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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House's handling of intelligence reports on the Russia investigation has been labeled unorthodox and, to the Democrats, suspicious. But when it comes to Donald Trump's relationship with his spy agencies, that's par for the course....
The Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat (ECS) has marked its Golden Jubilee this week under the theme “50 Years of Witnessing the Gospel.”Speaking at the annual Church Partners’ Coordination meeting held to coincide with the Golden Jubilee, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel C.M., the Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia (CBCE) praised the ESC. He said the Catholic Church through the Secretariat and diocesan offices responds to the needs of the people while reading the signs of the time through the light of Christ.“The fundamental mission of the Church is to serve the poor. The Church does not remain silent in an ever changing world but responds through its different interventions of pastoral and social development in order to address the pressing needs of the time,” said the Cardinal.He lauded the Secretariat for having been actively involved in works of mercy and compassion in orde...
New President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (JESAM), Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator has said since the African continent endures a complexity of crises such as poverty, drought, governance issues, migration and displacement, these present opportunities to the Society of Jesus to evangelise. The JESAM President made the remarks in an interview with Jesuit Communications in Harare, Zimbabwe.“Africa itself is a frontier, as a continent, it is faced with many challenges, but also it presents a lot of opportunities. It is a very youthful continent blessed with talented young people who may not always have the opportunities they deserve to put this talent at the service of the continent, and that’s a huge frontier for the Jesuits.” Fr Orobator added, “All these are all frontiers that Jesuits strive to respond to.” Following Fr Orobator’s appointment as JESAM President by the Superior General of the Jesuits, in Februa...
Vatican City, Mar 31, 2017 / 01:20 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Thursday Vatican official Cardinal Peter Turkson said he hopes President Trump will reconsider some of the decisions he is making in office, particularly his recent executive order curtailing environmental protections – but that he is glad U.S. bishops are offering a “different voice.”Diverse members of the U.S. Bishops' Conference have already voiced opposition to some of President Trump's actions, including on immigration, Cardinal Turkson told journalists Thursday morning.“This, for us, is a sign that little by little, other positions and political voices will emerge. We hope that Trump himself will rethink some of his decisions,” he said.Head of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, Turkson spoke to journalists at a breakfast meeting March 30 on a conference the department will hold at the Vatican April 3 and 4.Cardinal Turkson expressed his gratefulness for the U.S. bishops who...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis returned to a practice hedeveloped during the Year of Mercy: making a Friday-afternoon visit to peoplein need of or deserving special care.For the visit March 31, he chose the Sant' Alessio-Margheritadi Savoia Regional Center for the Blind in Rome. The center is home to 37adults and senior citizens who are blind or severely visually impaired, but thestructure also offers specialized classes for 50 children with the samechallenges."With this visit, the pope wants to continue theso-called Mercy Friday visits carried out during the Jubilee of Mercy,"the Vatican said in a statement. The visits were designed to reflect thespiritual and corporal works of mercy with "those who live in situationsof physical and social exclusion."The pope's visit was scheduled to last about two hours.The center was founded in 1868 by lay Catholics with thesupport of Pope Pius IX and specialized in giving a general educati...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlos Barria, ReutersBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Now that lawmakers have withdrawn theAmerican Health Care Act, Congress must "seize this moment to create a newspirit of bipartisanship" and make "necessary reforms" inexisting health care law to address access, affordability, life and conscience,said three U.S. bishops' committee chairmen.The GOPbill was removed from consideration by the House at the eleventh hour March 24because its passage looked unlikely, as a number of lawmakers disagreed withseveral of its provisions as well as the process that led to the drafting ofthe bill.Themeasure "contained serious deficiencies, particularly in its changes toMedicaid, that would have impacted the poor and others most in need inunacceptable ways," the bishops said in a joint letter to Congress datedMarch 30 and released March 31 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.But thecommittee chairmen also said that withdrawal of the bill "must not end ournation's efforts to improve...
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pittsburgh coffee shop is brewing up backlash over a loyalty punch card featuring pictures of President Donald Trump and other conservatives....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One minute, veteran stuntman Steve de Castro was playing dead during filming of the television series "Shooter" at a remote location north of Los Angeles. The next minute, de Castro was run over and dragged by a sport utility vehicle driven by actor Tom Sizemore....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. health officials have begun enrolling volunteers for critical next-stage testing of an experimental vaccine to protect against Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that can cause devastating birth defects in pregnant women....
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) -- Authorities in two Texas counties said they received phone calls about a pickup driving erratically shortly before a head-on collision between a truck and church bus in southwest Texas that killed 13 people returning from a retreat....
