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FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) -- Canada's Prime Minister arrived in wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray on Friday and after taking a helicopter tour to assess the damage said he doesn't think most Canadians comprehend yet the scope of what happened in the oil sands capital, where more than 88,000 people were forced to evacuate....
Tulsa, Okla., May 13, 2016 / 10:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Friday named Father David Austin Konderla, the longtime campus ministry director at Texas A & M University, as the next Bishop of Tulsa.He will succeed Tulsa’s Bishop Edward Slattery, who turned 75 last August.“My prayer of petition to God the Father is for the good health and spiritual strength of the new bishop,” Bishop Slattery said May 13. “I know our people have been praying that Pope Francis would send us an energetic and prayerful man to be our shepherd, and I believe God has heard our prayer.”The bishop-designate has served as pastor and director of campus ministry at St. Mary’s Catholic Center at Texas A & M University since August 2005, the Austin diocese said.Bishop-designate Konderla was born June 3, 1960 in Bryan, Texas, 100 miles northeast of Austin. He was the second of twelve children and has 25 nieces and nephews. He graduated from Bryan High School in...
Rome, Italy, May 13, 2016 / 12:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday afternoon Pope Francis made a surprise visit to a community in Italy which houses and cares for persons who have severe mental disabilities, where he visited both the care-givers and the beneficiaries.The visit was part of his “Mercy Friday” initiative, in which he carries out one act of mercy a month on a Friday throughout the Jubilee of Mercy.The Pope's visit to Il Chicco was announced in a May 13 communique from Fr. Federico Lombardi, the Holy See press officer.Pope Francis sat at table and ate with the volunteers and the disabled, and listened to their testimonies.“He also visited the most severely disabled, showing signs of deep affection and tenderness; in particular to Armando and Fabio, who were the first to be accepted,” Fr. Lombardi related.Il Chicco is located in Ciampino, a town just outside of Rome. It was founded in 1981 by L'Arche, a federation dedicated to making kno...
Lima, Peru, May 13, 2016 / 12:53 pm (CNA).- The superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae announced in a statement today that Archbishop Joseph William Tobin of Indianapolis has been appointed by the Vatican as the delegate to oversee the order’s ongoing reforms.According to the statement, Archbishop Tobin was appointed to the task by the Congregation for the Institutios of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life. As delegate, Archbishop Tobin’s responsibilities include advising and supporting the Superior General and the governance of the Sodalitium in the fulfillment of all of its responsibilities, including all of the decisions made in the sessions of the Superior Council of the order.At the end of each semester, Archbishop Tobin will inform the Holy See of the decisions, initiatives and results of the Governance of the Sodalitium in the areas of community life and fraternity, vocation and discernment of candidates, initial and permanent format...
IMAGE: CNS/EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the Year of Mercy continues, PopeFrancis has a full calendar of jubilee events and special Masses with priests, thesick and people who regularly perform the corporal works of mercy.The calendar of papal liturgies in June, July and Septemberalso includes the canonization Sept. 4 of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata and thecanonizations June 5 of Blessed Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad, who refounded the BridgettineSisters in the early 1900s, and Blessed Stanislaus Papczynski, founder of theMarian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.The calendar, released by the Vatican May 13, includes:-- Mass June 3, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, andthe conclusion of the jubilee for priests.-- Mass June 5 for the canonizations of Blesseds Hesselbladand Papczynski.-- Mass June 12 for the jubilee for the sick and personswith disabilities.-- An ordinary consistory June 20 to vote on severalcanonization causes.-- A papal trip to Armenia June 24-26.-- M...
LONDON (AP) -- Doping scandals. Bribery allegations. Fears about Zika. Political, economic and corruption crises....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Party leaders are upping the pressure on Bernie Sanders to drop his presidential campaign, alarmed that his continued presence is undermining efforts to beat the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump, and again win the White House....
SHANGHAI (AP) -- An anti-counterfeiting group said Friday it was suspending Alibaba's membership following an uproar by some companies that view the Chinese e-commerce giant as the world's largest marketplace for fakes....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing a growing backlash over extremely long airport security lines, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Friday asked fliers "to be patient" as the government takes steps to get them onto planes more quickly....
DALLAS (AP) -- Texas' lieutenant governor said Friday that the state is prepared to forfeit billions of federal dollars in public school funding in defiance of an Obama administration directive requiring schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity....
