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Vatican City, Apr 20, 2017 / 08:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis sent a letter to the president of Brazil, apologizing for his inability to visit in 2017 and encouraging the leader's attention to the country's social issues.“Since in his letter President Temer made reference to his efforts to confront the social problems of the country, the Pope underlined that aspect and encouraged him to work for the promotion of the country's poorest people,” the Vatican press office said April 4, confirming a letter the Pope sent a few days before.President Michael Temer invited Pope Francis to visit Brazil for the 300th anniversary of a Marian apparition known as Our Lady of Aparecida.The story behind the apparition involves a clay statue of Mary Immaculate that was caught by three fishermen in October 1717 in preparation for a feast dedicated to royalty passing through the town.Guarantinqueta, a small city along the Paraiba River, was expecting to receive the Count ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. government's latest report card on food poisoning suggests that a germ commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is surpassing salmonella at the top of the culprit list....
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Acoustic sensors mounted on lampposts and telephone poles picked up the crack of gunfire and rapidly enabled police to zero in on where it was coming from. Within minutes, the alleged gunman in the deadly rampage was under arrest....
VARNER, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas was poised Thursday to carry out its first execution since 2005 after three other lethal injections planned by the end of the month were scrapped in the face of court challenges....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's energized opposition is planning sit-ins on roads, silent marches in white to commemorate the dead and other nontraditional protests as it tries to build on the momentum of recent street demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government....
PARIS (AP) -- A gunman opened fire on police on Paris' iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard Thursday night, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic State group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, which hit just three days before a tense presidential election....
No matter how hard we try to escape the goodness of the Lord with our sinfulness...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Olivier Douliery, EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' visit to Egypt, a landincreasingly marked by terrorist-led bloodshed, stands as part of his missionto inspire and encourage today's actors in theaters of violence to change thescript and set a new stage.Just as the pope did when he raised the curtain of the Yearof Mercy in war-torn Central African Republic, he goes to strengthen and"confirm his brothers of the Coptic Catholic Church and other churchespresent in Egypt," said Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of theCongregation for Eastern Churches.He will be able to show, in person, his support andsolidarity for the beleaguered Christian minorities who continue to be targetedby terrorist fanatics and increasingly feel vulnerable and unsafe in their ownland, said Maryknoll Father Douglas May, who worked inEgypt for two decades.Even though Christianity there traces its roots to the timesof the apostles, being a Christian in Egypt today "is like bei...
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Acoustic sensors mounted on lampposts and telephone poles picked up the crack of gunfire and rapidly enabled police to zero in on where it was coming from. Within minutes, the alleged gunman in the deadly rampage was under arrest....
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A 15-year-old Tennessee girl was rescued near a cabin in a remote part of northern California on Thursday, more than a month after her 50-year-old teacher kidnapped her and set off a nationwide manhunt, authorities said....
