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(Vatican Radio) The greatest strength of the Church today is in the little, persecuted Churches. That was the message of Pope Francis at the morning Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta. At the heart of the Pope’s homily were the martyrs: “Today there are more than in the first ages” – but the media says nothing about them, he continued, because it’s not news. Pope Francis invited us to remember those who suffer martyrdom.“Without memory there is no hope,” the Pope said, basing his homily on the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews. The first Reading of the Mass is an exhortation to remember the whole history of the people of the Lord. The liturgy in these days focuses on the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, which speaks of memory – and first of all, a “memory of docility,” the memory of the docility of so many people, beginning with Abraham, who was obedient, who went out from his own land without knowing where he wa...
LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions (all times local):...
QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- A shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers left six people dead and eight others wounded in an attack that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism. Police arrested two suspects....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is vigorously defending his immigration restrictions, as protests spread throughout the country, saying "this is about terror and keeping our country safe."...
(Vatican Radio) At least 6 people were killed and eight others injured in Quebec City, Canada Sunday night in an attack on a mosque during evening prayers.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: Quebec provincial police say six people are dead and eight others were wounded after shots were fired inside the Islamic cultural centre of Quebec on Sunday night during evening prayers.A witness told CBC's Radio-Canada that two masked individuals entered the mosque and that it seemed they had a Quebec accent.Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard have both taken to Twitter to call it a terrorist attack.The president of the cultural center, Mohamed Yangui, said the shooting happened in the men's section of the mosque.He added that, at the moment of the attack, the men were praying on the ground floor of the building, while women and children were upstairs.Quebec provincial police spokeswoman, Christine Coulombe said, “We can conf...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The revolution will now be televised....
Oscar season is looking more and more like one very well-dressed protest against President Donald Trump....
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar politicians, activists and others shocked by the assassination of a longtime adviser to leader Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Monday at a cemetery for his funeral, while police investigated the motive for the killing....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have long tried and failed to make the dream a reality, but that may be changing....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ocean rise already is worsening the floods and high tides sweeping California this stormy winter, climate experts say, and this month's damage and deaths highlight that even a state known as a global leader in fighting climate change has yet to tackle some of the hardest work of dealing with it....
