• Home
  • About Us
  • Support
  • Concerts & Events
  • Music & Media
  • Faith
  • Listen Live
  • Give Now

Article Archive

Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive.

Jerusalem, Jul 25, 2017 / 11:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As conflict has erupted once again between Israelis and Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchal Vicar said that the Catholic Church has a unique role to play in bringing about justice and peace.“When two religious communities lay claim to the same area, we have a recipe for disaster, particular when members of the two communities are also involved in a political, territorial and historical conflict,” Fr. David M. Neuhaus told CNA July 24.“The Church has a very special vocation in Israel/Palestine. Without power of any kind, the Church is free from playing political games and can be a voice that speaks out for truth, justice and peace.”The Church has important assets “to contribute to building a reality of justice and peace instead of the war and violence that dominate,” he said.The site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, where the al-Aqsa Mosque is...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sashenka Gutierrez, EPABy David AgrenMEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Anexplosive device was detonated outside the offices of the Mexican bishops'conference, directly across the street from the country's most visitedreligious site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.A statement provided to CatholicNews Service by Armando Cavazos, bishops' conference media director, saidan explosion occurred July 25 at around 1:50 a.m. outside the main entrance to its offices in northern Mexico City. The type of device used remainedunknown, and detectives were investigating the explosion, the statement said.Motives for the detonation were unclear."It appears this is not thefirst case that has occurred in this area of CDMX," the statement said,using Mexico City's abbreviation.The bishops' offices occupy abusy strip across the street from the sanctuary of the Basilica of Our Lady ofGuadalupe. The area is swarmed by pilgrims and tourists during the daytime andis transited by commuters in rush ho...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Palestinian Muslims prayed in the streets near Jerusalem's most contested holy site Tuesday, heeding a call by clergy to not enter the shrine despite Israel's seeming capitulation when it removed metal detectors it installed there a week earlier....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots Tuesday near an Iranian vessel that American sailors said came dangerously close to them during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, the first such incident to happen under President Donald Trump. Iran's hard-line Revolutionary Guard later blamed the American ship for provoking the situation....
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- No knot-tying demonstrations. No wood-carving advice. President Donald Trump went straight to starting a fire in a speech at a national Boy Scout gathering....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on Arizona Sen. John McCain's return to Congress for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the effort by congressional Republicans to pass a health care bill (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In high drama at the Capitol, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday delivered a crucial vote in the Republican drive to dismantle the health care law, a win for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders, and then leveled a broadside at how the GOP got there....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (all times local):...
A group of Indian Christians have decided to observe Martyrdom Day on July 22 in memory of ‎Christians who are persecuted and killed for their faith.  It was the initiative of Shibu Thomas who ‎through his ecumenical movement, “Persecution Relief” said special prayers were offered in Churches ‎across the country. The observance is "part of a concerted effort to encourage those who continue to ‎struggle to cope with persecution and challenge to live a true Christian life," Thomas told ‎UCANEWS.‎Thomas explained that July 22 was chosen as it marked the first anniversary of the rape and murder of a ‎Christian schoolgirl in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh after her family refused to abandon their Christian ‎faith despite several threats.  "This was an act of revenge and intimidation, to get her family to ‎renounce their faith, but they are still firm in their faith despite continuing threats," Thoma...
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Soundcloud

Public Inspection File | EEO

© 2015 - 2021 Spirit FM 90.5 - All Rights Reserved.