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Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 14, 2017 / 02:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archdiocese of Mexico has countered claims made by two former priests that Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera covered up the actions of pedophile priests, calling the allegations an “orchestrated farce.”The communications office of the Mexico City archdiocese reported that Cardinal Rivera had spoken to a Public Ministry official July 26, in response to the June 2 complaint filed by Alberto Athié and José Barba.Athié and Barba filed their complaint with the Attorney General of the Republic's Office, accusing Cardinal Rivera of the alleged cover-up of 15 pedophile priests. In the 1990s Athié had brought allegations against Fr. Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legion of Christ. Fr. Maciel was later removed from public ministry after it was verified he had committed sexual abuse and fathered several children.The Archdiocese of Mexico indicated that Athié and Barba base...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Erik De Castro, ReutersBy Tony C. DiazHAGATNA, Guam (CNS) -- TheCatholic Church on Guam is urging its members and all people on the island to beprayerful and stay centered in Christ amid threats of missile attacks by NorthKorea.Coadjutor Archbishop Michael J. Byrnesof Agana asked all priests to promote prayers of peace at all Masses Aug. 13 as tensions continue, following threats by North Koreadictator Kim JongUnto attack this American territory in the Marianas Islands."In your Masses this Sunday,especially in the prayer of the faithful, please offer prayers for peacebetween our nations, just resolution of differences, and prudence in bothspeech and action," Archbishop Byrnes said in a message to all priests of the Archdioceseof Agana Aug. 11."Please also offer prayers forthe men and women of our military, especially those whom we host on Guam, thatthey might find grace for diligence and courage as they execute their respectiveduties," he said.Guam has long had a hi...
SEPT-SORTS, France (AP) -- A man who may have been trying to kill himself rammed his car into a pizzeria east of Paris on Monday, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring her younger brother and at least 11 others, authorities said....
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Authorities have not provided a crowd estimate for the Saturday rally of white nationalists in Charlottesville that descended into chaos. But two organizations that track hate groups and were monitoring the event said it was the largest white supremacist gathering in a decade or more....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump's media loyalists constructed an anti-police, anti-media narrative to defend the president following criticism of his initial response to weekend violence in Charlottesville, at least until forced into a quick pivot Monday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the social media posts resembled a wanted poster or a missing-persons flyer: Photographs of men were arranged in rows, seeking their names and employers....
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- The driver charged with killing a woman at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville was previously accused of beating his mother and threatening her with a knife, according to police records released Monday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump and the weekend's violence and death in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):...
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- Police in Texas acting on a tip found 16 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck in San Antonio....
Washington D.C., Aug 14, 2017 / 10:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With deadly violence following a rally of white supremacists this past weekend in Charlottesville, Va., bishops throughout the nation denounced racism and racist ideologies.Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and domestic justice chairman Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, Fla., issued a statement on Sunday condemning “the evil of racism, white supremacy and neo-nazism.”They also prayed for peaceful counter-protesters, saying that “our prayer turns today, on the Lord's Day, to the people of Charlottesville who offered a counter example to the hate marching in the streets.”“Let us especially remember those who lost their lives. Let us join their witness and stand against every form of oppression,” they said.This past weekend, a planned “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., to protest the city’...
