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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Bright Stars By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- When he was a child, BassemHazboun loved helping his mother prepare French delicacies in their Bethlehem kitchen. But it was his father who kepttrying to steer him to study engineering as he reached his teens."You don't need this," his father said when Hazboun told himhe wanted to take a cooking course. But the passion he found while cooking bythis mother's side never left."My food is my identity," said Hazboun, a Catholic Palestinianwho traveled in September from his native Bethlehem in the West Bank to showcase food from hishomeland to various U.S. cities, including Washington and Connecticut, part ofthe "Room for Hope" festival. The festival aims to raise money for scholarshipsto help youth in the Holy Land study music, dance, cooking and other arts.Chef Hazboun, 39, studied at Bethlehem University, a Catholic university in the Holy Land, and is the head of the culinary arts programat Dar al-Kalima Univers...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In aneffort to ensure transparency as well as historical and scientific accuracy, Pope Francis has approved revisednorms for the Congregation for Saints' Causes regarding medical consultations onhealings alleged to be miracles.Among the regulationspublished by the Vatican Sept. 23 was the requirement that the medical panel have a quorum of six experts and that atwo-thirds majority is needed to approve a statement declaring a healing has nonatural or scientific explanation. Previously, the declaration -- a key step in a pope'srecognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of a candidate forsainthood -- required the approval of a simple majority of the consultation team memberspresent."The purpose of the regulationis for the good of the (saints')causes, which cannever be separated from the historical and scientific truth of the allegedmiracles," Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci, secretary of the congregation, s...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After being widely ridiculed for a music performance on the "Today" show last week, Corey Feldman didn't seek solace from drugs or alcohol. He didn't speak with a therapist. The former child star got down on his knees and prayed to God....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school student, sending health officials scrambling to reassure parents and the public that the disease is hard to transmit and easy to treat....
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) -- One of the world's largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama scolded Donald Trump for his bleak description of the African-American community as recent police shootings of black men - and the violent protests that followed them - inject sensitive questions about race into the presidential contest....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their cooperation in the now-closed FBI investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state, says a Republican congressman....
he United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is an assembly of the hierarchy of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands who jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of theChristian faithful of the United States. The purpose of the Conference is to promote the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circumstances of time and place. This purpose is drawn from the universal law of the Church and applies to the episcopal conferences which are established all over the world for the same purpose.The bishops themselves constitute the membership of the Conference and are served by a staff of approximately 315 lay people, priests, deacons, and religious located at the Conference headquarters in Washington, DC. There is also a small Office of Film and Broadcasting inNew York City and a branch office of Migration and Refugee Services in Miami.http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-a...
(Vatican Radio) In occasion of the UN International Day of Peace on September 21, and at a time in which war and persecution have driven over 65 million people from their homes worldwide, the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Religious Islamic Community of Italy have joined to appeal for a culture of welcome.In a statement released this week they are calling upon governments, religious institutions and people of good-will to work together to tackle the root causes of forced migration, to share the responsibility of providing protection for refugees, to ensure good reception conditions and access on arrival, and to recognize diversity as an opportunity - not a threat.JRS International Advocacy Coordinator, Amaya Valcarcel, told Vatican Radio’s Linda Bordoni the appeal has particular resonance in this Holy Year of Mercy:Listen: Amaya Valcarcel says that all JRS members work under the principle of “working for others and for all peoples regardless of religion, race, et...
Vatican Weekend for September 25, 2016 features a reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading in the next in Jill Bevilacqua's series: "There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye," plus, our resident Vatican expert, Joan Lewis takes a look back at the past week's events in the Vatican.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
