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IMAGE: CNS photo/Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate ConceptionBy WASHINGTON(CNS) -- A special one-time national collection will be taken at U.S. parishes atMasses on Mother's Day, May 14, to support the mosaic ornamentation of the TrinityDome, the "crowning jewel" of the Basilica of the National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception.Themosaic will depict the Trinity, Mary and 13 saints associated with the UnitedStates or the national shrine, the four evangelists and words from the NiceneCreed.Thefinished dome also will mark the completion of the national shrine, accordingto the original architectural plans for the church set to mark its centennialin 2020 -- the 100th anniversary of the placement of its foundational stone.TheU.S. Catholic bishops approved the special collection in November 2015 duringtheir annual fall general assembly. The last time a national collection wasdone for the shrine was in 1953.LastOctober during the blessing of the workspace where the new mosa...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago CatholicBy Joyce DurigaCHICAGO (CNS) -- Chicago CardinalBlase J. Cupich April 4 announced a new initiative to increase the work ofcurrent anti-violence programs in parishes and schools and those run by MercyHome for Boys and Girls, Catholic Charities and Kolbe House, the archdiocese'sjail ministry.The Chicago Archdiocese alsowill seek out partnerships to increase programs that will help break the cycleof violence.The cardinal announcedthe initiatives on the 49th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. MartinLuther King Jr.With a $250,000 personaldonation, Cardinal Cupich said the archdiocese will create the Instruments ofPeace Venture Philanthropy Fund that will provide funds for both new andexisting neighborhood-based anti-violence programs. The money comes fromdonations he's received to aid his personal charitable efforts.In 2018, the archdiocese alsowill hold the first U.S. meeting of Scholas Occurrentes, a program active in100 countr...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest Republican health care idea could mean going back to a time when people with medical problems were charged much higher premiums for individual policies, experts say....
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- As part of a sweeping hunt for any accomplices of the St. Petersburg suicide bomber, investigators Wednesday rounded up seven suspected Islamic State recruiters from the Central Asia region of the former Soviet Union but found no immediate evidence of their involvement in the subway attack....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic senator yielded the Senate floor Wednesday after talking through the night to highlight his party's opposition to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch....
MOCOA, Colombia (AP) -- People were caught off guard when a devastating flash flood surged through a small city in southern Colombia, but not everyone was surprised....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on the suspected chemical attack in Syria (all times local):...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley warned Wednesday that the Trump administration will take action against chemical attacks in Syria that bear "all the hallmarks" of President Bashar Assad's government if the U.N. Security Council fails to act....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his predecessor's national security adviser might have committed a crime when she asked government analysts to disclose the names of Trump associates documented in intelligence reports....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump declared Wednesday the deadly chemical attack in Syria crossed "many, many lines" and abruptly transformed his thinking about Syrian President Bashar Assad. Still, he pointedly refused to say what action the U.S. might take in response....
