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Vatican City, Mar 20, 2017 / 09:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday, the Vatican released the official program for Pope Francis’ two-day visit to Portugal in May, where he’ll celebrate the centenary of the Fatima Marian apparitions and make a brief stop at an air base to meet the country’s president.Francis will likely make a stop at his favorite Roman basilica, Saint Mary Major, sometime before leaving Rome at 2 p.m. May 12.He’ll land at the air base in Monte Real around 4:20 p.m. local time, where he’ll be greeted by an official welcoming ceremony and meet with the president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, before making his way to Fatima.After his meeting with the president, the Pope is scheduled to stop by the chapel of the air base for a moment of prayer before boarding a helicopter that will take him to the Fatima’s multi-use stadium.From there, he’ll hop inside an open car and drive to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Once he arri...
IMAGE: EPABy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Theinclusion of "critical life protections" in the House health carebill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid andtax credits, are "troubling" and "must be addressed" beforethe measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policycommittee.Bishop Frank J. Dewane ofVenice, Florida, who is chairman of the bishops' Committee on Domestic Justiceand Human Development, sent a letter March 17 to House members. It was releasedMarch 20 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Regarding life protections inthe bill, Bishop Dewane said: "By restricting funding which flows toproviders that promote abortion and prohibiting federal funding for abortion orthe purchase of plans that provide abortion -- including with current andfuture tax credits -- the legislation honors a key moral requirement for ournation's health care policy."Among the "very troublingfeatures" of the bill are the Medicaid-related provisions,...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The tomb of Jesus has been resurrected to its former glory....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- At Universal Orlando Resort's new "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" ride, waiting in line has been replaced by lounging on couches and listening to a racy barber shop quartet sing until it's time to enter the ride....
BOSTON (AP) -- The mystery of Tom Brady's missing Super Bowl jersey led police all the way to Mexico, and authorities were investigating a former tabloid newspaper executive's possible role in the theft....
NEW YORK (AP) -- David Rockefeller was the last of his generation in a famous American family that taught its children that wealth brings great responsibility. Even as children, he and his siblings had to set aside portions of their allowances for charitable giving....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Under pressure from fellow insurgents and escalating airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, Syria's al-Qaida branch is stepping up violence against President Bashar Assad's strongholds with precise, high-profile attacks, including a surprising breach of the capital in the most serious infiltration in years....
LONDON (AP) -- Britain will begin divorce proceedings from the European Union on March 29, starting the clock on two years of intense political and economic negotiations that will fundamentally change both the nation and its European neighbors....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Judge Neil Gorsuch emphasized "the importance of an independent judiciary" on Monday in opening remarks to a Senate Judiciary Committee bitterly divided over his nomination to the Supreme Court....
PARIS (AP) -- Video of a suspected Islamic extremist at Paris' Orly Airport shows a soldier caught by surprise when an attacker drops a shopping bag and grabs her from behind....
