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IMAGE: CNS photo/Saul MartinezBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Latin America's traditional social values of cooperationand solidarity must prevail over the societal ills that threaten the livelihoodof the region's inhabitants, Pope Francis said. The current social and economic crisis facing Latin American countrieshas allowed for the "growth of poverty, unemployment, social inequality" and a situationin which the planet, "our common home, is exploited andabused," the pope said June 30."This is at a level that we never would have imagined 10 years ago. In the face of thissituation, an analysis isneeded that takes into account the reality of concrete people, thereality of our people," he told members of the Italian-Latin AmericanInternational Organization. Founded in 1966, the international organization seeks toincrease "economic, social, scientific, technological and culturalcooperation" between Latin American countries and Italy, according to the group's website.Its 21 ...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The sunny weather was calling many of Washington's20-somethings to rooftop pools, outdoor bars and bicycle rides, just as nectarcalls birds to flowers, but Francisco Hernandez, 26, and Flor Diaz, 24, decidedto spend the summer afternoon and early evening of June 24 in the churchbasement at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington. Sometimes the twodanced or talked in front of a crowd of about 50, trying to keep the conversationgoing during their parish meeting marking the first stages of the Encuentro, a four-year-long process of meetings and gatherings aimed at figuring out the needs of LatinoCatholics in the U.S. Around the country, parishioners in many Catholic churcheswith healthy Latino populations, such as the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, arehosting similar events, which they hope will yield not just information aboutthe up-and-coming group in the church, but also Latino leaders, missionaryaction and a zeal for Catholic identity in the fa...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump took South Korea to task over its trade surplus with the United States on Friday, demanding renegotiation of a bilateral pact, even as the close security allies voiced joint resolve against the nuclear weapons threat from North Korea....
RIVERTON, Utah (AP) -- The parents of a Utah man imprisoned in Venezuela one year ago as of Friday fear their son will die in a Caracas jail with no relief in sight and growing volatility in the South American country....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Serious wounds to a soldier and a Navy SEAL who searched for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can be used at the sentencing phase of his upcoming trial, a judge ruled Friday, giving prosecutors significant leverage to pursue stiff punishment against the soldier....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Paul Gottinger, who applied nearly a year ago to bring his Iranian fiancee to the United States so they could be married, went to bed feeling hopeless....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say at least two people have been shot at a New York City hospital and the gunman is still at large....
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, a couple onscreen and off, say the White House told them a damaging National Enquirer story about their relationship would "go away" if they called the president and apologized for harsh commentary....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Hundreds of civilians fled Mosul's Old City on Friday as Iraqi forces slowly squeezed the last pockets of Islamic State resistance, and the U.N. warned that the "intense and concentrated" fighting put innocent lives in even greater danger....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Churches should have the First Amendment right to endorse political candidates and still keep their tax-free status, say House Republicans, who quietly tucked a provision into a sweeping spending bill that would deny the IRS money to enforce the 63-year-old law prohibiting such outright politicking from the pulpit....
