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The similarities between two deadly Oakland fires that occurred nearly four months apart are striking: Each involved a dangerously dilapidated building with an absentee landlord and renters desperate for affordable housing in the expensive San Francisco Bay Area....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bottled water is starting to seem more like soda, and sometimes taste like it, too....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. airstrikes probably played a role in the deaths of dozens of civilians in Mosul earlier this month, U.S. and Iraqi military officials acknowledged Tuesday, but they denied the rules for avoiding civilian casualties have been loosened despite a recent spike in civilian casualties....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring an end to what he's called "the war on coal," President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that eliminates numerous restrictions on fossil fuel production, breaking with leaders across the globe who have embraced cleaner energy sources....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Potential White House entanglement in Congress' investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election brought new cries of protest from Democrats on Tuesday as fresh political allegations clouded the probe....
The Episcopal Conference of Mali is appealing to the public to help secure the release of kidnapped Sr Cecilia Argoti Narvaez, of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate. Sr Narvaez, of Colombian nationality was kidnapped on 7 February 2017 in Karangasso, southern Mali.“We are appealing to the public and the media to help us solicit the search for contacts with kidnappers for the release of Sr Cecilia Narvaez. The Diocese of Karangasso is also trying to find intermediaries to find a contact with the kidnappers,” Fr Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Mali told Fides recently.“We are exploring all possible paths to obtain Sister Cecilia’s release and are calling upon the faithful to keep praying for her,” he added.He called on those with any information regarding the whereabouts of the kidnappers to report the matter immediately to relevant authorites.“Some people believe that bandits in the area kidnapped the ...
Vatican City, Mar 28, 2017 / 11:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Rino Fisichella celebrated Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to mark the one-year anniversary of the passing of Mother Angelica, saying the nun changed the face of the New Evangelization by riding the digital wave and using to communicate the Gospel in a fresh and appealing way.“Before John Paul II spoke of the New Evangelization, (Mother Angelica) was able to do it concretely with television, the new way of communicating the Word of God,” Archbishop Fisichella told CNA March 27.Because of this, he said Mother “was a New Evangelist, she concretely did the New Evangelization” alongside another major saintly personality in the U.S. at the time: Archbishop Fulton Sheen, whose cause for canonization has been opened.“Fulton Sheen and Mother Angelica, for the whole Church they are the image, the icon of what the New Evangelization through the new media of communications means,” he said.He...
