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Barcelona, Spain, Jun 30, 2017 / 11:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “Enough with the jokes,” then-Archbishop Juan José Omella Omella of Barcelona said when he got the call.But it wasn’t a joke: A friend was calling him from St. Peter’s Square to tell him that Pope Francis had just announced his name among the five men who were to become cardinals at a consistory which was held June 28.After receiving the announcement, Omella continued with his plans for the day, including visiting prisoners. He met with journalists the next morning.“Barcelona is a cosmopolitan city where people from all over the world go,” he told journalists in Rome this week when asked what it means to serve from the peripheries in his city. “You only have to be at the plaza where the door of the cathedral of Barcelona is for a moment to see that there they speak all the languages, and all races and all cultures pass. Or go to the Sagrada Familia to see the amount of people...
Berlin, Germany, Jun 30, 2017 / 12:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Heiner Koch of Berlin expressed his regret Friday at the German parliament’s vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, saying it had abandoned the fundamental characteristics of marriage.“The fathers of the (German) constitution gave marriage such pride of place because they wanted to protect and strengthen those who, as a mother and father, want to give life to their children.”“I regret the fact that the legislature has given up on essential aspects of the marriage concept in order to make the latter amenable to same-sex partnerships,” he said June 30.Lawmakers in Germany's parliament voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in the country by changing the definition of marriage in their legal code to include two persons of the same sex.In a statement reacting to the vote, Archbishop Koch, chairman of the commission for marriage and family of the German bishops' con...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Saul MartinezBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Latin America's traditional social values of cooperationand solidarity must prevail over the societal ills that threaten the livelihoodof the region's inhabitants, Pope Francis said. The current social and economic crisis facing Latin American countrieshas allowed for the "growth of poverty, unemployment, social inequality" and a situationin which the planet, "our common home, is exploited andabused," the pope said June 30."This is at a level that we never would have imagined 10 years ago. In the face of thissituation, an analysis isneeded that takes into account the reality of concrete people, thereality of our people," he told members of the Italian-Latin AmericanInternational Organization. Founded in 1966, the international organization seeks toincrease "economic, social, scientific, technological and culturalcooperation" between Latin American countries and Italy, according to the group's website.Its 21 ...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The sunny weather was calling many of Washington's20-somethings to rooftop pools, outdoor bars and bicycle rides, just as nectarcalls birds to flowers, but Francisco Hernandez, 26, and Flor Diaz, 24, decidedto spend the summer afternoon and early evening of June 24 in the churchbasement at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Washington. Sometimes the twodanced or talked in front of a crowd of about 50, trying to keep the conversationgoing during their parish meeting marking the first stages of the Encuentro, a four-year-long process of meetings and gatherings aimed at figuring out the needs of LatinoCatholics in the U.S. Around the country, parishioners in many Catholic churcheswith healthy Latino populations, such as the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, arehosting similar events, which they hope will yield not just information aboutthe up-and-coming group in the church, but also Latino leaders, missionaryaction and a zeal for Catholic identity in the fa...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump took South Korea to task over its trade surplus with the United States on Friday, demanding renegotiation of a bilateral pact, even as the close security allies voiced joint resolve against the nuclear weapons threat from North Korea....
RIVERTON, Utah (AP) -- The parents of a Utah man imprisoned in Venezuela one year ago as of Friday fear their son will die in a Caracas jail with no relief in sight and growing volatility in the South American country....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Serious wounds to a soldier and a Navy SEAL who searched for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can be used at the sentencing phase of his upcoming trial, a judge ruled Friday, giving prosecutors significant leverage to pursue stiff punishment against the soldier....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Paul Gottinger, who applied nearly a year ago to bring his Iranian fiancee to the United States so they could be married, went to bed feeling hopeless....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say at least two people have been shot at a New York City hospital and the gunman is still at large....
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, a couple onscreen and off, say the White House told them a damaging National Enquirer story about their relationship would "go away" if they called the president and apologized for harsh commentary....
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