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IMAGE: CNS/Apostleship of PrayerBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Last year, more than 13 million peoplearound the world watched Pope Francis explain one of his specific prayerintentions each month.The 90-second, personal explanations in "The PopeVideo," first launched in January 2016, encouraged people to join anestimated 50 million Catholics who already had a more formal relationship withThe Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network -- better known by its former title, theApostleship of Prayer.The prayer network, which is more than 170 years old,continues to evolve.After the debut in 2016 of the monthly video onwww.thepopevideo.org, the new year began with Pope Francis adding a secondmonthly intention -- an urgent prayer appeal. For January the appeal was forthe homeless struggling with cold temperatures and indifference.For decades the Apostleship of Prayer distributed twointentions for each month: one focused on needs in mission territories and theother on a matter considered more uni...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the controversial opening of aMcDonald's near the Vatican may not have all local residents singing, "I'mlovin' it," the popular fast food chain is trying to do its part in theneighborhood by helping the poor and the hungry. "Medicina Solidale" ("SolidarityMedicine") announced Jan. 12 that it is joining forces with McDonald's andthe papal almoner's office, which gives the pope's charitable aid to thehomeless around the Vatican, to distribute 1,000 meals to poor men and womenwho often find shelter in and around St. Peter's Basilica. Starting Jan. 16, volunteers from the charitableorganization will distribute a specially prepared menu for the poor; itincludes a double cheeseburger, fresh apple slices and a bottle of water.Lucia Ercoli, director of "Medicina Solidale," saidthat the organization plans to distribute 100 meals a week for 10 consecutiveMondays. The program, she added, is "the beginning of a dialogue"w...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A next step for smart watches and fitness trackers? Wearable gadgets gave a Stanford University professor an early warning that he was getting sick before he ever felt any symptoms of Lyme disease....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government accused Fiat Chrysler on Thursday of failing to disclose software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines that allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act....
More human remains have been recovered in the search for wreckage of a corporate jet carrying six people that crashed in Lake Erie two weeks ago, authorities said Thursday....
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Esteban Santiago stood alone in the cold one day last month outside Mom & Pop's liquor store in Anchorage. He was waving his arms and having a terrible argument in the parking lot....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Small stalls and carts have sprung up outside the bombed-out buildings in eastern Mosul, selling meat and vegetables, cigarettes and cellphones to the thousands of civilians still living in neighborhoods where the Iraqi military has driven out the Islamic State group....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Republicans are taking the first steps toward dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, facing pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to move quickly on a replacement....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA told Congress on Thursday that he accepts the findings in an intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the U.S. election with the goal of helping Trump win, even though the president-elect has been skeptical of some of the report's conclusions....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In yet another aftershock from the chaotic presidential campaign, the Justice Department inspector general opened an investigation Thursday into department and FBI actions before the election, including whether FBI Director James Comey followed established policies in the email investigation of Hillary Clinton....
