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The Catholic bishops of the Philippines held talks with top government officials during which they expressed strong commitment to develop positive relations despite differences over President Rodrigo Duterte bloody war on drugs. The initial meeting was held at the headquarters of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in Manila on March 31 in what is seen as a major step by the two parties to sort our differences.Interviewed with ANC television on March 4, CBCP President, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan stressed that dialogue was the best way forward. “There are issues where we differ in principle, but we should not allow such differences to prevent us from cooperating such as working for the poor and empowering Mindanao,” the archbishop said. “We should support him on peace-making, alleviating the situation of the poor and everything that is for the benefit ...
A group of diocesan priests in India have pledged to take Mother Teresa of Calcutta as a model and source of their inspiration and life. 113 members of the Conference of Diocesan Priests of India (CDPI) from 67 dioceses voiced their desire when they recently met in the eastern metropolis of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, together with several bishops, including local Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Calcutta. The theme was "The life and mission of Mother Teresa reflected in the life and mission of the diocesan priests"."I think the effect of this will last for years in the hearts and minds of diocesan priests of India," Fr. Raymond Joseph Irudhayasamy, CDPI Executive Secretary told Fides. The priests made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Mother Teresa praying and celebrating the Eucharist on her grave, and were "deeply touched by her burning desire to love only Christ" and to make the Eucharist "the pivot of her life". "Mother Teres...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Travelers stuck in endless delays at New York City's cramped and congested LaGuardia Airport can feel like prisoners. Now there's a plan to liberate them by closing the city's most notorious jail....
DALLAS (AP) -- Masha Gregory was nervous to move out of her parents' home and into her own place, where the 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman worried about making friends and being away from her parents. But after living in her own apartment at a complex that focuses on adults with autism, she's made new friends and found she loves her independence....
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia special congressional campaign has become an internal conservative squabble, with a national conservative group blasting a Republican establishment favorite as a big-spending "career politician," while other GOP hopefuls argue over who's most loyal to President Donald Trump....
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine resident Zak McCutcheon says he likes soda but acknowledges he'd drink less of it if his governor convinced Republican President Donald Trump to put restrictions on the approximately $200 a month he receives in food stamps. He thinks it may even make recipients healthier and less overweight....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Somewhere between the Republican caricature of the next justice of the Supreme Court as a folksy family guy and the Democrats' demonization of him as a cold-hearted automaton, stands Neil Gorsuch....
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The suspect in Stockholm's deadly beer truck attack is a 39-year-old native of Uzbekistan who had been on authorities' radar previously, Swedish officials said Saturday. The prime minister urged citizens to "get through this" and strolled through the streets of the capital to chat with residents....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Turkey described the U.S. missile attack on an air base as a "cosmetic intervention" unless it removes President Bashar Assad from power, while the Syrian leader's strong ally Iran called Saturday for the formation of an international fact-finding committee to investigate the chemical weapons attack in a northern Syrian town that killed scores of people and trigged the American attack....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The United States is vowing to keep up the pressure on Syria after the intense nighttime wave of missile strikes from U.S. ships, despite the prospect of escalating Russian ill will that could further inflame one of the world's most vexing conflicts....
