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The moon was full the other night and as it rose over the bay, I enjoyed watching everyone outside taking pictures with all kinds of cameras.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jorge Duenes, ReutersBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is establishing a working group charged with developing spiritual, pastoral and policy advocacy support for immigrants and refugees.Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, USCCB president, has named members of the working group, with the mandate of closely following developments related to immigrants and refugees in the United States. The USCCB Public Affairs Office announced formation of the group Dec. 16.Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, USCCB vice president, will chair the group. Members include the chairman of USCCB committees and subcommittees involved in immigration concerns: Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, Committee on Migration; Auxiliary Bishop Nelson J. Perez of Rockville Centre, New York, Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs; Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, Committee on Domestic Social Development; Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of Yakima, Washington...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ben NelmsBy Alicia AmbrosioVANCOUVER,British Columbia (CNS) -- Two figures dressed as Mary and Joseph made their waydown the center aisle of Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral. At various points, they stopped and asked a parishioner playing the part of an innkeeper for aplace to stay. Invariably the reply was negative. Finally, the two figuresreached the foot of the altar and asked the congregation if they had any roomfor Christ. The congregation said they did have room for Christ, and only then didthe entrance procession for the first Simbang Gabi Mass of the year begin. SimbangGabi refers to nine Masses in honor of Mary, traditionally celebrated inthe nine days before Christmas by Filipino Catholics around the world. TheFilipino community of Vancouver began the novena with a Mass celebratedArchbishop Michael Miller at the cathedral. Thescene of Mary and Joseph asking for a place to stay was a standard feature onthe first night of Simbang Gabi. It would help the fai...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to Nazi occupiers, but captured by chance....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The University of Minnesota football team is threatening to boycott one of the nation's best known and most lucrative second-tier bowl games over the suspension of 10 players accused of participating in a sexual assault....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are eyeing the Senate confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's Treasury secretary pick selection as a prime opportunity to chip away at the Republican's populist appeal with working-class voters and begin rebuilding their own party's economic message....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President Barack Obama's year-end news conference (all times EST):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama put Russia's Vladimir Putin on notice Friday that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S. presidential election, his strongest suggestion to date that Putin had been well aware of campaign email hacking....
Nigerian Bishop, Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Oyo Diocese and President of the Social Communications Committee at SECAM has issued the following Press Release, on behalf of the Bishops of Africa, to mark the 80th birthday of Pope Francis which falls on 17 December 2016.SECAM stands for Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar and has its headquarters in Accra, Ghana. The Social Communications Committee of the continental association of Catholic Bishops is known as CEPACS, it French acronym which stands for the Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (Comité Episcopal Panafricain Pour Les Communications). PRESS RELEASE FROM SECAM ON THE OCCASION OF POPE FRANCIS’ 80TH BIRTHDAY 16 DECEMBER 2016BISHOPS OF AFRICA CONGRATULATE POPE FRANCIS ON HIS BIRTHDAYOn behalf of the President of SECAM, Most Reverend Gabriel Mbilingi; the Standing Committee of SECAM and on behalf of all the Bishops and Conferences of SECAM in Africa, I send...
Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec 16, 2016 / 10:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Christian governor of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, could face stiff penalties if convicted of insulting the Quran – a charge he strongly denies.Prosecutors in the Muslim-majority nation charged that he insulted Islam by misusing a particular Quranic verse that suggests Muslims should not be ruled by non-Muslims.Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who goes by the name Ahok, was in tears as he denied the allegations in court.The governor insisted that his use of the verse was aimed at politicians who were misusing the verse against him. He cited his relationship with his adoptive parents, who are Muslim.“I am very saddened that I have been accused of insulting Islam because this accusation is the same as saying that I am insulting my adoptive parents and siblings,” Purnama said at a Dec. 13 hearing, according to Reuters.He has repeatedly apologized for his comments but denied charges of blasphemy.The governo...
