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IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Carol GlatzROME (CNS) -- Addressing the fear of immigrants,dissatisfaction with a "fluid economy" and the impatience and vitriolseen in politics and society, Pope Francis told Rome university students topractice a kind of "intellectual charity" that promotes dialogue andsees value in diversity."There are lots of remedies against violence,"but they must start first with one's heart being open to hearing other people'sopinions and then talking things out with patience, he said in a 45-minuteoff-the-cuff talk."It necessary to tone it down a bit, to talk lessand listen more," he told hundreds of students, staff and their familymembers and friends during a visit Feb. 17 to Roma Tre University.Arriving at the university, the pope slowly made his wayalong a long snaking pathway of metal barricades throughout the campus,smiling, shaking hands and posing for numerous selfies with smiling members ofthe crowd. When handed a small baby cocooned in a bright...
By Jonathan LuxmooreOXFORD, England (CNS) -- Churchleaders and organizations in Africa, Europe and the United States said it wouldbe disastrous if U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order tellingcompanies they no longer had to disclose whether their firms use "conflictminerals" from Congo.Western firms have been accusedof working with violent gangs in Congo to obtain minerals used for producingmobile phones, laptops and other consumer objects, and of allowing trade inresources to perpetuate human rights violations.In the United States, thechairman of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee wrote the actinghead of the National Security Council urging Trump not to suspend the rulesrelated to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act."Congolese die every day inthe illegal mines and at the hands of the armed groups that destroy communitiesin order to expel them from potential mining sites," wrote Bishop OscarCantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, committee chairman. "The estim...
HAMPTON CORNERS, N.Y. (AP) -- Deep below upstate New York's farm country, workers in ghostly tunnels are praying for snow....
Communities just downstream of California's Lake Oroville dam would not receive adequate warning or time for evacuations if the 770-foot-tall dam itself - rather than its spillways - were to abruptly fail, the state water agency that operates the nation's tallest dam repeatedly advised federal regulators a half-decade ago....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A desolate but lovely volcano on the North Korea-China border could be the key to unraveling the sudden, mysterious death of an exiled scion of North Korean royalty....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bob Michel, an affable Illinois congressman who served as leader of the Republican House minority for 14 years and was skilled at seeking compromise critical in getting many initiatives of two Republican presidents through Congress, died Friday. He was 93....
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- The Indonesian woman arrested for suspected involvement in the killing of the North Korean leader's half brother in Malaysia was duped into thinking she was part of a comedy show prank, Indonesia's national police chief said Friday, citing information received from Malaysian authorities....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans are poised to use their majority to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite calls from Democrats to delay until requested emails are released....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though Donald Trump fashions himself a loyal boss, his inner circle has been steadily shrinking - revealing Trump's willingness to cast aside some of his most devoted advisers....
The Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press....
