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IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus NewsBy J.D. Long-GarciaLOSANGELES (CNS) -- The answer to society's dysfunctions can be found in oneperson: Jesus Christ.Thatmessage is at the core of a new pastoral letter by Los Angeles Archbishop JoseH. Gomez -- "For Greater Things You Were Born" -- released March 1, AshWednesday.Theletter is a 16,000-word meditation on human nature, which the archbishopmaintains can only be understood in relation to God."JesusChrist alone knows who we are and he is the one teacher of life," he writes."He alone shows us the way to live in order to lead a truly human life."Theelections revealed rifts in American society. The archbishop notes inparticular "the persistence of racist thinking," class divisions, "cruelindifference to the sufferings of immigrants" and efforts to "normalize"abortion and euthanasia."Inplace of a coherent national spirit and ethos, we see in our society newexpressions of radical individualism and new forms of domination by the strong...
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PARIS (AP) -- The European Parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity from prosecution for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting gruesome images of Islamic State violence, a crime that carries up to three years in prison in France....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing number of Republicans joined Democratic leaders on Thursday in calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step aside from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election....
Pakistan’s Catholic Church has planned to mark Lent, among other things, with fundraising on behalf of widows, aid to the poor, as well as visits to the sick and disabled people.The time of fasting and penitence comes at a time of extreme difficulty and tensions, in a country touched by terrorist attacks in public places and places of worship. Despite this, Catholics will not stop supporting the poorest sections of the population and those who are in difficulty."We have raised funds to help more than 70 widows and their children,” said Bishop Shukardin Samson, bishop of Hyderabad (Sindh province). “Lent gives us the opportunity of engaging in campaigns to [show] Christ’s merciful face in our difficult country,” he added. In view of this, “I call on Christians throughout Pakistan to fast and pray for peace on the Friday before Palm Sunday,” he said, speaking to AsiaNews.For its part, the Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Lah...
