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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The true test now begins for Donald Trump....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Emboldened Republicans claimed a mandate Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump after his astonishing election triumph, and an emotional Hillary Clinton told crestfallen supporters the GOP victor deserved a "chance to lead." President Barack Obama pledged a smooth transition of power....
Cardinal Fernando Filoni was speaking in Lusaka on Wednesday (9th Nov.) at the opening of the National Catholic Forum. The meeting attended by bishops, priests, religious and the lay faithful was called to discuss important issues involving the life and mission of the Church in Zambia.Taking his cue from the theme of the encounter which is: 125th Anniversary of Evangelization in Zambia, Cardinal Filoni traced the history of the arrival of the first missionaries in the country, beginning with the Missionaries of Africa and the Jesuits and how the seeds they sowed have borne fruits.He said, “Following the lead of the first missionary fathers, many dedicated men and women have continued the work of evangelization here in Zambia up to the present day.” Therefore, he continued “we thank God today since “despite the sometimes painful meeting of ancient ways with the new hope that Christ the Lord brings to all cultures, the word of faith took deep...
(Vatican Radio) Following national elections in the United States, the President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, said elections “assist a country, a nation, in seeking, within their own area, the common good, the good of the human person, a good that respects the dignity of every human person.”In an interview with Vatican Radio Archbishop Kurtz recalled the message of Pope Francis during the Holy Father’s Apostolic Voyage to America in 2015. The Pope, he said, re-iterated the importance of “engagement and involvement in the political process.” Although the Church does not endorse particular candidates, Archbishop Kurtz said, “we seek the common good, and we bring to bear our Catholic social teaching, and the principles that mark a direction that promotes the common good.”And so, Archbishop Kurtz said, “this morning, now that the election is completed, we are, of course, ...
Washington D.C., Nov 9, 2016 / 10:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishops in the United States called on Catholics to pray for elected officials on the morning following the 2016 presidential election, and exhorted them to work for unity and to promote the common good.“Now is the moment to move toward the responsibility of governing for the common good of all citizens,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, stated Wednesday following Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s electoral victory.“Let us not see each other in the divisive light of Democrat or Republican or any other political party, but rather, let us see the face of Christ in our neighbors, especially the suffering or those with whom we may disagree,” he added Nov. 9.Trump scored a surprising victory in the Electoral College Tuesday night, ascending to the presidency despite being projected to lose the popular vote to his Democratic oppon...
Washington D.C., Nov 9, 2016 / 11:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The death penalty was up for a vote in California, Nebraska and Oklahoma on Tuesday, but stands against capital punishment proved unpopular with voters in all three states.In California, Proposition 62 promised to end the death penalty and reduce death sentences to life in prison without parole.California’s Catholic bishops had strongly backed the measure.“In a culture of death, I believe mercy alone can be the only credible witness to the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human person,” Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said in September.A contrary proposal, California ballot measure Prop. 66 limited the appeal process for death row inmates and shortened the time from sentencing to execution.In voting results, Prop. 62 went down to defeat, taking only 46 percent of the vote. Prop. 66 won 50.9 percent of the vote.Another death penalty fight took place in Nebraska, whose unicameral legislature had...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- TheDiocese of Amarillo, Texas, said in a statement it is investigating the incident of apro-life priest who placed "the body of an aborted fetus" on an altar andbroadcast it on Facebook Live to get people to vote for Republican Donald J.Trump, causing "the desecration of the altar.""We believe that no onewho is pro-life can exploit a human body for any reason, especially the body ofa fetus," said Amarillo Bishop Patrick J. Zurek in a Nov. 8 statement. Its usefor political purposes by one of the diocese's priests was "against the dignityof human life," he added.Pro-life supporters inthe Catholic Church denounced activist Father Frank Pavone for what he said wasan "emergency situation" on the eve of the U.S. presidentialelection."What did hedo?" wrote Ed Mechmann, a public policy director whose areas of concerninclude pro-life issues, in a blog for the Archdiocese of New York. "Heused a dead aborted baby, laying naked and bloody on an altar, as a pr...
It turns out that President Donald Trump might not be bad for the stock market after all....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Donald Trump's election stunned many, including celebrities who overwhelmingly supported Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Here's how some of them reacted to his victory:...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conceding Hillary Clinton's staggering defeat, President Barack Obama urged the nation Wednesday to join him in rooting for President-elect Donald Trump's success. He said he was heartened by Trump's election night call for unity and hoped it wouldn't fade....
