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IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Christians should care about reading God's messages in the Bibleas much as they care about checkingmessages on their cellphones, Pope Francis said. AsChrist did in the desert when tempted by Satan, men and women can defendthemselves from temptation with the word of God if they "read it often,meditate on it and assimilate it" into their lives, he said before prayingthe Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter's Square March 5."Whatwould happen if we turned back when we forget it, if we opened it more times aday, if we read the messages of God contained in the Bible the way we readmessages on our cellphones?" the pope asked the crowd. Thepope's reflection centered on the day's Gospel reading (Mt. 4:1-11) in whichJesus is tempted by the devil while fasting in the desert for 40 days andnights before beginning his ministry. Satan,he said, attempts to dissuade Jesus from fulfilling his message and to undermi...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's doctrinal chief dismissedaccusations that some Vatican officials are resisting recommendations on bestpractices for protecting children and vulnerable adults from clergy sex abuse. "I think this cliche must be put to an end: the ideathat the pope, who wants the reform, is on one side and, on the other, a group ofresisters who want to block it," said Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect ofthe Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The congregation is charged with carrying out canonicaltrials and seeking justice for victims of clerical abuse, while local bishopsand heads of religious orders must care for their pastoral needs, he said in aninterview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published March 5.Cardinal Muller responded to complaints made by MarieCollins, who resigned her post on the Pontifical Commission for the Protectionof Minors March 1, citing what she described as resistance com...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia is protecting its "sovereignty and dignity" by expelling the North Korean ambassador, the prime minister said Monday, as relations between the countries unraveled further over the poisoning of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader....
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The economy is up, unemployment is down and some Dutch prisons are so empty the government has been renting out cells....
Leslie Kurtz needed three plates, eight screws and a big assist from her insurer after breaking every bone in her ankle while white water rafting....
LONDON (AP) -- British lawmakers focused on footwear Monday, asking whether employers should be able to make women wear high heels as part of a corporate dress code....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump's explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump's telephones during last year's election, although they won't say where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn't true....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq welcomed its removal from a revised U.S. travel ban on Monday, calling it a "positive message" at a time when American and Iraqi forces are battling the Islamic State group....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday signed a new version of his controversial travel ban, aiming to withstand court challenges while still barring new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and shutting down the U.S. refugee program....
