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ISTANBUL (AP) -- A child suicide bomber killed at least 51 people and wounded nearly 70 others at a Kurdish wedding party near Turkey's border with Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, decrying the attack as an apparent attempt by Islamic State extremists to destabilize the nation by exploiting ethnic and religious tensions....
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Hillary Clinton "owes the state of North Carolina a very big apology," Donald Trump thundered, condemning the loss of manufacturing jobs due to free-trade deals supported by the Democratic presidential nominee....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a tumultuous stretch of gaffes and falling poll numbers for Donald Trump, top GOP campaign and party officials insisted Sunday that their presidential nominee is getting back on track and will catch up with Democrat Hillary Clinton by around Labor Day....
CITRONELLE, Ala. (AP) -- The suspect in the killing of five people at a home in Alabama attacked them while they slept and then abducted his estranged girlfriend and an infant - both of whom were found alive, authorities said Sunday....
Secretaries General from the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences Eastern Africa (AMECEA) will be holding a five-day regular meeting in Lusaka Zambia beginning Monday 22 August.The secretaries from the 8 member countries of AMECEA will be hosted by the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB).Speaking ahead of the meeting, Rev. Fr. Cleophas Lungu, Secretary General of the Zambian bishops said the meeting will review AMECEA programmes and look at how countries are implementing the recommendations made by the Bishops during the last AMECEA plenary in Malawi.“The AMECEA Bishops in their last plenary meeting in Malawi made resolutions that, as a Region and respective conferences are to implement, so it is one of the matters that we shall be discussing, ” Fr. Lungu told Mwenya Mukuka, ZCCB Communications Officer.Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC), Fr Jacob Odwa Paul has told Catholic Radio Network (CRN) that he...
Secretaries General from the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences Eastern Africa (AMECEA) will be holding a five-day regular meeting in Lusaka Zambia beginning Monday 22 August.
The secretaries from the 8 member countries of AMECEA will be hosted by the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB).
Speaking ahead of the meeting, Rev. Fr. Cleophas Lungu, Secretary General of the Zambian bishops said the meeting will review AMECEA programmes and look at how countries are implementing the recommendations made by the Bishops during the last AMECEA plenary in Malawi.
“The AMECEA Bishops in their last plenary meeting in Malawi made resolutions that, as a Region and respective conferences are to implement, so it is one of the matters that we shall be discussing, ” Fr. Lungu told Mwenya Mukuka, ZCCB Communications Officer.
Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC), Fr Jacob Odwa Paul has told Catholic Radio Network (CRN) that he will be attending the meeting. The priest who scheduled to fly out of the South Sudanese capital Juba on Sunday shared on some of the issues that will be discussed at the Lusaka meeting.
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Preparations are underway in Cotonou in Benin Republic for the next stage of the Taizé Pilgrimage of Trust scheduled to take place from 31st August to 4 September 2016.Thousands of young adults (between the ages of 18 and 30 years) from Benin, from West Africa and elsewhere are expected to attend the event.The meeting aims to support young people in their spiritual quest. It is an encouragement to deepen trust in God, in oneself and in others.The daily program includes prayer together and a time of sharing in the morning in the parishes, and in the afternoon at a central location.Hospitality is an essential aspect of the pilgrimage, therefore participants from outside will be welcomed by parishes and local communities and offered accommodation in simple conditions.The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order located in France. Founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schütz, it currently has over 100 brothers who come from Catholic and Protestant communions.The o...
Preparations are underway in Cotonou in Benin Republic for the next stage of the Taizé Pilgrimage of Trust scheduled to take place from 31st August to 4 September 2016.
Thousands of young adults (between the ages of 18 and 30 years) from Benin, from West Africa and elsewhere are expected to attend the event.
The meeting aims to support young people in their spiritual quest. It is an encouragement to deepen trust in God, in oneself and in others.
The daily program includes prayer together and a time of sharing in the morning in the parishes, and in the afternoon at a central location.
Hospitality is an essential aspect of the pilgrimage, therefore participants from outside will be welcomed by parishes and local communities and offered accommodation in simple conditions.
The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order located in France. Founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schütz, it currently has over 100 brothers who come from Catholic and Protestant communions.
