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Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 15, 2016 / 09:34 am (CNA).- In his latest column for the Philly Catholic Archdiocesan paper, Archbishop Chaput shared some of his personal thoughts on the upcoming presidential election, and implored Catholics to take the time to pray and form their consciences before voting.This year is a particularly interesting one for Catholics, Archbishop Chaput said, because both major candidates for president “have astonishing flaws.”The archbishop, himself a long-time registered Independent, said this realization is both “depressing and liberating at the same time.”“Depressing, because it’s proof of how polarized the nation has become. Liberating, because for the honest voter, it’s much easier this year to ignore the routine tribal loyalty chants of both the Democratic and Republican camps,” he wrote.“Both major candidates are – what’s the right word? so problematic – that neither is clearly better...
IMAGE: CNS/Alex BrandonBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- On the Aug. 6 feast of theTransfiguration of the Lord, Auxiliary Bishop MarioE. Dorsonville of Washington addressed a crowd of largely Salvadoran immigrants at the Basilicaof the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. They were there to markthe feast that is the main national holiday in the predominantly Catholiccountry of El Salvador, whose name in Spanish means "the savior," referring toJesus Christ. Many of them arrived in the U.S. in the 1980s during the country'scivil war and some more recently because of the violent situation in theregion.Bishop Dorsonville told the crowd that when he was censingthe image depicting the transfiguration of Christ, an image revered by CatholicSalvadorans, he noticed the statue's arms spread out in a welcoming pose. Heused the image to address immigration."It gave me joy to see the open arms," Bishop Dorsonvillesaid of the statue. "A person who closes his arms is not a Christian. A ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Narong Sangnak, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the feast of theAssumption just three days after visiting a group of young women rescued fromthe sex trade, Pope Francis prayed for all exploited women and girls."The Lord bows down to the lowly in order to raise themup as is proclaimed in the Magnificat," Mary's hymn of praise to God, thepope said Aug. 15."Mary's canticle leads us to think of many painfulsituations today and particularly those of women overpowered by the burdens oflife and the drama of violence, women who are slaves of the abuse of thepowerful, girls forced into inhuman work, women forced to surrender body andspirit to the greed of men," Pope Francis told thousands of peoplegathered to pray the Angelus with him.The pope prayed that exploited women soon would be able tolive "a life of peace, justice and love in expectation of the day they finallywill feel held by hands that do not humiliate them, but tenderly lift them andlead them...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" is coming to an end....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Thousands of people in southern Louisiana hunkered down in shelters Monday, forced out of their homes by intense flooding that took many people by surprise....
LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) -- A wind-whipped wildfire roared through a Northern California town still recovering from a devastating blaze nearly a year ago, destroying more than 100 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said Monday....
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Donald Trump on Monday will call for a new ideological test for admission to the United States, vetting applicants on their stance on issues like religious freedom, gender equality and gay rights. The policy would represent a significant shift in how the U.S. manages entry into the country....
PARIS (AP) -- The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Islamic State applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be overwhelmingly ignorant....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The young athlete, now competing at the Rio Games, always considered herself to be a girl just like the others, a girl who loved to run. Then the governing body of track and field told her she was different, so different that her track career could be over....
