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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Jonathan LuxmooreWARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- France'sCatholic primate has condemned the current presidential campaign as his country's"worst ever" and urged Christians to help prevent democracy from "losingits sense.""Left and right rivaledeach other and had their radical wings, but there was also a center. Now, leftand right have stepped back, and the main candidates are divided by otherunclear criteria. I have the impression our voters are totally lost," saidCardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon.In an interview with Poland'sCatholic Information Agency (KAI), published April 26, Cardinal Barbarin saidFrance was witnessing "the twilight of its existing political system"as citizens sought out "leaders closer to the people in their economic andsocial realities.""Democracy seems to belosing its sense and being cast adrift by media shabbiness," CardinalBarbarin added. "This has been our worst-ever election campaign,characterized by the unforgivable accusations, total ...
DALLAS (AP) -- United Airlines says it will raise the limit - to $10,000 - on payments to customers who give up seats on oversold flights and will increase training for employees as it deals with fallout from the video of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat....
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Far-right supporters planned rallies Thursday to denounce what they called an attempt to silence their conservative views after Ann Coulter said she was forced to cancel a speaking event at the University of California, Berkeley amid concerns violence could break out....
LONDON (AP) -- Armed police carrying out a counterterrorism operation Thursday swooped in on a man they said was carrying knives in a bag near Britain's Parliament and arrested him on suspicion of planning terrorist acts....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific said Thursday that the crisis with North Korea is at the worst point he's ever seen, but he declined to compare the situation to the Cuban missile crisis decades ago....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said he has told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that he will not pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement at this time, but could still withdraw if he concludes a renegotiated pact is not "a fair deal for all."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was warned by authorities when he retired from the military in 2014 not to take foreign government-sourced money without "advance approval" from the Pentagon, according to documents released Thursday by the ranking Democrat on a House oversight committee....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a tweetstorm of criticism of Democrats involved in tense negotiations on a spending bill to keep the government open, accusing them of trying to close national parks and jeopardize the safety of U.S. troops over demands to provide Americans with health care....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received members of the Papal Foundation on Thursday who are on their annual visit to the Vatican. The Holy Father thanked them for supporting many religious and charitable causes and encouraged them, as a vital part of their "commitment to the work of the Papal Foundation, to pray for the needs of the poor, the conversion of hearts, the spread of the Gospel, and the Church’s growth in holiness and missionary zeal."Below please find the English translation of the Pope's address to members of the Papal Foundation.I am pleased to greet the members of The Papal Foundation on this, your annual visit to Rome. Our meeting today is pervaded by the joy of the Easter season, as the Church celebrates the Lord’s victory over death and his gift of new life in the Holy Spirit. It is my hope that your pilgrimage to the Eternal City will strengthen you in faith and hope, and in your commitment to promote the Church&rsqu...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegramme to Italian Archbishop Michele Pennisi of Monreale in Sicily for the 750th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of Monreale.Signed by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the telegramme was read out during the Eucharistic celebration, which took place in the Basilica on Wednesday to mark the event, by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI).In the telegramme, Pope Francis greeted those present and expressed his hopes that the anniversary “elicit ever more conscious adhesion to Christ and generous participation in the life of the Christian community”.The Pope also invoked the intercession of the “Mother of the Redeemer for copious divine graces” upon those celebrating the anniversary of three-quarter millennia.
