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Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2016 / 11:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Concrete outreach to those in need should be the focus of the U.S. bishops going forward, as well as “respectful dialogue” with the Trump administration, the bishops’ conference president said Monday.“United with Pope Francis, we are confident and we are hopeful, as we hear once again the echo of the words of Jesus: what you did for one of my least, you did for me,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville told the U.S. bishops.Archbishop Kurtz is the outgoing president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, finishing a three-year term. He spoke at their general assembly in Baltimore, Maryland Nov. 14. The bishops are entering their 100th year of holding plenary gatherings.“Whether it is protecting the child in the womb and her mother or a family seeking a better life as they migrate from another country, it is our task to think not of our own interests but of the common good,” he s...
Vatican City, Nov 14, 2016 / 12:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Always close to his heart, around 3,600 homeless men and women were given the chance to be also physically near the Pope this weekend – and near the heart of the Church – as they participated in the Jubilee of Mercy.From 22 countries around Europe, the men and women came at the invitation of Pope Francis, who has called the poor the “treasures of the Church,” to participate in the European Festival of Joy and Mercy held in Rome Nov. 11-13.From the UK, Josephine Kandeba said meeting Pope Francis was like “a daughter talking with her father.”“He is very humble,” she told CNA. “He listened to me. When I stopped him, I said, 'Holy Father, if you don’t mind, I want to say something'. He stopped, while I was holding his hand and while he was holding mine, and I said what I wanted to say to him.”Having been on the streets for years, Josephine now lives at a shel...
Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2016 / 12:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the country recovers from a divisive election and many in the U.S. are living in uncertainty, the Church must offer everyone hope, the outgoing president of the U.S. bishops' conference maintained Monday.“The Church at her best has always been a beacon of hope,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville stated Nov. 14 at a press conference during the bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.He added that the Church “advocates for people who feel that they’re disenfranchised or are filled with fear,” and pointed to statements he made earlier in the morning to migrants and refugees, who might be fearful after the recent presidential election.Just as Christ said in the Gospels “I am with you,” he exhorted his fellow bishops to repeat to these persons who have fled violence and persecution: “we are with you.”The bishops are meeting for their annual general assembly...
By Rhina GuidosBALTIMORE (CNS) -- In a letter read Nov. 14 during the fall general assembly of the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops, the chairman of the bishops' Committee onMigration, Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo of Seattle, called on President-electDonald Trump "to continue to protectthe inherent dignity of refugees and migrants."In a television interview Nov. 13, Trump said he islooking at a plan to deport 2 million to 3 million people whom he described as "criminal and have criminal records" and entered the country without permission. A day later, the U.S. bishops, meeting in Baltimore, affirmed Bishop Elizondo's letter encouraging efforts"to work together to promote the common good, especially those to protect themost vulnerable among us."In the letter, first released late Nov. 11, Bishop Elizondo said he was praying for Trump, "all electedofficials and those who will work in the new administration. I offer a specialword to migrant and refugee families living in the Un...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS' "NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates, died Monday of cancer, the network said....
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Police departments are relaxing age-old standards for accepting recruits, from lowering educational requirements to forgiving some prior drug use, to try to attract more people to their ranks....
QAYARA, Iraq (AP) -- On the main shopping street of the town of Qayara, murals put up by the Islamic State group that told people how to dress and behave have been hastily painted over. New signs touting nationalism and unity now line a main highway since Iraqi forces drove the extremists from the Tigris River Valley town in August....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vouching for the successor he never imagined having, President Barack Obama on Monday said the United States under Donald Trump would remain the "indispensable nation" for global security and praised the president-elect for vowing to maintain America's alliances....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is starting to sound an awful lot like President Barack Obama on immigration....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Latest on protests of the Dakota Access pipeline (all times local):...
