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IMAGE: CNS/Tyler OrsburnBy Chaz MuthWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chief communications officer for theU.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Department of Communications announced a restructuringthat will shift the focus of its operation from a traditional print structureto a digital model."It's an exercise in enculturation," said James Rogers, USCCBchief communications officer. "If you're going to evangelize, you need to reachpeople where they are."The communications department wasbuilt when print and newspapers were the dominant force in media. The landscape has been dramatically transitioning in recent years to a digital platform,where information is frequently sought and shared in real time, Rogers told Catholic News Service May 8.Though print content will continue tobe generated, more resources will be directed toward visual media, digitalcontent and social media dissemination, Rogers said.The restructuring involves theelimination of 12 jobs and the creation of 10 new positions. Emplo...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Mexican government, San Antonio's police chief and others slammed Texas' new "sanctuary cities" law on Monday, saying that requiring local law enforcement to help enforce U.S. immigration law could lead to racial profiling and will fan distrust of the police by the state's many Hispanics....
BOSTON (AP) -- One of two doctors found dead and bound inside their penthouse in a luxury condominium building had texted a friend that there was "a gunman in the house," prosecutors revealed Monday as the suspect in their slayings was arraigned from his hospital bed....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's most prominent domestic violence hotline reports a sharp increase in calls from abuse victims struggling with issues related to their immigration status....
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- After a series of stinging legal defeats, President Donald Trump's administration hopes to convince a federal appeals court that his travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries is motivated by national security, not religion....
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was "essentially starved to death" before his remains were found in the family's pig sty....
PARIS (AP) -- Freshly elected to the French presidency, now comes the equally difficult Act II for Emmanuel Macron: securing the parliamentary majority he needs to make good on his campaign promises to lift France out of economic gloom....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the congressional probe into Russia in the 2016 election (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, speaking publicly for the first time about concerns she brought to the Trump White House on Russia, told Congress on Monday she warned that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn "essentially could be blackmailed" because he apparently had lied to his bosses about his contacts with the Russian ambassador....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Monday with staff and students of Rome’s Pontifical Portuguese College, reflecting on his forthcoming visit to Fatima this weekend.Recalling the apparitions of Our Lady to the three shepherd children of Fatima, exactly a century ago, the Pope said that encounter was a moment of grace, which enabled Francesco, Giacinta and Lucia to know and love Jesus.Like a wise and tender teacher, he said, Mary helped them to understand the love of the Trinitarian God as the most important part of their human existence.In the same way, the Pope said, all those studying and working at the college today must have as their principle goal to know and love Christ, learning how to give themselves totally to him.Whatever academic specialisations they may choose, he continued, the first concern of all priests must be to grow in the experience of the love of God, who is always close to us, just as he was close to the three shepherd children.Look to Mary, Pop...
