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Vatican City, Jun 9, 2017 / 08:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After twin terrorist attacks killed at least 17 people in Tehran, Iran, earlier this week, Pope Francis condemned the 'barbaric' act of violence and offered his prayers for the victims and their families. “His Holiness Pope Francis sends his heartfelt condolences to all those affected by the barbaric attack in Tehran, and laments this senseless and grave act of violence,” a June 9 letter signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin read.“In expressing his sorrow for the victims and their families, His Holiness commends the souls of the deceased to the mercy of the Almighty, and he assures the people of Iran of his prayers for peace.”On Wednesday, June 7, deadly twin attacks on Iran's parliament building and a monument containing the tomb of the republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, killed at least 17 people and wounded several others.According to CNN, six a...
By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The 14th annual report on diocesancompliance with the U.S. Catholic Church's "Charter for the Protection ofChildren and Young People" shows that church leaders have taken steps tohelp many find healing as victims of clergy sexual abuse, but there is still work to bedone.Introductoryremarks in the 2017 report urge church leaders not to assume that "sexual abuseof minors by the clergy is a thing of the past and a distant memory. Anyallegation involving a current minor should remind the bishops that they mustrededicate themselves each day to maintaining a level of vigilance," wroteFrancesco Cesareo, chairman of the National Review Board, which oversees theaudits.The newly released report-- based on audits conducted between July 1, 2015, and June30, 2016 -- shows that 1,232 survivors of child sexual abuse by clergycame forward with 1,318 clerical abuse allegations in 132 Catholic dioceses andeparchies. The allegations represent reports of abuse th...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The more women are involved in andcontribute to communities, politics, economics and the church, the morepositive changes will come about, Pope Francis said."Women are fully entitled to actively take part inall settings, and their rights must be affirmed and protected, includingthrough legal instruments wherever it may prove necessary," he said June9.The pope was speaking to members, consultors and guestsof the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, which was holding itsplenary assembly in Rome June 7-9. Participants had discussed the role of womenin teaching universal fraternity."We cannot truly call on God, the father of all, ifwe refuse to treat (others) in a brotherly way," Cardinal Jean-LouisTauran told the pope, quoting from "Nostra Aetate," the Vatican IIdeclaration that addressed the Catholic Church's relations with otherreligions.Pope Francis told the assembly that unfortunately theimportant ability of women to teach these value...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jerry Seinfeld has explained that he won't hug "a total stranger," days after he denied pop singer Kesha a hug in an exchange that was caught on camera and went viral....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby says he apologized to the family of the woman he is accused of drugging and assaulting only because her mother thought he was "a dirty old man," according to testimony read to the jury Friday at the comedian's trial....
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) -- A judge has denied a request for a not-guilty verdict by an attorney for a Massachusetts woman charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly convincing her boyfriend to kill himself through a series of text messages....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hours before a 17-year-old Alabama girl was killed in a bus crash, she wrote a final journal entry about her mission trip to Africa: "God has called me here and he's done so for a reason."...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A proposal for paid parental leave championed by Ivanka Trump could go back to the drawing board....
A leading journal of political philosophy took up the Black Lives Matter movement in its June issue without a single contribution from a black academic, triggering an outcry from African-American scholars....
