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(Vatican Radio) For fifty years the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza have languished under occupation. An occupation – reads the final communiqué of the Holy Land Coordination 2017 – that violates the human dignity of both Palestinians and Israelis.As the group of Catholic Bishops who make up the “Holy Land Coordination” wrap up this year’s pilgrimage in support of those enduring the occupation, it is calling for justice and peace in the Holy Land and reminding the rest of us that “it is a scandal to which we must never become accustomed”.The theme of this year’s pilgrimage focused on the 50th anniversary of the occupation of Palestine. As the Bishop of Clifton and Chair of the Holy Land Coordination, Declan Lang, told Linda Bordoni, we all have a responsibility to show our solidarity, to encourage non-violent resistance, to promote a two-state solution and to help the local Church in the land where Jesus was born.Liste...
Warsaw, Poland, Jan 18, 2017 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Poland's government has adopted multiple resolutions establishing 2017 as a Jubilee Year for the country, celebrating the 300th anniversary of the first canonical coronation of the image of Our Lady of Czestochowa.“Polish Sejm, convinced of the special importance of Marian devotion for our homeland – not only in the religious aspect, but also social, cultural and patriotic – establishes 2017 the Year of the 300th anniversary of the Coronation of the image of Our Lady of Czestochowa,” the resolution of the lower house of parliament stated.More than 94 percent of Poland’s population being Catholic, the image of Our Lady of Czestochowa, also called the “Black Madonna,” has a significant meaning for Poles and is highly venerated throughout Europe.In a resolution adopted Dec. 15, 2016, the Polish parliament called “the image of the Mother of God at Jasna Góra… one o...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. ShemitzBy Anna CapizziNEW YORK (CNS) -- This year'sNew York Encounter drew a crowd of 10,000 for a three-day cultural gathering of presentations,exhibits and performances centered on the theme "Reality has never betrayedme."What struck first-timeparticipant Giovanna Maiellowas the "bridge of intellectual and heart and life" that allowed her to "enterinto these talks and feel like you can really get a lot out of it for your ownpersonal journey, your own faith life."The Jan. 13-15 public event, nowin its ninth year, was organized by the Catholic lay movement Communion andLiberation and held at the Metropolitan Pavilion.Maiello told Catholic NewsService that she hoped to take away "little things" that "help me to realign my mindback to the right reality." How to be a sound consumer, for instance, she said,referring to Carolyn Woo's comments during a panel discussion, "Economy With aTruly Human Purpose: Is it Possible?"Woo, the former president andCEO of Cath...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Prayer has the power to awaken hope in men and women, even in theface of death and destruction, Pope Francis said.People often feel unworthy to turn to God when they are in need "as if itwere a self-interested prayer and, thus, imperfect," the pope said Jan. 18during his weekly general audience. "ButGod knows our weakness; he knows that we remember him to ask for help and, withthe indulgent smile of a father, he responds graciously," he said. Greetingthousands of people in the Paul VI audience hall, the pope seemed to lose hisbalance several times as pilgrims clasped his hand and tried pulling him toward them, hoping for ahug or a blessing. Still, thepope took time to greet people,stopping to bless a pregnant woman's belly and embracing a young boy in tears, who was overcome withemotion at meeting him. Theaudience took place at the beginning of the annual Week of Prayer forChristian Unity, which for2017 had the theme...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Bachman, ReutersBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairmanof the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee said Jan. 18 that a repeal ofthe federal health care law should not take place without immediate passage ofa plan that preserves people's access to adequate health care and also protectshuman life, conscience rights and the poor."Important gains brought aboutby the Affordable Care Act must be preserved" as millions of people now relyon the law for their health care, said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice,Florida, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee onDomestic Justice and Human Development.At the same time, he said, anyreplacement measure also must safeguard human life from conception to natural death, protect conscience rights and provide adequate health care for immigrants, thepoor and others on society's margins.Bishop Dewane made the commentsin a letter sent to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S.Senate.The U.S....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Army has started the process of launching a full environmental study of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline's disputed crossing of the Missouri River in North Dakota, though a federal judge could stop the effort....
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Gambia headed Wednesday toward a possible midnight showdown between a president who refuses to leave office after his election loss and a president-elect who insists he will take power....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From Wal-Mart to General Motors to Amazon, a growing number of the world's largest companies appear to be trying to get in step with President-elect Donald Trump's demand that employers hire and keep jobs at home....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time and then hindered the criminal investigation when she lied to FBI agents after the shooting, say prosecutors who will be in a California court Wednesday to discuss transferring her to Florida....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump says his inauguration will have "an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout." Organizers of a protest the next day call in the biggest demonstration in history to welcome a new president....
