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Vatican City, Mar 23, 2017 / 06:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions.The Pope approved the miracle in a March 23 audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he advanced six other causes, approving one other miracle, two causes for martyrdom and three of heroic virtue.In addition, the Pope also approved a positive vote from members of the canonization for six martyrs who are already Blessed, but do not yet have a second miracle for their cause.However, the most significant of the causes approved is that of Francisco and Jacinta Marto. With the approval of the second miracle, the two may now be canonized Saints. It is likely Pope Francis will preside over their canonization himself while in Fatima May 12-13 for the centenary of the apparitions.Franci...
Charlotte, N.C., Mar 23, 2017 / 09:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A new, epic narrative about the life of Mary, Queen of Heaven has just been released with the hope of drawing individuals closer to the Mother of God during the upcoming 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima.“We wanted to tell the story of Fatima. But, what the story of Fatima is really is the story of a battle,” Rick Rotondi, Vice President of New Business at Saint Benedict Press, told CNA.“That battle goes a long way back to the very beginning of the Bible, with enmity with the serpent. It’s a long story and that’s what we are trying to tell: the battle that Our Lady is engaged with in modern times,” he continued.The new program is titled Queen of Heaven: Mary's Battle for You and was released by Saint Benedict Press only a few weeks ago. The video series is broken down into eight different segments, in a document-style format and is hosted by Leonardo Defilippis...
IMAGE: CNS/Gregory A. ShemitzBy BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Cardinal WilliamH. Keeler, the retired archbishop of Baltimore who was known for his vital role in ecumenical and interreligious relations, died early March 23 at St. Martin'sHome for the Aged in the Baltimore suburb of Catonsville. He was 86.The Baltimore Archdiocese saidfuneral arrangements were being finalized."One of the great blessingsin my life was coming to know Cardinal Keeler," said Baltimore ArchbishopWilliam E. Lori in a statement. "Cardinal Keeler will be greatly missed. Iam grateful to the Little Sisters for their devoted care for the cardinal."Cardinal Keeler was the bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he was appointed the 14th archbishop of Baltimore in 1989. Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 1994. He retired in 2007. As presidentof the U.S. bishops' conference from 1992-95, he participated in a wide rangeof national and international issues.As part of his work with what isnow the U.S. Conference of Cathol...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mark R. Cristino, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Notlistening to God's voice can distance Christians from him and lead them instead to seeksolace in worldly idols that offer only doubt and confusion, Pope Francis said. When Catholics are"deaf to the word of God," their hearts are hardened, and "theylose the meaning of faithfulness," the pope said March 23 in his homilyduring morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae.The pope began his homily by reflecting on the day's firstreading from the prophet Jeremiah in which God laments the unfaithfulness ofhis people who "walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turnedtheir backs, not their faces, to me.""Not listening to and turning our backs -- whichhardens our heart -- takes us on that path of unfaithfulness," the popesaid.In the reading,"the Lord says: 'Faithfulness has disappeared,' and we become unfaithfulCatholics, pagan Catholics and, even worse, atheist Catholics" without the necessary reference...
By 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 theunnamed 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, addingthat her two children attend...
LONDON (AP) -- Donald Trump Jr. is facing criticism for a tweet sent in the hours after Wednesday's London attack that included a months-old comment from London Mayor Sadiq Khan that terror attacks are part of living in a big city, but left out that Khan was noting that residents need to "be prepared" for such attacks....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man as the primary suspect in a string of bomb threats targeting Jewish community centers and other institutions in the U.S., marking a potential breakthrough in the case....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Belgian authorities tightened security Thursday in the port city of Antwerp after a Frenchman drove his car at high speed through a busy shopping area, forcing pedestrians to jump out of the way....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Senate Democrat said Thursday he will oppose President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee and lead a filibuster of the choice, setting up a politically charged showdown with Republicans with far-reaching implications for future judicial nominees....
