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Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2016 / 04:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Church needs to “be on the move” to bring Christ to young people in an ever-changing world, Pope Francis’ representative to the U.S. told bishops on Monday.“Mercy is what this country needs to heal the wounds of division after a polarizing campaign,” Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the new Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., stated in his first official address to the U.S. bishops.The Nuncio spoke at the bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 14. He was formerly the Pope’s representative in Mexico before Pope Francis transferred him to the U.S. in April.From the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has focused on mercy, Archbishop Pierre explained, pointing to the current Jubilee Year of Mercy which officially ends with the closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on the Feast of Christ the King Nov. 27, preceded by the closing of Holy Doors in dioces...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Carol ZimmermannBALTIMORE (CNS) -- ArchbishopChristophe Pierre, the new apostolic nuncio to the United States, urged U.S.bishops Nov. 14 to pay close attention to young Catholics to both learn fromthem and help them to deepen their faith."Many young people are notallergic to the truths of the faith or to the church, but they simply don'tknow anything or know very little about the faith," he said, urgingbishops to take steps needed to help them.The archbishop, who addressedthe bishops at the start of their fall general assembly in Baltimore, also notedthat it is difficult for today's young people to live out their faith intoday's modern world and they need to know they are welcome in the church.His remarks were geared toencouraging bishops to prepare for the October 2018 Synod of Bishops, which hasthe theme of accompanying young people on the path of faith and in discerningtheir vocation, announced by the Vatican this October."We know that youth arecrit...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Rhina GuidosBALTIMORE (CNS) -- Earlier this year, as communities faced tensions,protests and violence, following a spate of shooting and killings of black menby police, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, of Louisville, Kentucky, as president of the U.S. Conferenceof Catholic Bishops, asked dioceses across the country to observe a day of prayer forpeace.He also wanted the bishops to look for ways they could help thesuffering communities, as well as police affected by the incidents.To that end, he appointed a special task force to explore waysof promoting peace and healing around the country and named by ArchbishopWilton D. Gregory of Atlanta to head it.On Nov. 14, Archbishop Gregory urged bishops gathered inBaltimore at the USCCB's fall general assembly to issue, sooner rather thanlater, a document on racism, given "postelection uncertainty" and that some of thetensions have only gotten worse following the presidential election.Heurged prayer, ecumenical and i...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic leaders delivered pep talks to demoralized supporters on Monday, promising to reassess their strategy, message and organization in the wake of last week's devastating defeat....
In a story Nov. 13 about U.S. Muslims' reaction to Donald Trump's election, The Associated Press reported erroneously the campus on which a hijab-wearing student told authorities she had been briefly choked by an assailant shortly after the election of Donald Trump. The choking report came at San Jose State University, not San Diego State University. In a separate incident at San Diego State, a woman in a hijab reported being confronted by men who commented about Trump and grabbed...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- International Criminal Court prosecutors said Monday that a preliminary probe indicates that members of the U.S. armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday abandoned his dire warnings and dark predictions about his newly elected successor and urged Americans to give President-elect Donald Trump time to rise to the daunting responsibilities of the office, breaking sharply from his Democratic allies who have quickly condemned Trump's first major decisions....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Demonstrators upset over the election of Donald Trump have marched in cities around the country over the past week, and some are making plans to be in Washington for his inauguration Jan. 20. But whether marches will become a movement is an open question....
Los Angeles, Calif., Nov 14, 2016 / 10:03 am (CNA).- Archbishop José H. Gomez called for mercy and an end to deportations during an interfaith prayer service Nov. 10 for peace, solidarity and unity at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.“In this country, we need to start building bridges and bringing people together,” he said. “We need to reach out to those who are hurting. Now is the time to build unity and heal communities, through our love for our neighbor and our care for those in need. That’s what tonight is about. Not politics. It’s about people.”The archbishop and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti organized the prayer service as a sign of unity and solidarity amid the uncertainty and fear that has followed the Nov. 8 elections. The archbishop drew particular attention to immigrant communities.“Tonight in America, children are afraid. Men and women are worried and anxious, thinking about where they can run and hide. This is ha...
Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2016 / 11:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Concrete outreach to those in need should be the focus of the U.S. bishops going forward, as well as “respectful dialogue” with the Trump administration, the bishops’ conference president said Monday.“United with Pope Francis, we are confident and we are hopeful, as we hear once again the echo of the words of Jesus: what you did for one of my least, you did for me,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville told the U.S. bishops.Archbishop Kurtz is the outgoing president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, finishing a three-year term. He spoke at their general assembly in Baltimore, Maryland Nov. 14. The bishops are entering their 100th year of holding plenary gatherings.“Whether it is protecting the child in the womb and her mother or a family seeking a better life as they migrate from another country, it is our task to think not of our own interests but of the common good,” he s...
