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Vatican City, Jan 20, 2017 / 08:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta of Panama officially announced the dates of the next World Youth Day, which is set to take place in January, rather than July as is usual, due to the weather.He made the announcement during a Jan. 20 news conference in the country's capital, Panama City, during which he also reiterated the gratitude of the Panamanian Church to Pope Francis for choosing Panama to host WYD in 2019.According to a communique from the archdiocese, the bishop explained that the decision to choose Jan. 22-27 for the dates of the gathering, rather than holding it in July as is traditionally done, was done for reasons primarily linked to the climate and weather.Speaking directly to youth, Ulloa said “you are the true protagonists of this World Youth Day. Panama awaits you with an open heart and with open arms to share the faith, to feel that you are the Church!”Pope Francis announce...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Like many concerned about what DonaldTrump has said about women and his various and changing positions on abortion,Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa decided she wanted to take part in the Jan. 21 Women'sMarch on Washington, protesting the new president on the day after hisinauguration as the country's 45th leader.She and about 50 others from the New Wave Feminists, a pro-lifegroup against abortion, war, the death penalty and other issues, had planned tojoin the crowd to make their voices heard and even wanted to be listed aspartners in the march's official roster."We were going to send a message that we were going to beholding Trump accountable," Herndon-De La Rosa said in a Jan. 19 interview withCatholic News Service.While officials with the Women's March, a conglomeration ofgroups dealing with issues ranging from equal pay for women, against sexdiscrimination and violence against women, said they would march to defend themarginalized, Herndon-De La Ros...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God forgives and forgets the faults ofrepentant sinners, unless they keep reminding him of their errors by pretending they have no need to change, Pope Francis said.The new covenant in Jesus Christ, the new relationship Godwants to establish with each person, is sealed by being "faithful to thiswork the Lord does to change our mentality, to change our hearts," thepope said Jan. 20 during his morning Mass.Being a Christian, he said, is making a commitment tochanging one's life by "not sinning again or reminding the Lord of thatwhich he has forgotten." The pope preached on the day's reading from the Letter tothe Hebrews, which says God will write his laws on the heartsof believers, "will forgive their evildoing and remember their sins nomore.""Sometimes I like to think -- joking with the Lord abit -- 'You don't have a very good memory.' It is God's weakness that when heforgives, he forgets," the pope said.By writing his laws on people's hearts, he...
By J.D. Long-GarciaLOSANGELES (CNS) -- On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president, LosAngeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez renewed the call to recognize the humanity ofimmigrants at a Vatican-sponsored migration conference at the University ofCalifornia in Los Angeles."Peopledo not cease to be human -- they do not cease to be our brothers and sisters --just because they have an irregular immigration status," the archbishop said ina keynote address closing the "Workshop on Humanitarianism and Mass Migration"Jan. 19. "They are children of God and they are brothers and sisters. Ourfamily."TheJan. 18-19 conference -- sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, thePontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the Ross Institute of New York, and theGraduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA -- broughttogether leading scientists, policymakers and philanthropists."Thefundamental crisis that forced displacement and mass migration are generatingrepresents the most...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Telling the bishops of Ireland that hewanted to hear their questions, concerns and even criticisms, Pope Francisspent almost two hours in conversation with them.In the continuing evolution of the "ad limina"visits bishops are required to make to the Vatican, Pope Francis met Jan. 20with 26 Irish bishops and set aside a practice that began with Pope BenedictXVI: writing a speech to the group, but handing the text to them instead ofreading it.Pope Francis did, however, maintain his practice of sittingwith the bishops and asking them what was on their minds. The ministry of a bishop, the clerical sexual abuse crisis,the role of women in the church, the need to find new ways to engage with youngpeople, the changing status of the church in Irish society, the importance ofCatholic schools and methods for handing on the faith were among the topicsdiscussed, the bishops said. They also spoke about plans for the World Meetingof Families in Dublin in Augu...
Incoming first lady Melania Trump wore a sky-blue cashmere jacket and mock turtleneck dress by Ralph Lauren, the brand that designed so many Hillary Clinton pantsuits, on Inauguration Day....
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) -- Gambia's chief of defense forces pledged his allegiance to the country's new president Friday, a major shift as mediation continued to persuade the defeated Yahya Jammeh to cede power....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Islamic State militants have destroyed parts of the second-century Roman amphitheater and an iconic monument known as the Tetrapylon in Syria's historic town of Palmyra, the government and experts said Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Saying they were bringing the world's most notorious drug lord to justice, U.S. prosecutors on Friday described Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as the murderous architect of a 3-decade-long web of violence, corruption and drug addiction and announced they were seeking a $14 billion forfeiture from him....
FARINDOLA, Italy (AP) -- The Latest on the avalanche that buried a hotel in central Italy (all times local):...
