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Iraqis on edge of Mosul face a deadly dilemma: Stay or flee
QAYARA, Iraq (AP) -- Bayda Muhammad Khalaf followed the government's advice to stay in her home with her husband and seven children as Iraqi troops advanced near their remote village outside militant-held Mosul. But after the Islamic State fighters fled and Iraqi troops didn't appear, their tiny supply of food quickly ran out, and the family had to flee to search for territory firmly under government control....
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Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, France. / Credit: Elise Harris/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 31, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA).Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman threw his support behind a Park Hills Catholic church that is embroiled in a legal battle over the proposed construction of a shrine within its property."It's not up to the courts to decide how we exercise our religion in this country," Coleman said in a statement."For centuries, Americans have bravely fought and died for the right to practice their faith without substantial burden from the government," the attorney general added. "We proudly continue that fight today. Our office stands with the men and women of faith who simply want to exercise their rights."Coleman signed an amicus brief, also known as a "friend of the court" brief, in defense of the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist, which operates the Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in the northern Kentucky city just south of Cincinna...
New Boston Archbishop Richard Henning and outgoing archbishop Cardinal Cardinal Seán O'Malley during a packed two-hour-plus installation Mass at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Oct. 31, 2024. / Credit: Andrzej SkoniecznyBoston, Mass., Oct 31, 2024 / 19:00 pm (CNA).Newly installed Boston Archbishop Richard Henning challenged people of the archdiocese Thursday to commit to a relationship with God even when it hurts, saying that's what God does for them."He gives us the precious gift, the gift of his own heart: his Son," Henning said Oct. 31 during a packed two-hour-plus installation Mass at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross.Henning, 60, originally from Long Island, New York, and most recently bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, replaced Cardinal Seán O'Malley, who had led the Archdiocese of Boston since 2003.As the 10th bishop and sixth archbishop of Boston, he is the first head of the diocese to come from New York, which he noted often leads to a question.Ever since h...
Pope Francis meets with participants of Italy's Educational Commitment Movement of Catholic Action (MIEAC) national congress on Oct. 31, 2024, at a private audience held in the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Oct 31, 2024 / 10:55 am (CNA).Pope Francis encouraged members of Italy's Educational Commitment Movement of Catholic Action (MIEAC) on Thursday to not be afraid to propose high Christian ideals to young people in a secularized society."Christian education crosses unexplored terrain, marked by anthropological and cultural changes, on which we are still seeking answers in the light of the Word of God," the Holy Father said to participants of MIEAC's national congress at a private audience held in the Vatican.MIEAC is an educational project connected to Italy's Catholic Action that was established in 1990 with the aim of fostering the integral development of young people in all its dimensions: existential, spiritual, affective, cultural, social, and political.Du...
