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Orange County, Calif., Aug 12, 2016 / 09:24 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Major celebrations are set to mark the 40th anniversary of California’s Diocese of Orange, one of the largest dioceses in the U.S.“We have been incredibly blessed by God as a community of faith over the past 40 years,” Bishop Kevin Vann said Aug. 1. “Our diocese has humbly fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and offered Christ’s Mercy to all who suffer in our parishes, Catholic hospitals and clinics, ministries of education, and our missions of charity throughout the county.”The Christ Cathedral Campus in Garden Grove will host the Sunday, Sept. 18 celebrations. The events will help celebrate the history of each of the diocese’s parish communities and honor the diversity of the Church.The day begins at 7:30 a.m. with a 5k run and a “fun run” in the neighborhood of Christ Cathedral. At 9:30 a.m. Mass will be celebrated for over 5,000 people. At 11 a.m., carnival games...
Baltimore, Md., Aug 12, 2016 / 03:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After the Justice Department issued a scathing rebuke of Baltimore’s policing abuses, local Catholic leaders maintained it must be a “starting point” for racial reconciliation.“We all need to stay involved. We need to make sure that this isn’t the end, [that] we don’t see this as 'as far as we go'. This is just a new starting point with another tool,” Ray Kelly, president of the Central West Baltimore community advocacy group No Boundaries Coalition, told CNA.On Wednesday, the Justice Department released the findings of its investigation into the Baltimore Police Department, which the agency said was ordered in May 2015 after repeated allegations of possible police misconduct from Baltimore’s citizens and civic leaders.What the agency found was a “pattern of civil rights violations” by the department.“BPD makes stops, searches and arrests without the re...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Caroline Blumberg, EPABy LOURDES, France (CNS) -- French policeand military officials have launched a special security operation for thecountry's national pilgrimage to Lourdes, following the killing of a Catholicparish priest in a spate of terrorist attacks.Up to 30,000 Catholics areexpected to join the national pilgrimage, led by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin ofLyon. The pilgrimage will include services and processions at 22 churches and chapelsover the 128-acre site and culminate in Aug. 15 Masses for the feast of theAssumption.Mathias Terrier, informationdirector of the Diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes, said Catholic representativeshad agreed to the new arrangements in cooperation with local authorities andsecurity services. He said the "discreet but effective" measurescould remain in place indefinitely at the Marian shrine."It's our duty andresponsibility to take account of the complicated current context by ensuringpilgrims are well received," he said in a televised...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the presidential election campaign, bothmajor-party candidates have talked about the rising costs of college and the debt that graduatesface because of student loans.Donald Trump, the Republican presidentialnominee, has spoken out against federal student loans saying he doesn't believe thegovernment should make a profit from them, but he has not revealed his plans tolower college costs or reduce student debt and his campaign website has nothingon the topic of college education.Hillary Clinton, the Democraticpresidential nominee, has been much more vocal about college affordability. Earlierin the campaign she disagreed with her rival Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont,saying his plan to provide a free public college education to every American justdidn't "add up."But when she became the party'snominee, she modified her initial plan and is now proposing to offer freetuition at in-state public colleges and universitie...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, ReutersBy BALTIMORE(CNS) -- The same day a federal Department of Justice reportcataloging systemic abuses by Baltimore's police was issued, Archbishop William E. Loriof Baltimore called that report "sobering and distressing.""Thereport is an affirmation of those in our community who have long criticized thepolicing strategies and practices of the (police) department," the archbishopsaid Aug. 10 in a statement, "and a repudiation of those whose actions have underminedboth public trust as well as the inherent dignity of those they have sworn toserve and protect."InBaltimore, the police's "pattern ofmaking unconstitutional stops, searches and arrests arises from itslongstanding reliance on 'zero tolerance' street enforcement, which encouragesofficers to make large numbers of stops, searches and arrests for minor, highlydiscretionary offenses," the report said."These practices led to repeatedviolations of the constitutional and statutory rights, further ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A 6-year-old boy beat his newborn sister to death after their 62-year-old mother left her young children alone in a car for more than a half hour while she went to get her cellphone fixed, authorities on Florida's Gulf Coast said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- I've never been part of a conspiracy theory. Now, video of my surprised facial expression has become Exhibit A in the latest unfounded speculation about Hillary Clinton....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," ruling that investigators coerced a confession using deceptive tactics....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The bomb squad rushed past crowds on Copacabana Beach to investigate a backpack abandoned near Rio's ritziest hotel. Despite the potential for danger, local diners sipped their beers, watched an Olympic swimming race on a big-screen television and took selfies with a disposal robot amid what turned out to be a false alarm....
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