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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Each week dozens of newlyweds, dressedagain in their wedding gowns and tuxedoes, come to the Vatican to receive aspecial papal blessing as they begin their lives together."It's always been a dream of mine, since I was little,to come to the audience and see the Holy Father and see the newlywed couples. It'salways been a very special way to celebrate a marriage," newlywed KellyMichelle Byrne told Catholic News Service. The Australian bride and her Scottish husband, Geaspar Byrne,were married in Scotland Feb. 4 and were at the Vatican four days later toattend the weekly general audience with Pope Francis.Couples from around the world who have celebrated theirwedding recently are given special "sposi novelli," that is,"newlywed," tickets to the audience and are seated in the VIP section.They have a chance to greet the pope and receive hisblessing and a special rosary.In their sharp suits and flowing white gowns, they st...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The exploitation of any person is acrime, but the exploitation of a woman "destroys harmony" in theworld, Pope Francis said.Commenting on the Genesis story of God creating Eve, PopeFrancis told people at his early morning Mass Feb. 9 that the creation storyemphasizes how the world needs the qualities women have.Men and women "are not the same, one is not superior tothe other, no," the pope said. "It's just that men do not bringharmony. She is the one who brings that harmony that teaches us to caress, tolove with tenderness and who makes the world something beautiful."After the creation of Adam, the pope said, "God himselfnotices the solitude" of Adam, who "was alone with all theseanimals."God could have said, "'Hey, why don't you take a dog,who will be faithful, to accompany you through life and two cats to pet.' Afaithful dog is good, cats are cute -- at least some think so, others no, forthe mice no!" the pope said.But Adam still felt alone, s...
NEW YORK (AP) -- For years, the champion at the Westminster dog show was treated to quite a victory lap: Visit the morning TV shows. Up the Empire State Building. Lunch at Sardi's. Bark on a Broadway stage....
ROME (AP) -- The World Health Organization says China has taken steps to end its once-widespread practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners but that it's impossible to know what is happening across the entire country....
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A report released Thursday estimates more than 2.5 million immigrants in the country illegally live in the metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, which have pledged to fight President Trump's plans to expand deportations....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A Palestinian opened fire and stabbed shoppers with a screwdriver near a busy open air market in central Israel on Thursday, wounding at least six people, police said....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's fronts are on fire despite a cease-fire reached in December between the rebels and the government....
BOSTON (AP) -- The biggest storm to hit the Northeast this winter dumped a foot or more of snow along the New York-to-Boston corridor Thursday, turning roads treacherous, grounding flights and giving millions of people weather whiplash a day after temperatures soared into the 50s and 60s....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Around 6:30 each evening, Secret Service agents gather in the dim hallways of the West Wing to escort Donald Trump home....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump Organization is returning to a long-dormant licensing deal involving a beachfront luxury resort in the Dominican Republic, testing the limits of Donald Trump's pledge to halt new international Trump-branded projects during his presidency....
