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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Aug 10, 2017 / 03:21 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The National Police of the Dominican Republic have arrested a priest on suspicion of killing a teenager, who was allegedly sexually abused by the cleric while serving as an altar boy.Fernely Carrión had been missing since Aug. 4, after a taxi driver dropped the 16 year-old boy off with Father Elvin Taveras.The boy’s body was later found along the road of Los Mina, a sector located outside of Santo Domingo Este. Reports indicate the teen was stabbed several times.The young man had lived in El Torito and Villa Mella, where the priest said Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Carrión began altar serving for Father Elvin at 10 years-old.Father Elvin has also been accused of molesting Carrión, who was allegedly being paid by the priest to remain silent.According to a Aug. 8 statement by the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, the priest will be suspended from his duties and the church will fu...
Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug 10, 2017 / 04:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Recent changes in U.K. politics have meant a renewed push against Northern Ireland’s pro-life laws, advocates say.“It is so incredibly important to lobby for life at this present point in time because of the stark threat to unborn children here as Northern Ireland faces a great deal of political instability,” said the Northern Ireland pro-life group Precious Life.Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster said that Northern Ireland is under pressure to change these laws. Foster said the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – her party, which became a key part of Northern Ireland’s governing coalition in the last U.K. elections – would do “everything in our power” to safeguard current laws. Speaking to Youth for Life NI, Precious Life’s youth organization, she also discussed the need to improve perinatal hospice care.Foster’s DUP is traditionally...
Shanghai, China, Aug 10, 2017 / 05:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A cardinal who helped change Catholic missionary work in China is now a possible candidate for beatification. Cardinal Celso Costantini became the first apostolic delegate to China in 1922.The situation in China was particularly complex in the wake of European colonialism and the end of the opium trade. Christian missionaries were suspected of being foreign agents. Tens of thousands of Christian civilians, predominantly Chinese Catholics, were killed in the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901.For its part, France considered the Catholic missions in the land to be under its direct protection, despite its recently approved constitution rigidly separating Church and State.Then-Bishop Costantini was called not only to navigate the complex political situation, but also to work for a change in the mentality with which the missionary work was being carried out. His appointment to China came not long after Pope Benedict XV’...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Diplomacy and political engagement are necessary to resolve thedifferences between the United States and North Korea and avoid a militaryconflict, the chairman of a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committee saidin a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.WritingAug. 10, Bishop Oscar Cantu ofLas Cruces, New Mexico, chairman of the bishops' Committee on InternationalJustice and Peace, echoed a recent call from the Korean bishops'conference to support talks to secure the peaceful future of the Korean Peninsula.BishopCantu acknowledged that the escalating threat of violence from North Korea'sleaders cannot be "underestimated or ignored," but that the"high certainty of catastrophic death and destruction from any militaryaction must prompt the United States to work with others in the internationalcommunity for a diplomatic and political solution based on dialogue."Theletter follows days of back-and-forth threats b...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An emerging debate about whether elected officials violate people's free speech rights by blocking them on social media is spreading across the U.S. as groups sue or warn politicians to stop the practice....
DENVER (AP) -- A defiant and occasionally exasperated Taylor Swift insisted during a whirlwind hour of testimony Thursday that a Denver disc jockey grabbed her bare backside and held on for a long time during a meet-and-greet before a concert....
NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN fired conservative commentator Jeffrey Lord on Thursday after he tweeted a Nazi salute at a critic....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Last year's global weather was far more extreme or record breaking than anything approaching normal, according to a new report....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump escalated a stunning feud against his top Senate partner Thursday, suggesting Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might have to think about stepping aside if he doesn't deliver on the president's agenda of health care, taxes and infrastructure....
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- Not backing down, President Donald Trump warned Kim Jong Un's government on Thursday to "get their act together" or face extraordinary trouble, and suggested his earlier threat to unleash "fire and fury" on North Korea was too mild....
