(CNSNews.com) – A Communist Party-affiliated Chinese newspaper berated U.S. senators Sunday for passing a bill to rename of the street in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington in honor of a jailed Chinese dissident, describing those responsible as "vile characters."
The bill to name the street for Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel peace prize winner, passed unanimously Friday. It was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and co-sponsored by Cruz' fellow Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pope Francis heads into the heart of Mexico's drug-trafficking country Tuesday for meetings with young people, whom he is holding up as the hope for a better future for a country wracked by the violence and gang warfare of the drug trade.
Francis' visit to Morelia, the capital of Michoacan state, a hotbed of narcotics production and smuggling, will also give him a chance to send a message about his vision for the future of the Mexican church.
