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By SANSALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) -- Pope Francis warned bishops from across theWestern Hemisphere that corruption poses a grave threat to the people of LatinAmerica. He also reiterated calls for the church to work closely with people torenew their hope. In aletter to the Latin American bishops' council, or CELAM, meeting in El Salvadorthrough May 12, Pope Francis said corruption "is one of the most serioussins that plagues our continent today." "Corruptiondevastates lives by immersing them in the most extreme poverty. Corruption,which destroys entire populations by subjecting them to precariousness.Corruption that, like a cancer, consumes the daily life of our people. And thereare so many of our brothers and sisters who, admirably, go out to fight," hewrote. TheArgentine pope used the story of Our Lady of Aparecida, considered the principalpatroness of Brazil, to emphasize his message of hope. The statue was said tohave helped bring faith -- and a bountiful catch -- to three fisher...
IMAGE: CNS/Tyler OrsburnBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Bishops attending a meeting were among the first to sign theNational Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty at the U.S. bishops' headquartersbuilding May 9.Eachperson taking the pledge promises to educate, advocate and pray for an end tocapital punishment."AllChristians and people of goodwill are thus called today to fight not only forthe abolition of the death penalty, whether legal or illegal, and in all itsforms, but also in order to improve prison conditions, with respect for thehuman dignity of the people deprived of their freedom," Pope Francis hassaid. This quotation kicks off the pledge.The pledgedrive is organized by the Catholic Mobilizing Network."Thedeath penalty represents a failure of our society to fulfill the demands ofhuman dignity, as evidenced by the 159 people and counting who have beenexonerated due to their innocence since 1973," the organization says onthe pledge sheet following space for someone's ...
WOODSTOCK, Ala. (AP) -- Attention is often a hard-won commodity out in the country, and sometimes it's the last thing a little town wants....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Hours after celebrating his election win with thousands of supporters in wet Seoul streets, new South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday was quickly thrown into the job of navigating a nation deeply split over its future and faced with growing threats from North Korea and an uneasy alliance with the United States....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Department officials have been weighing new guidance that would encourage prosecutors to charge suspects with the most serious offenses they can prove, a reversal of Obama-era policies that aimed to reduce the federal prison population and show more leniency to lower-level drug offenders....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's military launched a new assault Tuesday aimed at reasserting its authority in the east of the country, battling U.S.-backed opposition fighters in the remote desert near the borders with Iraq and Jordan. The government forces' ultimate goal is to insert itself in the fight against the Islamic State group in the oil-rich region....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There was a time when doing the right thing seemed pretty simple to James Comey, the FBI director whom President Donald Trump fired on Tuesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the firing of FBI Director James Comey (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, dramatically ousting the nation's top law enforcement official in the midst of an FBI investigation into whether Trump's campaign had ties to Russia's election meddling....
(Vatican Radio) As Pope Francis prepares for his next pastoral visit to Portugal on Friday, analysts are reflecting on the important ecumenical and interfaith fruits of his historic visit to Egypt.Among the most powerful images of his brief trip to Cairo were his warm embrace with the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Sheik Ahmed Al-Tayeb and an ecumenical encounter at a Coptic church where 29 people died in a suicide bombing last December. The Pope stood in prayer in front of the bloodstained wall, lighting a candle beside photos of those who were killed in the attack.Just before the ecumenical prayer service at the church of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox leader Pope Tawadros II also signed a joint declaration, reaffirming their shared roots in faith and stating their desire to end the practice of re-baptising converts. The statement also calls for a common translation of the Lord’s Prayer and a common date for the celebration of Easter.To find out more ...
