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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Nichols, Catholic MomentBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Choosing new members of the College ofCardinals, Pope Francis once again looked to countries and particularly todioceses that were not and never had been represented in the body that advisesthe pope and bears responsibility for electing his successor.Announcing the names of 17 cardinals he will create Nov. 19,Pope Francis chose men from 14 nations, which will bring the total number ofcountries represented in the College of Cardinals to 79. When he announced thenames Oct. 9, the college had members from 72 countries.The cardinal electors -- the prelates under the age of 80and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope -- currentlyrepresent 57 nations; after the consistory to create new cardinals, the group will bring together men from 60 countries.The 115 cardinal electors who entered the conclave in 2013 thatelected Pope Francis had come from 48 countries. Eight years earlier, the gr...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, ReutersBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Emergency aid slowly began to reach someof the thousands of Haitians displaced by Hurricane Matthew in the country'spicturesque southwest as reports of casualties slowly trickled in fromcommunities cut off by the storm.The number of deaths reached 1,000 on Oct. 9, five daysafter the storm's 145-mile-an-hour winds and torrential rains slammed into thecountry, according to a tally by Reuters based on conversations with localofficials.However, Haiti's Civil Protection Agency reported that 336people had died. The agency's accounting of casualties is lower because of apolicy that requires emergency workers visit each village to confirm the numberof casualties.Health care workers were becoming increasingly concernedOct. 9 that cholera would explode throughout the worst hit areas of Grand'Anseand South departments because of a lack of water and sanitation. Thewater-borne disease was introduced into Haiti ...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Doctors Without Borders pleaded on Monday for access to treat the wounded in the rebel-held part of Syria's Aleppo as government forces pressed on with an offensive to retake the eastern part of the embattled city....
JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) -- The U.N. humanitarian coordinator made an emergency appeal for nearly $120 million in aid to devastated Haiti on Monday as local aid officials struggled to get food, medicine and water to increasingly desperate communities still isolated almost a week after the blow from Hurricane Matthew....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's campaign manager is dismissing as "a quip" Trump's threat to jail Hillary Clinton if he wins the presidency....
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Matthew is gone, but the disaster it unleashed will slowly unfold this week as rivers across eastern North Carolina rise to levels unseen since a similar deluge flooded thousands of homes and businesses during Hurricane Floyd in 1999....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- His presidential campaign in peril, Donald Trump is leaving no doubt he'll spend the final weeks before the election attacking rather than defending, hitting on decades-old sexual allegations against Hillary Clinton's husband even if it turns off some voters whose support he needs....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):...
(Vatican Radio) Albania's Catholic Church has welcomed Pope Francis decision to name a priest who suffered decades for his faith inChrist to the College of Cardinals. Ernest Troshani Simoni was one of 17 new cardinals named by the pope on Sunday.Listen to Stefan Bos' report For Albania's tiny Catholic Church the nomination of priest Troshani to the College of Cardinals is a a deeply symbolic gesture.The Church said it acknowledged the suffering of Catholic clergy in Albania during the reign of Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, who banned religion in 1967.Troshani, who turns 88 later this month and uses his Troshani birthplace as one of his names, was one of 17 new cardinals named by Pope Franciswho will be formally elevated at a Vatican ceremony on November 19. He is among four cardinals over age 80 who can't vote in a conclave to elect a new pope.But they were named to the group because of their service to the church.An Albanian church spokesman even called it...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday greeted members of the General Assembly of the Pallotine Fathers.Pope Francis spoke of the charism of St. Vincent Pallotti, who founded the order in Rome in 1835, saying he was “blessed to recognize that Jesus is the Apostle of the Father - rich in mercy and full of mercy - [Christ] is the one who fulfills his mission by revealing to everyone the tender love and the infinite mercy of the Father.”“Contemplating the life of Jesus and looking at our life as pilgrims in this world with its many challenges, we feel the necessity of a profound conversion and the urgency of reviving faith in Him,” – Pope Francis said – “This is the only way we can serve our neighbor in charity! Every day we are called to renew our trust in Christ and from his life draw inspiration to fulfill our mission because ‘Jesus is the first and greatest evangelizer. In every activity of evangelization, the primacy always belongs...
