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IMAGE: CNS photo/David MaungBy Brooke BinkowskiTIJUANA,Mexico (CNS) -- The men trudged down the dusty road of an impoverished Tijuana neighborhood.The Sunday morning air was already arid and hot, but the small group was on amission: They were heading to a tiny neighborhood community center, bearinglemonade, food and prayers for the local families. Themen are members of the Missionaries of Charity Fathers, founded by BlessedTeresa of Kolkata. The Fathers' generalate house has been in Tijuanasince 1988. Aspreparations for Mother Teresa's Sept. 4 canonization continue, priests andvolunteers carry out her work in Tijuana's most ragged and forgotten corners:in its makeshift plywood towns built over dirt roads with sewage tricklingthrough them; among its addicts and deportees; and among those living amidtrash and desolation."Here,there are not many changes," said Father Zbigniew Szczotka, indicating thedusty roads as he and his crew drove through the neighborhood, dodgingroosters, puppies...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Authorities waited for a search warrant outside singer Chris Brown's Los Angeles home Tuesday after a getting a woman's call for help, officials said. Inside, the entertainer, who has a history of legal problems, posted videos to social media declaring his innocence....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Every few months, a pilot somewhere in the world is stopped before a jet takes off because of suspicion of drunkenness. It makes headlines and gives nervous travelers another reason to avoid flying....
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) -- Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Clashes between Turkey's military and Kurdish-backed Syrian forces subsided Tuesday evening after days of fighting between the two had frustrated efforts by a U.S.-led coalition to drive the Islamic State group from northern Syria....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department says about 30 emails that may be related to the 2012 attack on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, are among the thousands of Hillary Clinton emails recovered during the FBI's recently closed investigation into her use of a private server....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Bill Clinton left the White House, he was popular but tainted by scandal, struggling to find his footing. He eventually channeled his energy into the global philanthropy that bears his name and is shaping so much of his post-presidential legacy....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin has expressed his hopes for "a new season in relations" between China and the Holy See. The cardinal's words came during an address to the diocesan seminary of Pordenone in northern Italy on Saturday.Similar expectations are also expressed in a book entitled ‘The Gospel beyond the Great Wall’ which explores the many challenges facing the Catholic Church in China today. Its author, Hong Kong born Kin Sheung Chiaretto Yan, belongs to a lay Christian community and works as a teacher in seminaries and colleges in Beijing and Shanghai. He is optimistic about the substantial progress made recently in the difficult relationship between China and the Holy See. He also expects there may be further developments – within this Year of Mercy - that can overcome tensions between members of the official and ‘underground’ Churches in China.Chiaretto recently returned to Hong Kong to...
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta is set to be canonized on Sunday, September 4th.Mother Teresa founded the religious order Missionaries of Charity, which is based in Calcutta, India. She dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor.She was beatified by John Paul II in 2003, just 6 years after her death at the age of 87.The current Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity is Sister Mary Prema Pierick, who first met Mother Teresa in 1980.Listen to part 1 of the interview with Sister Prema: She told Vatican Radio Mother Teresa’s holiness was so present in her life, the members of the congregation took it for granted.“We lived with Mother and we took it for granted that she is available and that she is always attentive to us,” she said.Listen to Part 2 of the interview with Sister Prema: “We enjoyed her presence and we wanted to know from her how she lived the day, and how she went about the work she was doing,” Sister Prema conti...
Anthony Naveed, a Catholic cabinet member in the Sindh province of Pakistan has been promoted to serve as the Chief Minister’s special assistant with particular responsibilities in the interfaith harmony office. He is the first Christian member in Sindh reach this post and the only Catholic in Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah's Cabinet.Naveed, who belongs to the Pakistan People’s Party, said he looks forward to promoting interfaith harmony in a country that is currently suffering from extremism."Since 2012 in Sindh Province our government has been working hard to move forward to promote interfaith harmony and develop a tolerant society for people from different religions, faiths and sects," said Neveed."It was a very challenging task to gather members from all religions together," said Naveed. "The next step is to organize workshops and seminars for the clergy of various faiths and form groups at the district level to facilitat...
