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IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God is right by the side of eachperson on earth, seeing each individual's pain and wanting to bring hope andjoy, Pope Francis said."He calls us by name and tells us, 'Rise up, stopweeping, because I have come to free you,'" the pope said May 17 at hisweekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.The pope continued his series of talks on Christian hopeby looking at the Gospel of John's account of St. Mary Magdalene visitingJesus' tomb.She was the first to go to the tomb after his burial, hesaid, pointing out that the same love and loyalty can be seen today in the manywomen who head to the cemetery, visiting their dearly departed for years,showing how not even death can break the bonds of love.In Mary Magdalene's case, however, she experienced notonly the sadness of Christ's death, but also the discovery that his body haddisappeared, the pope said.Just as she is weeping near the tomb, "God surprisesher in the most...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is not shy about showinghis love for Mary in public and, like many Latin American bishops, he stronglyhas resisted attempts to dismiss as superstitious or "simple," in anegative sense, popular devotion to the mother of God.The pope's devotion and his respect for those who turn toMary in their hour of need was on display May 12-13 when he and some 500,000people gathered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal.Canonizing two of the illiterate shepherd children to whomMary appeared in 1917,Pope Francis made it clear he sees no need for people to be"sophisticated" in explaining their devotion.But he also made it clear that, as in any area of faith andspirituality, there is room in their understanding of Mary for people to growas Catholics and Christians.Calling himself a pilgrim with the pilgrims, Pope Francisasked "which Mary" did the crowds come to honor? The Mary who is"a teacher of the spiritual life, t...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pranay Varada was stung by last year's National Geographic Bee, when he flubbed the official language of Sierra Leone - it's English; he answered French - and finished in sixth place. Determined to avoid another setback in his final year of eligibility, he started studying for this year's bee that same day....
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch passengers on KLM flights might have recognized the co-pilot's voice when he introduced himself on the airline's Cityhopper services....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A warmer, wetter climate is helping push dozens of Eastern U.S. trees to the north and, surprisingly, west, a new study finds....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement fanned out across Los Angeles in pre-dawn sweeps, serving arrest and search warrants as part of a three-year investigation into the ultra-violent street gang MS-13....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration said Wednesday it will continue granting nuclear sanctions relief to Iran, keeping the Obama-era nuclear deal intact for now. But the U.S. also announced new unrelated sanctions in a bid to show it wasn't letting Tehran off the hook....
U.S. stocks fell sharply in late-afternoon trading Wednesday as investors fretted that the latest turmoil in Washington could hinder President Donald Trump's pro-business agenda....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Talks on a proposed U.S. ban on laptops and tablets in flights from Europe ended Wednesday with no ban - and a promise of more talks and better intelligence sharing....
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Arrests of immigrants suspected to be in the U.S. illegally soared in the early months of the Trump administration, in part because of a surge in the detention of immigrants who have no criminal convictions, officials announced Wednesday....
