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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPABy WASHINGTON(CNS) -- The U.S. bishops will discuss ways to promote peace in U.S. communitiestorn apart by violence, vote on ways to implement priority areas for theirconference approved last year and elect new leaders during their Nov. 14-16fall general assembly in Baltimore.Thediscussion about restoring peace in the nation will stem from a report to bepresented to the bishops from a task force formed this past summer after shootingsby police and of police took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Minneapolis; andDallas.WhenArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who is president of theU.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the USCCB Task Force to PromotePeace in Our Communities, he said there needed to be "ways of nurturing anopen, honest and civil dialogue on issues of race relations, restorativejustice, mental health, economic opportunity and addressing the question ofpervasive gun violence."Thetask force is chaired by Atlanta A...
ROME (AP) -- A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people....
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- The prospect of a police raid on an encampment protesting the Dakota Access pipeline faded as night fell Wednesday, with law enforcement making no immediate move after protesters rejected their request to withdraw from private land....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on developments in the civil war in Syria (all times local):...
MOSCOW (AP) -- A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon worked Wednesday to stave off a public relations nightmare, suspending efforts to force California National Guard troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan to repay their enlistment bonuses that may have been improperly awarded....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- His presidential dreams increasingly in question, Donald Trump pushed his business empire to the center of his political campaign Wednesday. Taking a break from battleground states, he made the case at his newest hotel that all Americans should look to his corporate record for evidence of how well he'd run the country....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hillary Clinton appears on the cusp of a potentially commanding victory over Donald Trump, fueled by solid Democratic turnout in early voting, massive operational advantages and increasing enthusiasm among her supporters....
(Vatican Radio) The response of Christians to refugees, migrants and internally displaced people will be at the heart of the historic ecumenical events taking place in Sweden on Monday to mark the forthcoming 500th anniversary of the Reformation.Pope Francis and the leaders of the Lutheran World Federation will preside at a joint prayer service in Lund cathedral, before travelling together to the nearby city of Malmö for an event spearheaded by Caritas Internationalis and the LWF’s charitable arm, its World Service department.The event in Malmö’s main sports arena will feature personal testimonies from refugees and those working for human rights in India, South Sudan, Burundi, Colombia and Syria. To underline the importance of working together for the common good, the heads of Caritas and the World Service will sign a declaration of intent for closer cooperation and shared witness to the world. Maria Immonen heads the LWF’s Department for Wor...
Strengthening and networking of Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in Africa and beyond can be a significant contribution of the African Church to the world, the one-week Pan-African meeting on SCCs has observed. The meeting which convened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, early this week, brought together 16 participants from Kenya, Burkina Faso, Germany, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.Speaking at the meeting, Tanzania’s Auxiliary Bishop of Bukoba Diocese, Method Kilaini said the idea of SCCs started in the then Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1961, as the fruit of the Second Vatican Council. Bishop Kilaini quoted Saint Pope John Paul II who praised SCCs saying that Small Christian Communities are focused on, "Christians coming together for prayer, Scripture reading, catechesis and discussion on human and ecclesial problems with a view to a common commitment. These communities are a sign of vitality within the Church, an in...
