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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICANCITY (CNS) -- In a rather simple prayer service Nov. 19, Pope Francis willcreate 17 new cardinals and symbolically bind them to ancient churchtraditions.Inthe months following the consistory -- as any gathering of cardinals is called-- the new cardinals under the age of 80 will be named members of variousVatican congregations, councils, dicasteries and offices. For most of thecardinals, the memberships, while not involving a permanent move to Rome, willbe the most regular exercise of their new ministry as advisers to the pope.Themost serious responsibility that cardinals have is the solemn obligation to gatherin a conclave to elect a new pope. That right is reserved to cardinals underthe age of 80.ThreeU.S. citizens are among the new cardinals. They are: Archbishop Blase J. Cupichof Chicago; Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the new Vatican office forlaity, family and life; and Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, who recently wastransferred fro...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Carol ZimmermannBALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S.bishops chose to break from tradition during this year's fall assembly bycelebrating Mass at the church known as the "Mother Church" of blackCatholics in Western Baltimore instead of the usual venue: Baltimore's historicbasilica."I pray our presence willconvey the church's solidarity with you," said Baltimore ArchbishopWilliam E. Lori in opening remarks Nov. 14 to a few dozen parishioners attendingthe Mass with more than 250 bishops who filled nearly every pew of the small church.In his homily, Archbishop JosephE. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, said the bishops came to the church "to bepresent, to see with our own eyes, so that we might humbly take a step and leadothers to do so." Archbishop Kurtz, outgoingpresident of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, also said the bishops'presence was just one part of an effort to bring about healing of racialdivides. He acknowledged this effort would involve "more th...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal-designate Kevin J. Farrellbelieves the U.S. bishops as a whole should have discussed pastoral guidelinesfor implementing Pope Francis' exhortation on the family before individualbishops began issuing guidelines for their own dioceses.Implementing the pope's exhortation, "AmorisLaetitia," he said, "has to be done in communion with our bishops. Ithink that it would have been wiser to wait for the gathering of the conferenceof bishops where all the bishops of the United States or all the bishops of acountry would sit down and discuss these things."A conference-wide discussion, he told Catholic News ServiceNov. 15, would ensure "an approach that would not cause as much divisionamong bishops and dioceses, and misunderstandings."The cardinal-designate was asked specifically about pastoralguidelines issued for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by Archbishop Charles J.Chaput, who also is head of a U.S. bishops' ad ho...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries. That could potentially provide a way to undo some of the damage of heart disease....
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A local West Virginia official said she has been placed on leave after she posted a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Democratic mayors of major U.S. cities that have long had cool relationships with federal immigration officials say they'll do all they can to protect residents from deportation, despite President-elect Donald Trump's vows to withhold potentially millions of dollars in taxpayer money if they don't cooperate....
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Drawing a broad lesson from the election of Donald Trump, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that world leaders need to pay attention to people's very real fears of economic dislocation and inequality in the midst of globalization....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sequestered in his Manhattan high-rise, Donald Trump huddled Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he moved closer to filing out his Cabinet, including top national security posts. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged as the favorite to serve as secretary of state, a senior Trump official said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid signs of support from Donald Trump, Speaker Paul Ryan moved Tuesday toward winning approval from House Republicans to keep his job in the coming Congress. House Democrats, jarred by their meager Election Day gains, seemed less certain about their direction and delayed a vote on whether to keep Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader....
