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Vatican City, Dec 5, 2016 / 07:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Upon accepting the resignation of Bishop Denis Madden, Pope Francis has appointed two priests to be the next auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Vatican announced Monday.“With gratitude to our Holy Father, Pope Francis, I warmly welcome the appointment of Monsignors Mark Brennan and Adam Parker as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Baltimore,” Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore expressed in a statement published Dec. 5.“This is a joyous and blessed day for our Archdiocese.”In addition to the position of auxiliary bishop, Msgr. Adam J. Parker will also be given the titular see of Tasaccora, and Msgr. Mark E. Brennan the titular see of Rusubisir, the Dec. 5 communique said.Msgr. Parker, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, currently serves as Vicar general and Moderator of the Curia for the archdiocese and Msgr. Brennan is a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington (DC).In a s...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis pleaded with a group ofbillionaires to take seriously their personal obligation to share theirresources and make a real commitment to doing business in a way that helpsother people realize their potential, too.The global economic system, he said Dec. 3, needs a"fundamental renewal" that "does not have to do simply withmarket economics, figures to be balanced, the development of raw materials andimprovements made to infrastructure.""What we are speaking about is the common good ofhumanity, of the right of each person to share in the resources of this worldand to have the same opportunities to realize his or her potential, a potentialthat is ultimately based on the dignity of the children of God, created in hisimage and likeness," the pope told CEOs and other leaders taking part inthe Fortune-Time Global Forum.Business leaders like Virgin's Richard Branson, LRN's Dov Seidman, Siemens' Joe Kaeser and IBM'...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday seemed concerned that race may have played too large a role in the drawing of electoral districts in Virginia, to the detriment of black voters....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The Latest on the trial of a fired South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed black motorist (all times local):...
KHAZIR, Iraq (AP) -- The U.N. refugee agency distributed aid on Monday to dozens of Iraqi families uprooted from their homes in and around the city of Mosul, warning that their needs will only increase as winter progresses and temperatures continue to fall below freezing....
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) -- The Myanmar soldiers came in the morning, the young mother says. They set fire to the concrete-and-thatch homes, forcing the villagers to cluster together. When some of her neighbors tried to escape into the fields, they were shot. After that, she says, most people stopped running away....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The death toll in the Oakland warehouse fire has grown to 36 and authorities say they expect the number to rise when they resume work later Monday following a temporary work stoppage. A wall is leaning inward, posing a safety hazard to those who have been searching the building which erupted in fire Friday night....
(Vatican Radio) Several European leaders across the continent are relieved that Austria’s euroskeptic anti-immigration candidate, who could have become the country’s first far-right head of state since the Second World War, was defeated in Sunday's presidential election. Former Green party leader Alexander van der Bellen was elected in a closely fought poll after far-right candidate Norbert Hofer conceded defeat.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: As preliminary results showed he secured just 46 percent of the vote, far right Freedom Party candidate Hofer, was quick to admit that he lost a bitterly fought election that was overshadowed by concerns over migration and relations with the European Union. “I have always said, the winner will be a good winner and the loser will be a good loser," he said."And I ask all the people who have voted for me to accept that in a democracy the voter is always right, always. And that in the end we all have to un...
(Vatican Radio) Tens of thousands of people in Jakarta have staged a unity rally, two days after a divisive protest by Muslim groups. Sunday's rally saw people travelling to Indonesia's capital from across the country.Listen to Alastair Wanklyn's report: Tens of thousands of people gathered on a boulevard in Jakarta, under the slogan: "We are Indonesia."Several minority ethnic groups were present. There was dancing by Chinese Indonesians, and some protestors travelled to the event from Bali, an island that is traditionally Hindu.The gathering was seen as a response to chants of "Arrest him!"Several hundred thousand Muslims who during outdoor prayers on Friday called for the arrest of the governor of Jakarta, a Christian man who is accused of insulting Islam.That rally had a clear message: "Defend Islam!", that is, that Islam is under attack and must be defended.By contrast, the gathering on Sunday was one of unity.Political...
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena met on Wednesday with a delegation of Asian bishops and thanked them for the immense contribution made by the Catholic Church to socially uplift and help the poor and disadvantaged of Sri Lanka. 'It is indeed a blessing to Sri Lanka having such high and learned leaders to lead not only the Catholics but also the people in Sri Lanka,” the president said.Over 140 bishops, archbishops, cardinals and priests from 40 countries gathered to discuss Asian family values, the church of the poor and the mission of mercy from Nov. 28 – Dec. 4. It was the 11th plenary assembly of the FABC and was the first to be held in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government contributed to the organisation of the event with some 10 million rupees, or about US$ 70,000.The president met the bishops at his official residence in Colombo on Nov. 30. He took the opportunity to praise the Catholic Church and highlight the work done in Sri Lanka, a war-ridd...
