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Trieste, Italy, Mar 2, 2017 / 02:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As Catholics continue to debate pastoral and doctrinal approaches to marriage, they should remember that the Catholic approach to marriage and the Eucharist has a direct impact on what the Church teaches about society as a whole, an expert on the Church’s social teaching has said.“Protecting marriage as a social institution has protected all of society and its order,” Stefano Fontana, director of the Cardinal Van Thuan Observatory, said in the Feb. 28 edition of its newsletter. The Church’s protection of marriage would suffer if adultery changes “from an intrinsic evil to a situation to be interpreted case by case,” if this interpretation is left simply to individual conscience and if the divorced-and-remarried are administered the Eucharist, Fontana said.“A diminished theological consideration of the Eucharist would also imply worrying consequences in terms of the Catholic commit...
Cairo, Egypt, Mar 2, 2017 / 03:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A spike in attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt, spurred by a video threat from ISIS, has drawn the prayers and concern of advocates, who are urging global leaders to take notice.“Americans need to know that one of the oldest Christian communities in the world is under threat from being completely pushed out of Egypt,” which would be disastrous both for Egypt and for Christianity itself, Philippe Nassif, executive director of the advocacy group In Defense of Christians, told CNA.“We pray for those suffering terrorism and violence, for God to grant them peace and reassurance that they are not forgotten by Him or by all those who not only witness their plight but strive to advocate for them,” His Grace Bishop Angaelos, general bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, said Tuesday.There have been 40 reported murders of Christians in Egypt in the last three months, Bishop Angaelos said in ...
By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- There is no getting around fastingduring Lent.Notonly is it one of the three pillars of spiritual practice along with prayer andalmsgiving, but it also bookends the period of preparation for Easter.Fastingand abstinence is required of adult Catholics, ages 18-59, at the start of Lent on AshWednesday and at its end on Good Friday. This means eating only one full meal andtwo small meals that equal one meal as well as no snacks in between meals andno meat consumption.CreightonUniversity's Online Ministries program, "Praying Lent 2017," says thepurpose of fasting is to "experience the effects of not eating. It alsoserves to be a penance or a sacrifice for the purpose of strengthening us.""Whenwe get hungry, we have a heightened sense of awareness," it adds, notingthat the practice helps people to clarify their thoughts. "It is purifyingand prepares us to pray more deeply," the resource from Jesuit-runCreighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, points...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Stay classy, Trojans."...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. Travel Association on Thursday said the Trump administration's immigration policies are hurting tourism....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal law enforcement officials raided three central Illinois facilities of manufacturer Caterpillar on Thursday as part of an investigation the company said may be related to business with its Swiss subsidiary CSARL....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump was barely in office when he signed an executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. There was not a moment to waste, he said, because any delay would allow the "bad dudes" to rush into the U.S....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Reports about Attorney General Jeff Sessions' two meetings with Russia's U.S. ambassador became a textbook illustration of the vastly different shapes a story takes in today's media world....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration's back-to-back controversies over its Russian ties now have at least one thing in common: Ambassador Sergey Kislyak....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under intensifying pressure, Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly agreed Thursday to recuse himself from any investigation into Russian meddling in America's 2016 presidential election. He acted after revelations he twice spoke with the Russian ambassador during the campaign and failed to say so when pressed by Congress....
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