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IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The humanitarian work of Catholic Relief Services and its partner agencies directed toward refugees in the Middle East deserves far more attention than it has received and Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour says it's time Catholics in the pew know about it.The work of feeding, sheltering and providing health care for hundreds of thousands of people who have trekked to safety in Jordan and Lebanon from Iraq and Syria is a story that the mainstream media largely has ignored, much to the chagrin of Bishop Mansour, the incoming chairman of the board at CRS.In a Dec. 16 interview with Catholic News Service, he said that the focus of much media reporting has been on assessing blame for the catastrophe or analyzing the response of governments in the region with little attention paid to the plight of the people uprooted from their homes.Bishop Mansour heads the Eparchy of St. Maron in Brooklyn, New York, which includes Mar...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina leaders struck a deal Monday to kill the state law widely derided as the "bathroom bill," after it tarnished the state's reputation, cost it scores of jobs and contributed to the Republican governor's narrow loss....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Christine Lagarde will remain head of the International Monetary Fund despite her conviction Monday of negligence in a case dating to her tenure as France's finance minister....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- On the day that his election victory became official, Donald Trump on Monday experienced what life will be like as president as he condemned separate deadly incidents against a Russian diplomat and shoppers at a German Christmas market, blaming Islamic terrorism in both instances....
BERLIN (AP) -- The latest on a truck ramming into a Berlin Christmas market (all times local):...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A Turkish policeman fatally shot Russia's ambassador to Turkey on Monday in front of a shocked gathering at a photo exhibit and then, pacing near the body of his victim, appeared to condemn Russia's military role in Syria, shouting: "Don't forget Aleppo! Don't forget Syria!"...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote Monday - ensuring he will become America's 45th president....
Vatican City, Dec 19, 2016 / 10:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Young Catholics can be a force for joy and peace, Pope Francis told an audience with Catholic Action on Monday.“Proclaiming to all the love and tenderness of Jesus, you become apostles of the joy of the Gospel. And joy is contagious,” he told members of Catholic Action who had gathered in Vatican City’s Consistory Hall to wish the pontiff a Merry Christmas.Reflecting on the Nativity of Jesus Christ, he said: “The birth of Jesus is announced as a great joy, originating from the discovery that God loves us and, through the birth of Jesus, made Himself close to us to save us. We are beloved by God. What a wonderful thing!”“When we are a little sad, when it seems that everything is going wrong, when a friend disappoints us – or rather, when we disappoint ourselves – let us think ‘God loves me’, ‘God never abandons me’,” the Pope said Dec. 19.He said that ...
Naples, Italy, Dec 19, 2016 / 12:06 pm (CNA).- Prayer was the response to a rare failure of a saint’s blood to liquefy in Naples, an occurrence some believe to portend misfortune.“We must not think of disasters and calamities. We are men of faith and we must pray,” said Monsignor Vincenzo De Gregorio, the Abbot of the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro, ANSA reports.The blood belongs to St. Januarius, Patron of Naples and former bishop and martyr of the city.Known in Italian as San Gennaro, his bones and a reliquary of his blood are preserved in Naples’ cathedral. He is believed to have been martyred during the infamous persecution of Christians during the rule of the Roman emperor Diocletian, who retired in 305.The reputed miracle is locally known and accepted, though has not been the subject of official Church recognition. The liquefaction is believed to happen at least three times a year: the Saturday before the first Sunday of May, Sept. 19, which is t...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Debbie HillBy Judith SudilovskyJERUSALEM (CNS) -- Except for specific incidents in Egyptand one in Libya, Christians in the Middle East are suffering the same fate astheir fellow citizens, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolicadministrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, told media in response toa journalist's question at his first Christmas news conference.Because of the political chaos and the destruction of parishrecords, there are no statistics of how many Christians have been killed in theconflicts, he said, but the numbers of Christians who have been killed becausethey are Christian is low. Thousands of Christians have been killed as victimsof war just like others in the region, he said. Nevertheless, Christians have remained strong in theirwitness to their faith, Archbishop Pizzaballa added.The archbishop, appointed in June, released his firstChristmas message, followed by the news conference, Dec. 19. In his message, hesaid Advent and Christ...
