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Sacramento, Calif., Jul 15, 2016 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On July 8 Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of Servant of God Alphonse Gallegos, who was auxiliary bishop of Sacramento from 1981 to 1991.The late bishop is now called Venerable, and only one miracle worked through his intercession is needed before he can be beatified.“This is wonderful news for all those who knew him,” Fr. Eliseo Gonzalez, vice-postulator of Venerable Gallegos' cause of canonization, told CNA.Fr. Gonzalez is a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, in which Bishop Gallegos was ordained a priest in 1958. Since the cause for canonization opened in December 2005, Fr. Gonzalez has been working to tell the bishop’s story.He explained that many people who knew Bishop Gallegos considered him a “living saint.”The bishop was born Feb. 20, 1931 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was the eigh...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, ReutersBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Father BryanMassingale, a priest of the Milwaukee Archdiocese and well-knowntheologian, knows what it's like to be watched by police.Hesaid that as a black man there have been times he has been followed by police officerson the campus of Marquette University, where he taught for 12 years, as hewalked on campus when he wasn't wearing his priestly garb.It'sa sign, Father Massingale told Catholic News Service, of the widespread racismthat is entrenched in American culture.Racismtakes many forms: unequal access to housing, economic segregation, differencesin the quality of schools between poor and well-to-do communities, and howpolice approach someone at a traffic stop or a street-side altercation."That'swhy we need to understand that racism is more than negative speaking," saidthe priest, who will join the theology faculty at Fordham University Aug. 1."It's really a cult of white supremacy. (Saying) that makes...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Tom Brady said on Friday he will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block his four-game "Deflategate" suspension, ending his fight in a scandal that tested the power of the NFL commissioner and tarnished the reputation of one of the sport's greatest players....
A woman sleeps in her car, waiting to receive free dental care at a clinic in rural Virginia. Another peers though a fence at the Mexican border to see the grandmother she left behind 18 years before, when she was brought to the United States as a toddler....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department says it's reviewing the Orlando Police Department's response to last month's attack at a gay nightclub....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. on Friday released once-top secret pages from a congressional report into 9/11 that questioned whether Saudis who were in contact with the hijackers after they arrived in the U.S. knew what they were planning....
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NICE, France (AP) -- Stephane Erbs was heading back to his car with his wife, Rachel, and their two children after the Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice when he saw the white truck bearing down on them....
PARIS (AP) -- By ramming his truck into a Bastille Day celebration of liberte and fraternite, the driver delivered a murderous message for France: No matter who you are or what you're doing, you are not safe anywhere. Not in a Paris cafe, not at a soccer match, and now, not even watching fireworks with your children on the seaside promenade of Nice....
NICE, France (AP) -- As new details emerged Friday about the Tunisian man who drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, killing 84 people and wounding 202 others, French leaders extended a state of emergency imposed after the Nov. 13 Paris attacks and vowed to deploy thousands of police reservists on the streets....
