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Vatican City, Sep 29, 2016 / 08:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Announced Thursday, this year's World Day of Social Communications will focus on the theme of spreading hope and trust in the “Good News” of Jesus Christ and salvation.“'Fear not, for I am with you' (Is 43:5) Communicating hope and trust in our time,” was announced as the theme for 2017 by the Pontifical Council of Social Communication in a communique from the Vatican Sept. 29.When those in the field of communication are far from the scene of where things are happening, frequently they can “ignore the complexity of the dramas faced by men and women,” and fall into “desperation” over “looming fears,” the communique says.The push to “fear not,” on the other hand, “is an invitation to tell the history of the world and the histories of men and women in accordance with the logic of the 'good news,'” reminding us that “God ne...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie BreidenbachBy Katie BreidenbachTOLEDO, Ohio (CNS) -- The momentAnn Barrick stepped from the sidewalk onto the crumbling parking lot, her eyesfilled with tears."You pray about these things,and you never think you're going to see it happen."For nine years, Barrick stood onthat very sidewalk, praying that Center for Choice of Toledo would cease toexist. Every autumn, she led the "40 Days for Life" vigil outside the abortionfacility.Her prayers were answered.Shuttered in 2013, the Center for Choice was finally bulldozed at the beginningof September. Today, the derelict parking lot leads only to a muddy plotstudded with fragments of the former foundation."It can't be anything butprayer. There's no reason this place should have come down," Barrick said.Adding miracle to miracle,representatives from multiple pro-life organizations met at the offices of theDiocese of Toledo Sept. 26. The ecumenical group is executing a oncefar-fetched vision: to convert the site of th...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he will nevergive up calling for stronger efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and forpeople to stop being indifferent to the fate of the region's people."My daily prayer to God," he said, is "toinspire the minds and hearts of all who have political responsibility, thatthey may be able to renounce their own interests in order to achieve thegreater good -- peace."The pope spoke during a private audience Sept. 29 at theVatican with bishops, priests, religious and lay Catholics who provide pastoraland humanitarian assistance to those in need in Syria, Iraq and neighboringcountries.Despite many efforts to alleviate people's suffering, hesaid, sadly "the logic of weapons and oppression, hidden interests andviolence continues to wreak devastation on these countries and, even now, wehave not been able to put an end to the exasperating suffering and repeatedviolations of human rights."Why, he asked, "even at the cost of untold dama...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mary J. Blige said she decided to sing Bruce Springsteen's "American Skin (41 Shots)" to Hillary Clinton during her recent interview because she was trying to get the Democratic presidential nominee to feel and understand the widening frustration among blacks in America over police brutality and similar topics....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Call it a brain freeze, another "Aleppo moment," or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House saw it coming, but still it stung....
TOWNVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- The mother of a teen accused of killing his father and wounding two students and a teacher at a rural South Carolina elementary school says his family is "shocked and saddened."...
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) -- A commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken rail station during the morning rush hour Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, some critically, in a tangle of broken concrete, twisted metal and dangling cables, authorities said....
The Church in India has taken the initiative to promote the teachings of the Papal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia at the grass root level. As a first step, Oswald Cardinal Gracias, the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference (FABC) released the Hindi translation of Amoris Laetitia. Its first copy was handed over to Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi.The Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia was widely discussed in India at the national, regional and diocesan levels. The Family Commission of the Conference of the CCBI takes special interest to popularise the teachings of the Exhortation. The CCBI is committed to strengthening family life, despite the many challenges it faces. The Hindi translation of the Papal document will help the north Indian faithful, whose mother tongue is Hindi, to understand in a better way the latest teachings of the Church.The document, Amoris Laetitia is the fruit of the two synod o...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received representatives from the various Catholic aid agencies and charitable organizations under the leadership of the Pontifical Council Cor unum working in Iraq, Syria, and other countries in the region affected by the ongoing conflicts in both Syria and Iraq.The Pontifical Council Cor unum is the Pope’s special instrument for carrying out humanitarian initiatives, promoting integral human development, coordinatinge the initiatives of Catholic Organizations, and encouraging the faithful to give concrete witness to the Gospel through charitable activity.Below, please find Pope Francis’ prepared remarks, in their official English translation************************************Dear Brothers and Sisters,I thank you for your participation during this moment of common reflection on the Church’s work in the context of the Syrian and Iraqi crisis. I greet all of you, Bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful. In particular, I wish to g...
