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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, ReutersBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Thereligious makeup of the 115th Congress is significantly Christian -- 91 percent-- with Catholics comprising one-third of the House of Representatives and about a quarter of theSenate.Overall, there are six fewer Christians in the new Congress, at 485 members. But there are four more Catholics, who now total 168.The high percentage of Christians in Congress issimilar to the 87th Congress in 1961, when such information was first collected. At the time, 95 percent of Congress members wereChristian.The data on the religious makeup of the currentsenators and representatives was collected by Pew Research Center and announcedJan. 3.The Pew report notes that the large number ofChristians in Congress has shifted in recent years with a decline in the numberof Protestants. In 1961, Protestants made up 87 percent of Congress, compared with 56 percent today. Catholics, conversely, made up 19 percent of the 87th Co...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tony Gentile, ReutersBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the depths of despair, when nowords or gestures will help, then cry with those who suffer, because tears are theseeds of hope, Pope Francis said.When people are hurting, "it is necessary to share intheir desperation. In order to dry the tears from the face of those who suffer,we must join our weeping with theirs. This is the only way our words may trulybe able to offer a bit of hope," he said Jan. 4 during his weekly generalaudience."And if I can't offer words like this, with tears,with sorrow, then silence is better, a caress, a gesture and no words," hesaid.In his first general audience of the new year, the popecontinued his series of talks on Christian hope by reflecting on Rachel'sinconsolable sorrow and mourning for her children who "are no more," aswritten by the prophet Jeremiah.Rachel's refusal to be consoled "expresses the depth ofher pain and the bitterness of her weeping," the pope told those ga...
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) -- Nearly a century ago, Robert Marchand was told by a coach that he should give up cycling because he would never achieve anything on a bike....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Keaton has revealed the reason behind his departure from the "Batman" franchise after two films....
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City authorities say more than 100 people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block at a Brooklyn station....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof spoke to the jury for the first time at his death penalty trial Wednesday, telling them that there's nothing wrong with him psychologically and that he is not trying to keep any secrets from them....
CHICAGO (AP) -- He entered the White House a living symbol, breaking a color line that stood for 220 years....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is using WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to cast doubt on the U.S. intelligence community's case that Russia was behind hacking of the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2016 election....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's "first order of business" will be to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law and replace it, but Republicans must avoid hurting consumers as they do that, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Wednesday....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his series of catechetical reflections on “Christian Hope” during his weekly General Audience on Wednesday. The Holy Father based his reflection on the prophecy of Jeremiah: Rachel “weeping for her children,” but… “There is hope for your future” (Jeremiah 31:15-17).Below, please find the full text of the official English-language summary of Pope Francis’ catechesis for 4 January 2017:Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis on Christian hope, we now turn to the figure of Rachel, the wife of Jacob, who died giving birth to her second child. The prophet Jeremiah evokes Rachel’s tears – the tears of a mother who weeps for her children and would not be consoled – to describe the sorrow of the Chosen People at the time of the Exile. Anyone familiar with the grief of a mother who has lost a child knows the power of this image. In response to Ra...
