Article Archive
Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive.
Washington D.C., Aug 5, 2016 / 12:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The 2016 United States elections are a time of tension and reflection for many Americans. For Catholic bishops, it's not so different.“It's always a joy to be a bishop, it’s always a challenge to be a bishop,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York told CNA.“I think in an election year, the challenges might outweigh the joys.”He said bishops have the same duties and concerns as other Americans.“We're American citizens, we’re responsible, we’re loyal, we’re thoughtful. We study the issues, we try our best to be engaged in the process,” he said.“We're also pastors, so we try to remind our people of those basic biblical values, those classical Catholic values that have guided us through the ages, particularly as articulated by John Paul II: the dignity of the human person, the sacredness of human life, solidarity.“Those are three things that we k...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lise AlvesBy Lise AlvesRIO DEJANEIRO (CNS) -- High above the city, beneath the statue of Christ the Redeemer,Rio Cardinal Orani Tempesta blessed the Olympic torch, held by Brazil's formerOlympic volleyball player, Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado."Thisis the moment for us to surpass our difficulties and work together as a team,making our country and our world safer, less unequal, and putting love in thehearts of all," the cardinal told reporters.Fromthere, the Olympic torch was carried on the last leg of its 95-day Brazilianjourney toward Maracana Stadium, where the opening ceremony was to be held theevening of Aug. 5.FatherOmar Raposo, rector at the Christ the Redeemer Sanctuary, located at the baseof the statue, said the blessing was not scheduled by the Games' organizers,but was requested by Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, a Catholic.FatherRaposo said having the torch lit at the statue "has a lot of spiritualmeaning" in the predominantly Catholic country."TheChrist, with hi...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- In the Belgrade Zoo, special treatment is reserved for one elderly resident....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added a healthy 255,000 jobs in July, a sign of confidence in the economy that will likely ease concerns about signs of weak growth in the midst of the presidential race....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- After raiding a home and business owned by someone suspected of loyalties to a banned Muslim cleric, police listed the incriminating evidence they found: two shotguns, a pistol, ammunition, a fake identity card - and three $1 bills....
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) -- A father charged with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of his 15-month-old twin girls had been drinking before he left them in a hot car in west Georgia, police said....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Video released Friday shows Chicago police firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street away from them, then handcuffing the mortally wounded black teenager who was at the wheel after a chaotic foot chase through a residential neighborhood....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Pele will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics because of poor health, denying Brazilians a chance to celebrate their greatest sports figure....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton acknowledged Friday the challenge she'd face leading a country where most Americans don't trust her, saying she takes "seriously" the work she must do to build confidence in her character....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Donald Trump faced an all-too-clear sign of GOP divisions Friday in two Midwestern battlegrounds, embraced by party leaders in one state but ignored in another as he strained to overcome deepening concerns about his presidential candidacy....
