IMAGE: CNS photo/The Crosiers By Barbara J. Fraser LIMA, Peru (CNS) — When Pope Francis visits Colombia in September, he will take his message of mercy and reconciliation to Cartagena, a city that still bears scars of its painful history … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Getting a health care bill through Congress fraught with difficulties
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — When the vice president has to cast a vote to break a tie in the Senate on whether to debate U.S. health care policy, let alone revise it — as … Continue reading
Colombian martyrs: witnesses to the point of death
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ricardo Maldonado Rozo, EPA By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ decree to beatify two Colombian martyrs from two troubled eras in the South American country’s history underscores his call for courageous witness amid violence … Continue reading
French priest's martyrdom a life-changing event, archbishop says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The martyrdom of a French priest killed a year ago while celebrating Mass was an event that “has transformed me as a bishop,” Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of … Continue reading
U.S. bishop urges Senate to remedy health care after vote to proceed
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — After the Senate voted July 25 to proceed with the health care debate, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, urged senators of both parties to “work together to … Continue reading
Explosive device detonated outside Mexican bishops' offices
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sashenka Gutierrez, EPA By David Agren MEXICO CITY (CNS) — An explosive device was detonated outside the offices of the Mexican bishops’ conference, directly across the street from the country’s most visited religious site, the Basilica of Our … Continue reading
Vatican shuts down fountains as Rome deals with drought
IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While Rome reels from one of its worst droughts in decades, the Vatican is doing its part to conserve water by shutting down the city-state’s 100 fountains. … Continue reading
Suit aims to block law making pregnancy centers 'advertise' abortion
By Patrick Downes HONOLULU (CNS) — An Oahu pro-life pregnancy resource center and a national network of pregnancy resource centers have filed a federal lawsuit to halt the enforcement of a new Hawaii law that requires such centers to “advertise” … Continue reading
Pope, others pray as parents of Charlie Gard end legal struggle for help
IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Nicholls, Reuters By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Pope Francis is praying for the parents of Charlie Gard after a U.S. doctor told them nothing could be done to help their son. Chris Gard and Connie … Continue reading
Pope prays for dialogue, reconciliation in Jerusalem
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land to “moderation and dialogue” as tensions continued around a key site in Jerusalem that is sacred to members of both faiths. After … Continue reading
