MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The first members of the Central American caravan of migrants have been allowed to make asylum claims, but a Scalabrinian priest said “very, very few” have their applications accepted. Some 20 members of the caravan, which traveled across Mexico and arrived in Tijuana on the U.S. border in late April, were
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A coalition of groups objected to the detention of pregnant women by U.S. immigration officials, saying that they are deeply concerned “about detention conditions.” Representatives of the organizations focused their concerns on a “lack of adequate prenatal and health care, reports of medical negligence, and unsafe, stressful conditions for mother and baby,”
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Church groups in the Philippines have launched a support network for Sister Patricia Fox, an Australian missionary nun who has been ordered to leave the country by the government. Ucanews.com reported the group, Solidarity With the Poor Network, aims to unite faith-based organizations to protest the Philippine government’s decision to expel
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Acts 10, 25-26. 34-35. 44-48 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i Manapostulis Anai humålum si Pedro tinaggam gui’ as Cornelio ya dumimu påpa’ gi menan Pedro ya mañaluda. Ilek-ña si Pedro nu guiya mientras hinahatsa gui’ hulu’, “Kahulu’! Sa’ tåotåo ha’ yu’.” Ha tutuhun kumuentusi siha si
May 12, 2018, Saturday, is going to be a very interesting weekend for our young people in the diocese as as they gather at Mount Carmel Cathedral for the Diocesan Youth Camp 2018, from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. This event will bring together Pre-Confirmation and Confirmation students, as well as young adults serving in
Every week, sometimes several times a week, Karidat staff has reason to go attend court hearings, and sometimes we are present for longer trials. Our presence is mostly silent, providing moral support or behind-the-scenes encouragement to individuals and families who find themselves confronting abusers, past employers, or perhaps human traffickers. We learn a lot from the time
It is increasingly difficult to find anything worth watching on TV. Your choices seem to be limited to mindless comedies, intense cop shows, talent shows, and endless talking heads on 24/7 news channels that seem to be closer to scripted “reality” shows than real news. My wife and I were roaming through the channel options
It was a global Breaking News on Friday, April 27, 2018 when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked across the demilitarized zone border separating North and South Korea to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in. According to the news, it was an unprecedented historic meeting of two Korean Heads since the 1950-53 Korean War.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) –The church is like a bicycle — it stays upright as long as it keeps moving, Pope Francis said. The first disciples “were not a closed group of the elect, but a missionary church,” boldly undertaking new initiatives prompted by the Holy Spirit, the pope said April 24 during his early morning
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sacrament of baptism isn’t a good luck charm but a gift from God that enables Christians to overcome evil, Pope Francis said. Those who receive the sacrament are given the strength to overcome “the temptation to separate from God, from his will, from communion with him (and) fall into the
