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Rome, Italy, Apr 21, 2017 / 10:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- India's Catholic bishops have strongly condemned a violent police disruption of a Good Friday service at a small parish in the south of the country.The Dhalit Catholic community in the village of Sogandi was holding a liturgy for the Passion of the Lord April 14 when they were disrupted by the Tehsildar – local tax and revenue officers – as well as police during the Veneration of the Cross and distribution of Holy Communion.“The Catholic Church in India is very distressed and saddened by the happenings in Sogandi, Tamil Nadu, on Good Friday, a day very sacred to Christians everywhere,” the April 19 press release stated.“The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India expresses its full solidarity with the people of Sogandi and condemns in very strong terms the brutal action of the Tehsildar.”The statement, signed by the secretary general of the bishops’ conference, Bishop Theodore Ma...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For St. Francis of Assisi, followingChrist meant imitating his humility and forsaking riches, power and status; themen who call themselves Franciscans today believe they are called to embrace thesame attitudes, including in their governance.In early April, the ministers general of four men's branchesof the Franciscan family -- the Friars Minor, Capuchins, Conventual Franciscansand the Third Order Regulars -- asked Pope Francis to give the Franciscans the "privilege"of allowing religious brothers to be elected to leadership positions, includingthose with authority over ordained priests.The word "privilege" means special permission forsomething not generally envisioned by church law. In canon law, governance inthe church usually is tied to ordination.The Franciscans' request is about recovering the notion of fraternity andservice St. Francis gave his first companions, said Father Michael Perry,minister general of the...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Donald Trump Jr. will be targeting more than just Montana's Republican voters on Friday and Saturday when he helps Greg Gianforte campaign for an open U.S. House seat....
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- The suspect in this week's racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno shouted Friday that natural disasters will increasingly hit the United States as he was ushered into a cramped courtroom for his first appearance before a judge....
A drugmaker asked Arkansas officials not to purchase its products for executions months before the state accepted a third-party "donation" of potassium chloride as one of three drugs to use in lethal injections, according to letters obtained by The Associated Press....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The Latest on the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):...
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- The word "CANCELED" is printed across a poster of Ann Coulter's face at the University of California, Berkeley. But that appears to be wishful thinking....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The leader of a bipartisan good-government group, Zach Wamp, headed to the White House last week to ask whether President Donald Trump's "drain the swamp" slogan would ever be more than a throwaway campaign slogan. One of the president's closest aides, Steve Bannon, assured him it's a priority....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump waded into France's upcoming elections Friday, saying he believes an attack on police officers this week will help Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate....
PARIS (AP) -- The Champs-Elysees gunman who shot and killed a Paris police officer just days before France's presidential election had a note with him defending the Islamic State group, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday....
