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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women seeking abortions and some basic health services, including prenatal care, contraception and cancer screenings, would face restrictions and struggle to pay for some of that medical care under the House Republicans' proposed bill....
A North Carolina district attorney said Friday that two assistant prosecutors no longer work for him after The Associated Press reported ex-members of a church said the men, who belong to the sect, derailed criminal investigations into possible abuse by church leaders....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and raised pay at a healthy pace, making it all but certain that the Federal Reserve will raise short-term interest rates next week....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has named Bishop Daniel Miehm as the new Bishop of Peterborough, Canada. Bishop Miehm has been serving as an auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Hamilton.BIOGRAPHYBishop Daniel Miehm was born in 1960 in Kitchener, Ontario. After studies at St. Jerome's College, University of Waterloo and St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto, he was ordained to the Priesthood on May 6, 1989, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Hamilton. He was ordained Bishop at the Cathedral on May 7, 2013.Bishop Miehm holds a Master's degree in Divinity from St. Augustine’s Seminary and a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.Bishop Miehm has served as a Priest in the Diocese of Hamilton since his ordination in 1989. During his ministry, he served as Associate Pastor at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Stoney Creek and the Cathedral of Christ the King in Hamilton and as Pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Ham...
Vatican Weekend for March 11th, 2017 features the dramatic life story of a former refugee and now a doctor in Malawi who attended the Voices of Faith event in the Vatican, a Lenten reflection inspired by the biblical account of the Samaritan woman and her outcast status, a musical meditation that looks at the figures of two Popes by the name of John, plus a conversation all about Spiritual Exercises to coincide with Pope Francis’ annual Lenten Retreat. Listen to this program produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after having concluded the Spiritual Exercises.On Friday morning, before leaving Arricia – where the retreat was taking place – the Holy Father celebrated Mass for Syria.He also sent €100,000 to the poor of Aleppo, thanks to a contribution of the Roman Curia. The donation will be made by the Office of Papal Charities, the Elemosineria Apostolica (Apostolic Almoner).On Friday evening, Pope Francis is set to travel to the Vicariate of Rome where he will meet with the prefects of the Diocese. The meeting, a normal part of the life of the local Church, will be strictly private.
Vatican Weekend for March 12th, 2017 features a report examining the highlights and the impact of Pope Francis’ papacy on the 4th anniversary of his election, plus our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading, “There’s more in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye.”Listen to this program produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
(Vatican Radio) The preacher of the Pontifical Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa gave the first Lenten sermon on Friday for Pope Francis and other Vatican officials gathered in the town of Ariccia for their annual Lent retreat.The Capuchin friar will be giving another four reflections for the Pope and members of the Pontifical Household on the Fridays leading up to Holy Week. This year the theme of these Lenten homilies is the work of the Holy Spirit, based on the biblical verse from St Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 3: ‘No-one can say “Jesus is Lord”, except by the Holy Spirit.’In an interview with the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, Fr Cantalamessa explains the two reasons why he wanted to focus on the Holy Spirit for both Lent and for last year’s season of Advent.Listen to Philippa Hitchen’s report: Firstly, Fr Cantalamessa says, he chose this subject because the real novelty of the...
Rome, Italy, Mar 10, 2017 / 02:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Hundreds of musicians and pastors from around the world have signed a document urging parishes and publishers should take care to develop the Church’s rich musical traditions, not discard them.They did so after outlining trends within the Church’s musical traditions in the past five decades that they deem harmful to the Church’s liturgical life and musical heritage.The statement’s authors write that they “cannot avoid being concerned about the current situation of sacred music, which is nothing short of desperate, with abuses in the area of sacred music now almost the norm rather than the exception.”The letter, entitled “Cantate Domino Canticum Novum”, or “Sing a New Song Unto the Lord”, was signed by over 200 musicians, pastors, and musical scholars from around the globe, and published in six languages.Its publication commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Marc...
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2017 / 05:15 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After spending a week in Ariccia with members of the Curia for their annual Lenten spiritual exercises, Pope Francis returned to the Vatican Friday with words of gratitude and his own brief reflection.Shortly before leaving the Casa Divin Maestro retreat house in Ariccia, the Pope voiced his gratitude to Franciscan priest Giulio Michelini, who led the meditations for the week, saying “I want to thank you for the good you have wished us to have and for the good you have done us.”He thanked the friar first of all for his openness and for being “natural” during the preaching, sharing himself “without artifice.”Francis also gave thanks for all of the work Michelini put into preparing the meditations. “It’s true, there is a mountain of things to meditate on,” he said, but noted that as St. Ignatius says in the Exercises, when one encounters feelings of consolation or desolation, ...
