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IMAGE: CNS photo/Toby Melville, ReutersBy LONDON (CNS) -- Cardinal VincentNichols of Westminster, whose cathedral is just a short walk from the scene ofthe London terrorist attack, called for prayers for the dead and wounded."Yesterday's attacks inWestminster have shocked us all," he said in a March 23 statement. "Thekind of violence we have seen all too often in other places has again broughthorror and killing to this city."The five fatalities includedAysha Frade, a 43-year-old Catholic mother mowed down by a car driven by the assailant as he sped over Westminster Bridge toward the BritishParliament. Frade was on her way to pick up her children from school when shewas killed.After crashing the vehicle intorailings, the British-born Muslim ran into New Palace Yard, near Parliament,where he fatally stabbed a police officer before he was killed by police. About40 people were injured in the attack."Pray for Aysha Frade,killed by the car on Westminster Bridge," Cardinal Nichols said, ad...
By Junno Arocho EstevesROME (CNS)-- While documentation regarding an alleged miracle attributed to theintercession of Blessed Oscar Romero is being studied at the Vatican, there isno date scheduled for his canonization, the archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, said. "Imust say, in all sincerity, that there is no date. And we understand it wellbecause it involves a process. Blessed Romero's cause is at a decisive phasethat is necessary for his canonization," Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alassaid March 23 during a memorial Mass for Blessed Romero in Rome. ArchbishopEscobar, along with the other bishops of El Salvador were making their "ad limina" visits to Rome and theVatican and anticipatedthe 37th anniversary of Blessed Romero's death with Mass at Rome's Basilica ofSanta Maria in Trastevere. BlessedRomero, the archbishop of San Salvador, was assassinated in 1980 whilecelebrating Mass in the chapel of a local hospital one day after calling on thegovernment to end its violation o...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):...
NEW YORK (AP) -- One was a neighborly black man who lived in a rooming house in New York's Garment District, liked to collect autographs outside Broadway's theaters, struck up a Twitter friendship with a Hollywood actress and took photos of himself with Oprah Winfrey and Beyonce....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The deepening U.S. military involvement against Islamic State militants in northern Syria indicates the Pentagon will likely send even more troops in coming weeks. Their mission won't be to fight on the front lines but to bolster Syrian Arab and Kurdish forces in a coming battle for the key city of Raqqa....
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland high school has been thrust into the national immigration debate after a 14-year-old student said she was raped in a bathroom there by two classmates, including one who authorities said came to the U.S. illegally from Central America....
LONDON (AP) -- Authorities on Thursday identified a 52-year-old Briton as the man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman to death outside Parliament in London, saying he had a long criminal record and once was investigated for extremism - but was not currently on a terrorism watch list....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Thursday defended the House intelligence committee chairman's extraordinary decision to openly discuss and brief President Donald Trump on typically secret intelligence intercepts, even as Rep. Devin Nunes privately apologized to his congressional colleagues....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After seven years of fervent promises to repeal and replace "Obamacare," President Donald Trump and GOP congressional leaders buckled at a moment of truth Thursday, putting off a planned showdown vote in a stinging setback for the young administration....
Flavia Agnes is a noted Catholic women’s lawyer and rights activist who co-founded the Majlis Legal Centre in Mumbai, India, that campaigns for and provides legal aid to vulnerable women and children, focusing specially on domestic and sexual violence. Herself a victim of a violent and abusive marriage for 13 years, she fought for her rights in the courts and then used this experience to help other women in similar situations, qualifying herself as a lawyer. Flavia who participated in the annual ‘Voices of Faith’ forum in the Vatican on the occasion of Women Day, 8 March, spoke to Vatican Radio about her efforts to bring women’s rights to the forefront of India’s legal system and in the Catholic Church. She also explained how the Church should change its attitude and approach to women and their issues. She said much has changed in society and in the Church but there is still a long way to go. Flavia first talked about the ...
