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Vatican City, Nov 30, 2016 / 04:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Bishop of Rome sent a message to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on Wednesday, continuing a recent tradition of ecumenism between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.“The exchange of delegations between Rome and Constantinople on the occasion of the respective feast days honouring the brother apostles Peter and Andrew is a visible sign of the profound bonds that already unite us,” Pope Francis said Nov. 30 in his message to Bartholomew I, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople.“So too, it is an expression of our yearning for ever deeper communion, until that day when, God willing, we may witness to our love for one another by sharing the same eucharistic table. In this journey towards the restoration of eucharistic communion between us, we are sustained by the intercession not only of our patron saints, but by the array of martyrs from every age, who 'despite the tragedy of ou...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Association of Jesuit Colleges and UniversitiesBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- More than 70 presidents at Catholic colleges and universities have signed astatement pledging their support for students attending their schools who are legally protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, knownas DACA.The statement, posted Nov. 30 onthe website of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, says ithopes "the students in our communities who have qualified for DACA areable to continue their studies without interruption and that many more studentsin their situation will be welcome to contribute their talents to our campuses."President Barack Obama's DACA program protectsyoung immigrants brought into the United States by their parents as youngchildren without legal permission. More than 720,000 of these young immigrants have been approved for the program, which protects themfrom deportation for two-year periods.The college lead...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- The leader of a small, Caribbean nation, Fidel Castro was a major figure across much of the world, inspiring quixotic insurgencies, pouring soldiers into successful wars of liberation, helping define the politics of a whole continent. His death has been met with mourning, honors and recriminations....
PARIS (AP) -- The laciest, if not raciest, catwalk event of the year - aka, the Victoria's Secret fashion show - was taking place in Paris on Wednesday night. Among the anticipated highlights: performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, as well as a $3 million Fantasy bra modelled by Jasmine Tookes. Here's a behind-the-scenes look:...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In persuading Carrier to keep hundreds of jobs in Indiana, President-elect Donald Trump is claiming victory on behalf of factory workers whose positions were bound for Mexico. But the scant details that have emerged so far raise doubts about the extent of the victory....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a story Nov. 29 about Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway's scheduled trip to the Alberta oil sands, The Associated Press reported that Conway reached out to the Alberta Prosperity Fund to set up meetings, a tour and a speech at a fundraising dinner on Jan. 12. The spokesman for the Alberta Prosperity fund now says he misspoke and says the fund reached out to invite Conway. Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for President-elect Trump, says it is her understanding ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Tornadoes that dropped out of the night sky killed five people in two states and injured at least a dozen more early Wednesday, adding to a seemingly biblical onslaught of drought, flood and fire plaguing the South....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp" in the nation's capital. Instead, he's diving right in....
Lahore, Pakistan, Nov 30, 2016 / 11:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Five men in Pakistan's Punjab province were sentenced to death last week for their leading role in the November 2014 murder of a Christian couple. Another eight were given two years in prison for their participation in the lynching.Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Azam of Lahore's Anti-Terrorism Court handed down the sentences Nov. 23. The guilty have also been fined 200,000 Pakistani rupees (about $1,900).On Nov. 4, 2014, Shahzad Masih and his wife Shama, who was pregnant with the couple's fourth child, were attacked by a lynch mob and their bodies burned after they were accused of desecrating the Quran. The couple lived in Kot Radha Kishan, a city located nearly 40 miles southwest of Lahore.The couple worked at a brick kiln, and it has been reported that the kiln owner noticed Shama – who was illiterate – burning some belongings of her recently-deceased father-in-law, and charged that some pages she burnt w...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Christina Gray, Catholic San FranciscoBy Christina GraySAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- ThomasMyron Hooker lived the last 20 years of his life without a roof over his head,but his death proved he was hardly without a home.Hundreds of people -- churchfamilies, neighbors, shopkeepers and perhaps even strangers touched by thecheerful kindness and generosity of the man who for years had made camp under atarp on a street corner in San Francisco's Richmond District -- streamed intoStar of the Sea Catholic Church Nov. 7 to express their respect and affection.Hooker had endeared himself tothe parish and surrounding community with his gentle spirit. He spent a part ofeach day praying in the back pews, said Star of the Sea pastor Father JosephIllo, who eulogized him as "a kind of patron saint of the homeless.""The meaning of being homelessbeyond shelter is when you lack a home, lack a family who understands you. Youare homeless when you don't feel you belong anywhere," said Father Illo...
