Article Archive
Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico is starting to seriously contemplate the possibility that millions of its migrants could be deported, and the picture is not pretty....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sequestered in his Manhattan high-rise, President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to fill key foreign policy posts. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged as the favorite to serve as secretary of state, a senior Trump official said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- When Mick Jagger was coming up with ideas for an exhibition highlighting The Rolling Stones' five-decade long career, he wanted to re-create the mood of the band in its early years....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Following the installation of Breitbart's chief executive to a top job in President-elect Donald Trump's administration, the news organization in its infancy when Barack Obama took office has big expansion plans and the goal of being the best source of news on the new administration....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged as the favorite to serve as secretary of state in Donald Trump's incoming administration, a senior Trump official said on Monday - another indication the president-elect is putting a prize on loyalty as he narrows down his Cabinet picks....
You never hear the person in front of you in line at Home Depot shout, "Woo hoo! 7% on the dollar!"
Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 14, 2016 / 01:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Mexican Conference of Bishops issued a statement acknowledging that Fr. José Luis Sánchez Ruiz, who was kidnapped Nov. 11 in his home state of Veracruz was found alive, but with visible signs of torture.The statement, issued by the bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Bishop Fidencio López Plaza praised God for hearing their prayer, and confirmed that “Indeed, Father José Luis Sánchez Ruiz was abandoned with remarkable traces of torture.”Fr. Sánchez Ruiz is the 54 year-old pastor of the Parish of the Twelve Apostles in the diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla, located in the state of Veracruz. In recent months, priests have been the target of violence and kidnappings, particularly in the states of Veracruz, Guerrero and Michoacan. Since the election of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in 2012, at least 15 priests have been killed in the country.Fr. S&aacut...
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...
