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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite rain and cold weather, marchers filled several blocks in Washington as they rallied in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march that was at times also a rally against president-elect Donald Trump....
Pope Francis on Friday approved the election of a new Auxiliary Bishop to the southern India’s Archeparcy or Archdiocese of Changanacherry belonging to the Syro-Malabar rite Catholic Church. The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church elected Fr. Thomas Tharayil as the Auxilary of Changanacherry, in Kerala state. In the eastern-rite Catholic Churches the synods have the autonomy of electing their bishops, to which the Pope gives his assent. Bishop-elect, Fr. Tharayil, was born in Changanacherry on Feb 2, 1972, and after passing through the minor seminary of Kurichy he pursued his studies at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Vadavathoor. After his priestly ordination on Jan. 1, 2000, he went to Rome where he obtained a licentiate as well as a doctorate in psychology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Besides his native tongue, Malayalam, Fr. Tharayil knows Italian, Spanish and German. Among his various responsibilities, h...
Card. Patrick D'Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka is urging his faithful to seek out families in need to help them. "Go and seek out the homes of Christians that are the farthest from your parishes and visit them. Bring the joy of the Gospel to these families. Their members need closeness and spiritual advice," Bangladesh’s first cardinal told 50 priests, 20 nuns and 30 lay Catholics at a ceremony at the Archbishop’s Residence. He said many Christian families are in difficulty, needing need love and compassion. Men and women religious are needed to take care of them.” Calling the family “a small church”, “the root of the Church”, the 73-yer old cardinal argues the Church cannot live if its roots are cut. Citing Pope Francis, Card. D’Rozario urged that family members to get together for a few minutes daily to pray for one another. In a Muslim-majoirty country where Christians account ...
A Pakistani Senate committee is set to debate how to prevent the country's blasphemy laws being applied unfairly, despite opposition from religious conservatives who support legislation that carries a mandatory death penalty for insulting Islam. Senator Farhatullah Babar told Reuters that the Senate Committee on Human Rights, of which he is a member, will start discussions on blasphemy laws as early as next week, based on recommendations from a 24-year-old report. He said it would be the first time in decades that any parliamentary body had considered a formal proposal to stop the abuse of the blasphemy laws. According to Babar, the committee would consider a proposal making it binding to investigate complaints before registering a case, to ensure "genuine blasphemy" had been committed and the law was not being used to settle scores, as critics say it is. He also said the committee would debate whether life imprisonment was an adequate punishme...
Vatican City, Jan 14, 2017 / 09:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the 10 month anniversary of the kidnapping of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil in Yemen, the Salesians are inviting people around the world to join them in praying a novena for the priest’s safety and release. The Salesian order, to which Fr. Tom belongs, is inviting the faithful to trust the "intercession of the Mother of the Savior” and asking them to include the “special intention” of Fr. Tom in a novena to Mary, Help of Christians, according to Salesian newsletter “Agenzia Info Salesiana” (ANS). The novena, proposed to the Salesians by the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) of Turin, will last from Jan. 15-23.“As an association, we feel particularly committed to praying for priests, so we would like to request the intervention of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians for the prompt release of Fr Tom,” Mr. Tullio Lucca and Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni, President and ...
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- At a sprawling desert base, a Marine recharged his radio's batteries simply by walking, while nearby fellow troops examined a rocket artillery system and a drone - both powered by the sun....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For Barack Obama, there's a presidential library to build, hundreds of millions of dollars to raise, causes to champion and a book to write. And don't forget that long-promised vacation with his wife....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi forces have won a string of swift territorial gains in Mosul in the fight against the Islamic State group after months of slow progress. Government troops retook the eastern edge of a third bridge in Mosul Saturday and a cluster of buildings inside Mosul university, according to a senior Iraqi officer overseeing the operation....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- For Abdul Aliy-Muhammad, the Martin Luther King Jr. he learned about as a child was a man of love, peace and racial harmony, a gifted orator....
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Just weeks before a gunman opened fire at Fort Lauderdale's airport, authorities said he walked into an FBI office in Alaska, telling agents the government was controlling his mind and that he was having terroristic thoughts. It's a daily occurrence for law enforcement agencies and authorities say the difficulty is in assessing whether people are reporting a credible threat, whether or whether they need medical help....
