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IMAGE: CNS photo/Francisco Lara, Catholic SentinelBy Rocio RiosPORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) -- FatherRaul Marquez had never seen anything like it. Eight men walked to the frontdoor of St. Peter Church in Southeast Portland Jan. 29 and began bellowingduring the Spanish Mass.Dressed like hunters,they accused worshippers of not being true Christians, questioned the sexualmorals of the women and harangued the congregation for being made up ofimmigrants.The group, which calls itself "Street Preachers," has been setting up counter-protests at eventscriticizing President Donald Trump, including a late-January demonstration at PortlandInternational Airport.The harmony thatnaturally comes from Mass was shattered. The community, already living in fearbecause of federal immigration policy proposals, was shocked."All that Sunday I feltupset and didn't understand," said Father Marquez, a Colombian native who has beenpastor of St. Peter for five years. "How I was going to be happy while I heardand rememb...
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- With the federal government about to green-light the final phase of the Dakota Access pipeline, opponents of the project called Wednesday for protests around the world in an action they dubbed their "last stand."...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chris Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, announced Wednesday he will run for Illinois governor in 2018, bringing the instant name recognition of his family's political legacy to what's expected to be a sharply contested race to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- National Weather Service teams were studying scenes of severe weather damage in Louisiana and Mississippi on Wednesday to determine where tornadoes struck and just how powerful they were....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A fistfight on the Senate floor involving two Southern "gentlemen" gave rise to Rule 19, the arcane Senate directive that Republicans used more than a century later to silence Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren. GOP lawmakers rebuked Warren Tuesday night for speaking against colleague and Attorney General-nominee Jeff Sessions....
President Donald Trump's assertion that the media often fails to cover terrorist attacks is false, but he's hardly alone in making the claim. The statement is just the latest by Trump to echo a website known for trafficking in dubious allegations of plots and cover-ups....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump criticized Nordstrom on Wednesday, tweeting that the department store chain that decided to stop selling his daughter's clothing and accessory line has treated her "so unfairly."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The turbulent national debate over race, gender and free speech consumed the normally staid Senate on Wednesday after the GOP majority voted to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren, abruptly elevating her celebrity status at a moment when liberals are hungry for a leader to take on Donald Trump....
Vatican Radio) Palestinian leaders have reacted angrily to an Israeli law which would retroactively legalise some 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.The law, passed on Monday, is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition but has raised tensions within the government and drawn international criticism. Israel's attorney-general has said it is unconstitutional and that he will not defend it at the Supreme Court.In Washington a White House official said U.S. President Donald Trump "will withhold comment on the legislation until the relevant court ruling." Last week the Trump administration said the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing ones “may not be helpful” in achieving peace.Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, former head of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and former Vatican envoy to the Arab League, currently lives in Jerusalem. He talk...
Sir 15: 15-20, I Cor 2: 6-10, Mt 5: 17-37 The story is told that when the painter Leonardo Da Vinci was painting The Last Supper, he had an intense and bitter argument with a fellow painter. Da Vinci began to think of a way to get back at this guy. He came up with a devious plan. He decided to paint the face of his enemy as the face of Judas Iscariot so it would be captured for all time, and that is exactly what he did. When people came to look at his work, while it was still in progress, they immediately knew who "Judas" was. Da Vinci got great joy out of portraying this man as Judas Iscariot. But as he continued his work on the painting of Jesus and his disciples, he finally came to the face he had saved for the very end-the face of Jesus. But he drew a mental blank. He had what writers call "writer's block." He could not paint a thing. Finally, God convicted him and showed him the trouble was he had painted the face of his enemy as the face of Judas...
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