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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican is funding a job-creationprogram for Iraqi refugees in Jordan, a country that is hosting close to 1.5million refugees, but is struggling to provide work for them.With $150,000 donated to the Vatican by visitors to itspavilion at the World's Fair in Milan in 2015, the Vatican will provide thefunding that Caritas Jordan needs to launch the project.Fifteen Iraqi refugees will have full-time work cultivating,producing and selling vegetables and oil, said a communique May 10 from thePontifical Council Cor Unum, the Vatican office which promotes and distributesCatholic charity. The jobs will allow them to provide for their families andbecome self-supporting, the office said.Another 200 Iraqi refugees will be given training incarpentry, agriculture and the food industry, Cor Unum said, and an additional500 will be given seasonal employment.Jordan currently is hosting about 130,000 Iraqi refugees, CorUnum...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The CriterionBy Sean GallagherGREENFIELD, Ind. (CNS) -- As Easterseason ends, one reminder of it that will remain in churches throughout therest of the liturgical year is the Easter candle, also known as the paschalcandle.Throughoutthe liturgical year, Easter candles are used at baptisms and at funerals.Theyare a special symbol of Christ in the liturgical worship of the church, servingas a dramatic reminder of the risen Jesus bringing light into a dark and fallenworld.Priests,too, are signs of Jesus, being sacramentally conformed to the image of Christin their ordination, and showing him forth to the church and the world throughtheir life and ministry.Twopriests of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis have brought these symbols togetherto increase the beauty, goodness and truth of God in the world through theirartistic talents.Father Aaron Jenkins and Father Jerry Byrd make alabor of love out of adding beauty to the paschal candles for the parishes thatth...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- From the jaw-dropping half-court heaves that somehow sink through the net to the dazzling drives and zippy passes from every which way, Stephen Curry's desire to keep getting better while always trying to entertain at every stop has the Golden State superstar being mentioned right along with the best ever, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson....
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- The majority of Canada's oil sands industry has stopped production and will only start back up when it is "absolutely safe" but that should happen soon, Alberta's premier said Tuesday after meeting with company officials to discuss the impact of the massive wildfire that destroyed more than 10 percent of the homes and buildings in Canada's main oil sands city....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump, GOP nomination virtually in hand, is planning a general election campaign that banks heavily on his personal appeal and trademark rallies while spurning the kind of sophisticated data operation that was a centerpiece of Barack Obama's winning White House runs....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Key Senate Republicans voiced optimism Tuesday about Donald Trump's presidential prospects in November, signaling clearly to the GOP rank and file to unite behind the bombastic billionaire and turn their energy toward battling Democrat Hillary Clinton. But it was uncertain whether they could quiet the doubters....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- His White House dreams fading, Bernie Sanders aimed to add another state to his tally over Hillary Clinton with a win in West Virginia on Tuesday night....
(Vatican Radio) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is considering sending armed personnel into Ukraine after several of its unarmed monitors were attacked or otherwise threatened in several incidents. OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier made the announcement after visiting staff members who observe a fragile ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, which is constantly violated, killing soldiers and civilians. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Zannier told reporters that unarmed OSCE monitors have been threatened, shot at, harassed and had their access restricted, mainly on side of Russian backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. He revealed that various proposals are being discussed to beef up the OSCE's presence, including sending a well-armed police contingent or giving weapons to the monitors especially in the conflict area. However Zannier made clear the OSCE first needs consensus on the...
Vatican City, May 10, 2016 / 12:20 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Tuesday sent a message to Tawadros II to mark the “day of friendship” between Catholics and the Coptic Orthodox, acknowledging their common commitment to being witnesses of holiness and defending the dignity of human life.“Though we are still journeying towards the day when we will gather as one at the same eucharistic table, we are able even now to make visible the communion uniting us,” Pope Francis said in his May 10 letter to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church.Like the Bishop of Rome, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria is known as “Pope” to his followers.Pope Francis' message marked the third anniversary of his meeting with Tawadros in Rome; the day has become an annual celebration of fraternal love between the Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches.“Copts and Catholics can witness together to important values such as the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Motorists are being convicted of driving under the influence of marijuana based on arbitrary state standards that have no connection to whether the driver was actually impaired, says a study by the nation's largest auto club....
