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IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert DuncanBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- No matter the position one takes on nationalmigration policy, Pope Francis, Caritas Internationalis and national Catholiccharities across the globe want Catholics to meet a migrant or refugee andlisten to his or her story.In late September, Pope Francis will launch the "Sharethe Journey" campaign, a two-year program of Caritas Internationalis topromote encounters between people on the move and people living in thecountries they are leaving, passing through or arriving in.Meeting migrants and refugees and listening to their stories-- and having them listen to the stories of people in their host communities -- mean the walls peoplehave erected in their minds and hearts should begin to fall, said Michel Roy,secretary general of Caritas Internationalis."You may be afraid of migrants as a large group ofpeople coming in, but when you meet a migrant, then you have a differentvision," he said July 27. Listening to their sto...
DETROIT (AP) -- On any given day this summer, you might find 97-year-old Lennart Ribring driving his 2016 Ford Mustang GT on a winding road near his home in Sweden. Or you might see Chris Fitzpatrick polishing his 1967 Mustang convertible in Auckland, New Zealand. Guo Xin might be working on a Mustang in his car repair shop in Beijing, while in England, a happy bride and groom drive off in a Mustang GT California Special....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After wrongly asserting that someone "leaked" information about his finances, newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is talking tough about cracking down on Trump administration leaks and threatening to get federal investigators involved....
For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human embryos, a controversial step toward someday helping babies avoid inherited diseases....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio State Fair opened Thursday but its amusement rides remained closed one day after a man was killed and seven other people were injured when a thrill ride broke apart and flung people into the air....
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Though his future may be in doubt, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions forged ahead Thursday with a tough-on-crime agenda that once endeared him to President Donald Trump, opening a mission in El Salvador to step up international cooperation against the violent street gang MS-13....
LONDON (AP) -- A British judge ordered Thursday that critically ill infant Charlie Gard should be moved from a hospital to a hospice, where he will "inevitably" die within a short time....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is pushing for inspections of suspicious Iranian military sites in a bid to test the strength of the nuclear deal that President Donald Trump desperately wants to cancel, senior U.S. officials said....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Clashes erupted Thursday at a sacred shrine in Jerusalem as thousands of Muslims rushed to pray at the site for the first time in nearly two weeks following Israel's removal of security devices installed there after a deadly attack....
(Vatican Radio) From Rome, Italy, the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, on behalf of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, has commended the Catholic Church in Malawi for its generosity in contributing to the Universal Solidarity Fund and its continued work of evangelization.In a letter addressed to Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa, National Director of PMS in Malawi, Archbishop Rugambwa said the 2017 General Assembly of the Superior Council of PMS was very grateful for Malawi’s financial contribution and participation in the different activities of PMS carried out in 2016:Archbishop Rugambwa said the scope of the general assembly was to reflect on the identity and the evangelizing activities and methods of collaboration in union with and at the service of the universal mission of the Church.“I am grateful to you personally and to all the National Directors who have duly submitted to our International Secretariat the financial report of th...
