by Deborah Gyapong OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) – A priest who directs the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria, Egypt, has blasted Western support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during a visit to Parliament Hill. Jesuit Father Henri Boulad, 82, a Melkite Catholic, singled out the U.S., France and Great Britain for their support of the […]
Month: June 2013
Patriarchs Seek Release Of Kidnapped Bishops
by Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT (CNS) – Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic patriarch and Syria’s Greek Orthodox patriarch called for the release of two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria. “We demand the kidnappers and the countries concerned” to release the two bishops and the two priests kidnapped before them, and all those who have been kidnapped on […]
Kids with Problems Need Support, Not Prescriptions
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – When children exhibit behavioral problems, doctors and families should consider social and psychological support and not immediately try to address the difficulty with prescription drugs, said a number of speakers at a Vatican conference. Caution should be used not only because many prescribed medications can cause serious side effects but because […]
Court Dismisses Abuse Charge Against Pope
The International Criminal Court (ICC) declined a request from victims of clergy sexual abuse to investigate Vatican officials and their responsibility for the abuse of children by Catholic priests around the world. In a two-page letter May 31, the court told the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the victims, that the offenses […]
Pope Asks Pols to Protect All Humanity
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The goal of politics and economics is to serve all of humanity, starting with the poorest, the most vulnerable and the unborn, Pope Francis told British Prime Minister David Cameron, president of the Group of Eight industrialized nations. “Money and other political and economic means must serve, not rule,” the pope […]
Bishops Reject Cuomo’s Abortion Proposal
As the New York state legislature session was grinding to a halt this week, the state’s Catholic Conference was assailing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s last-ditch efforts to radically increase abortion in New York. Abortion industry lobbyists said that Gov. Cuomo’s abortion bill would modify language about partial-birth abortion. “We believe such a change is intended to […]
Youth Views: Reflect on the Fifth Commandment, Thou Shall Not Kill, as it pertains to your life.
Reuniting Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Share Special Relationship
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, pledged to support each other with their prayers and to continue the search for full unity between their communities. Meeting at the Vatican June 14, praying together in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in […]
Teen News Flash: June 22
A Fortissimo Birthday William Ross Cadelina, son of William and Rosebelle Cadelina of Glen Oaks, will be serenading his friends at a piano recital on his 17th birthday. A junior student of Bayside H.S., Cadelina has been playing piano under the guidance of Ramona Arceo. His repertoire consists of classical pieces by great composers like […]
Teens Take Charge at the NYPD
For one day, the New York City Police Department underwent an enormous personnel change. Students who wrote winning essays in the NYPD’s annual Police Commissioner for a Day Essay Contest, served as honorary officers, bureau chiefs, borough and precinct commanders. Alanna McAuliffe, a junior at Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, filled the top position, police commissioner. […]