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WASHINGTON (AP) -- For Donald Trump, the reality of the world's problems may be starting to sink in....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The grief-stricken father cradled his 9-month-old twins, Aya and Ahmed, each in the crook of an arm. Stroking their hair, he choked back tears, mumbling, "Say goodbye, baby, say goodbye" to their lifeless bodies....
Vatican City, Apr 5, 2017 / 11:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met Wednesday with a delegation of Muslim leaders from Great Britain along with Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster to promote dialogue and collaboration following the deadly attack in London last month.During the private meeting at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall April 5, Pope Francis said the most important job everyone has in this moment is to listen to each other.“I like to think that the most important work that we must do among us today, in humanity, is the work ‘of the ear:’ to listen to each other,” he stated. “To listen to each other, without rushing to answer.”Following the audience with Francis, the group also met with Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.The meetings at the Vatican were organized following an attack on London’s Palace of Westminster March 22.According to the Guardian, four people were kil...
Medjugorje, Bosnia, Apr 5, 2017 / 12:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis’ envoy to Medjugorje said Wednesday that the site seems to be bearing numerous expressions of faith and vocations. However, he added, the final determination of the apparition’s authenticity remains to be seen.Archbishop Henryk Hoser was sent by the Pope to evaluate the pastoral situation for residents and pilgrims in Medjugorje. He clarified that he was not tasked with anything beyond this scope.“The same as you, I expect a final decision from the commission, and of course the Holy Father Pope Francis,” Archbishop Hoser said at an April 5 press conference in Medjugorje. “I do not know what the Holy Father thinks, he never told me,” he said. “The Holy Father also needs to see what are the conclusions of the commission.”The apparitions are under investigation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which is to submit its final document to the Pope for a...
Vatican City, Apr 5, 2017 / 01:51 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Young people are the subject of Pope Francis’ universal prayer intention for April, and in his prayer video presenting the petition, the pontiff challenges them to “be the protagonists of change.”Released April 4, the video opens with Pope Francis saying, “I know that you, young people, don’t want to be duped by a false freedom, always at the beck and call of momentary fashions and fads.”“I know that you aim high. Is that true, or am I wrong?” he asks.As the video continues, a young woman is shown packing a backpack and heading out into the world. “Don’t leave it to others to be the protagonists of change,” Francis says.“You, young people, are the ones who hold the future. I ask you to be builders of the world, to work for a better world.”“It is a challenge, yes it is, do you accept it?” he asks, as the video shows the young woman working w...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate ConceptionBy WASHINGTON(CNS) -- A special one-time national collection will be taken at U.S. parishes atMasses on Mother's Day, May 14, to support the mosaic ornamentation of the TrinityDome, the "crowning jewel" of the Basilica of the National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception.Themosaic will depict the Trinity, Mary and 13 saints associated with the UnitedStates or the national shrine, the four evangelists and words from the NiceneCreed.Thefinished dome also will mark the completion of the national shrine, accordingto the original architectural plans for the church set to mark its centennialin 2020 -- the 100th anniversary of the placement of its foundational stone.TheU.S. Catholic bishops approved the special collection in November 2015 duringtheir annual fall general assembly. The last time a national collection wasdone for the shrine was in 1953.LastOctober during the blessing of the workspace where the new mosa...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago CatholicBy Joyce DurigaCHICAGO (CNS) -- Chicago CardinalBlase J. Cupich April 4 announced a new initiative to increase the work ofcurrent anti-violence programs in parishes and schools and those run by MercyHome for Boys and Girls, Catholic Charities and Kolbe House, the archdiocese'sjail ministry.The Chicago Archdiocese alsowill seek out partnerships to increase programs that will help break the cycleof violence.The cardinal announcedthe initiatives on the 49th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. MartinLuther King Jr.With a $250,000 personaldonation, Cardinal Cupich said the archdiocese will create the Instruments ofPeace Venture Philanthropy Fund that will provide funds for both new andexisting neighborhood-based anti-violence programs. The money comes fromdonations he's received to aid his personal charitable efforts.In 2018, the archdiocese alsowill hold the first U.S. meeting of Scholas Occurrentes, a program active in100 countr...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest Republican health care idea could mean going back to a time when people with medical problems were charged much higher premiums for individual policies, experts say....
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- As part of a sweeping hunt for any accomplices of the St. Petersburg suicide bomber, investigators Wednesday rounded up seven suspected Islamic State recruiters from the Central Asia region of the former Soviet Union but found no immediate evidence of their involvement in the subway attack....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic senator yielded the Senate floor Wednesday after talking through the night to highlight his party's opposition to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch....
