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MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- A highly anticipated night for Ariana Grande fans ended in blood and terror after an explosion tore through the foyer of the Manchester Arena....
LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that authorities say killed several people. (all times local):...
LONDON (AP) -- An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert attended by thousands of young music fans in northern England late Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police were treating as a terrorist attack....
Manila, Philippines, May 22, 2017 / 03:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In the most recent clash between the government and the Catholic Church in the Philippines, authorities have banned hanging rosaries and religious icons in vehicles, citing safety concerns.According to reports from the AFP, the ban is part of a new law that will take effect Friday aimed at eliminating distractions for drivers, including talking or texting on mobile phones, applying makeup, or eating or drinking.The ban, announced last week, sparked outcry in the majority-Catholic country, where roughly 80 percent of the population identifies as Catholic.“This is an overreaction, insensitive and lacks common sense," Father Jerome Secillano, executive secretary for public affairs at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, told the AFP.He said that most drivers feel safer with religious icons in their vehicles, because they give them a sense of divine intervention and protection.In a statement on...
Vatican City, May 22, 2017 / 03:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Only seven months after Pope Francis’ last consistory, he will create five new cardinals in June. He continues a pattern of finding cardinals at the peripheries of the world, from dioceses which have not traditionally had a cardinal.The next consistory will take place June 28.In this new batch Pope Francis has confirmed his preference for dioceses that are not traditional sees for a cardinal. For instance, this is the first time a bishop from El Salvador, Sweden, Mali, and Laos will receive a red hat.The Pope’s choice of Bishop Louis Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Vicar Apostolic of Paksé, reveals his particular interest in Laos.Laos, a one-party communist republic averse to religion, is one of the few countries lacking full diplomatic relations with the Holy See. However, in recent years the Laotian government has been showing a greater openness to the international community, and also to the religious sent...
Mexico City, Mexico, May 22, 2017 / 03:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Mexican Bishops' Conference offered prayers for journalists as they face increased violence in their efforts to uncover truth.“The Mexican Bishop's Conference expresses its support and solidarity with journalists throughout Mexico, facing violence attacks in the exercise of their profession,” the bishops said in a May 21 statement.According to the international journalist advocacy group Reporters without Borders, an estimated 105 journalists have been murdered in Mexico since the year 2000. This makes Mexico the third most deadly country in the world for journalists, after Syria and Afghanistan, and ahead of Iraq.So far in 2017 alone, six journalists have been murdered in Mexico.The most recent was Javier Valdez, shot dead May 15 in Culiacan, Sinoloa. The journalist, a correspondent for “La Jornada” in Sinaloa, had done in-depth reporting on drug trafficking and organized crime in Mexi...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) --Consecrated women are called to be prophets of hope and joy in the world andavoid putting on a superficial joy that withers the soul, Pope Francis said. In order to live out the joyof the Gospel, "it must be a true joy, not a counterfeit joy" thatbrings about "the cancer of resignation," the pope told a group from the Sister Disciples of the DivineMaster. "Please, sisters, no resignation.Only joy! The devilwill say, 'We are small, we don't have many vocations.' And your face will growlong -- down, down, down -- and you lose joy," he said. "No, youcannot live like that; the hope of Jesus is joy."Founded in 1924, the Sister Disciplesof the Divine Master are part of the nine institutes of consecrated lifethat form the Pauline Family established by Blessed James Alberione. The congregation was in Rome April 30-May 28 for their ninth general chapter onthe theme "New wine in newwineskins."After receiving a warmapp...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Even before President Donald Trump began his trip to Israel, he had made history of sorts....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Protesters set late President Hugo Chavez's childhood home in western Venezuela on fire Monday, an opposition lawmaker said, as protests against the South American nation's socialist government grew increasingly hostile....
DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) -- The job of Ford's new CEO won't be easy: He will have to shore up the 114-year-old company's traditional auto business, but also invest in self-driving cars and other projects that could one day make that business obsolete....
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