The order, which has a strong devotion to peace and justice through prayer and meditation is currently headed by Frére Alois (Prior of Taizé Community).
Vatican City, Aug 21, 2016 / 08:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While Pope Francis has often spoken about sports as a means of fellowship and fraternity, the message has a special resonance in his August prayer intention, which coincided with the Rio Summer Olympics.Released Aug. 2, just a few days before Rio 2016 began, the Pope’s prayer video for the month shows athletes displaying their skills at different sports, while the Pope, sitting at his desk, offers his prayer that sports would be an opportunity for encounter and fraternity.The images used in the brief, 1 minute, 30 second video are particularly symbolic, given Francis’ frequent insistence on tearing down walls and fostering dialogue among peoples.As the athletes show off their talent in sports such as soccer, tennis, table tennis, volleyball and rugby, they throw or kick their balls against brick wall, breaking it apart blow by blow with large holes caused by their swing and strength.Pope Francis, in his native ...
Vatican City, Aug 21, 2016 / 08:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While Pope Francis has often spoken about sports as a means of fellowship and fraternity, the message has a special resonance in his August prayer intention, which coincided with the Rio Summer Olympics.
Released Aug. 2, just a few days before Rio 2016 began, the Pope’s prayer video for the month shows athletes displaying their skills at different sports, while the Pope, sitting at his desk, offers his prayer that sports would be an opportunity for encounter and fraternity.
The images used in the brief, 1 minute, 30 second video are particularly symbolic, given Francis’ frequent insistence on tearing down walls and fostering dialogue among peoples.
As the athletes show off their talent in sports such as soccer, tennis, table tennis, volleyball and rugby, they throw or kick their balls against brick wall, breaking it apart blow by blow with large holes caused by their swing and strength.
Pope Francis, in his native Spanish, is heard saying that “sports makes it possible to build a culture of encounter among everyone, for a world of peace.”
He voices his dream that sports would be “the practice of human dignity turned into a vehicle of fraternity,” and asks if viewers would join him in putting his prayer into action: “that sports may be an opportunity for friendly encounters between peoples and may contribute to peace in the world.”
While the Aug. 5-21, 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, or more commonly as Rio 2016, are coming to an end, the Pope’s video voices themes he has spoken of frequently in the past, and will likely continue to speak to in the future.
More than 11,000 athletes from 207 National Olympic Committees participated in this year’s summer games, including the first-ever teams from Kosovo and South Sudan, as well as the first Olympic Team made up entirely of refugees.
An initiative of the Jesuit-run global prayer network Apostleship of Prayer, the Pope’s prayer videos are filmed in collaboration with the Vatican Television Center and mark the first time the pontiff’s monthly prayer intentions have been featured on video.
The Apostleship of Prayer, which produces the monthly videos on the Pope’s intentions, was founded by Jesuit seminarians in France in 1884 to encourage Christians to serve God and others through prayer, particularly for the needs of the Church.
Since the late 1800s, the organization has received a monthly, “universal” intention from the Pope. In 1929, an additional missionary intention was added by the Holy Father, aimed at the faithful in particular.
While there are two intentions, the prayer videos are centered on the first, universal intention.
Though Pope Francis’ July video focused on his universal intention of sports as a means of encounter, his missionary intention is dedicated to “Living the Gospel,” specifically asking “that Christians may live the Gospel, giving witness to faith, honesty and love of neighbor.”
His intentions this year have so far focused on themes central to his pontificate, such as interreligious dialogue, care for creation, families in hardship, the elderly and marginalized, and respect for women.
The Pope’s prayer intentions for the rest of the year are listed on the organization’s website and center on other themes close to Francis’ heart, such as the human person, countries receiving migrants and refugees, and an end to child-soldiers.
In a way, the 2016 season will pick up where 2015 left off: Alabama is No. 1 and Clemson is 2....
DALLAS (AP) -- Freestanding emergency centers have sprouted in recent years across the suburban landscape, taking root in affluent neighborhoods and directly challenging nearby medical clinics and hospitals....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Taking the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro was always considered a bit of a risk. Now that South America's first games are drawing to a close, the question is: Did the gamble pay off?...
