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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Acknowledging and sharing God'smercy is a permanent part of the Christian life, so initiatives undertakenduring the special Year of Mercy must continue, Pope Francis said."Mercy cannot become a mere parenthesis in the lifeof the church," the pope wrote in an apostolic letter, "Misericordiaet Misera," ("Mercy and Misery"), which he signed Nov. 20 at theend of the Year of Mercy. The Vatican released the text the next day.The Catholic Church's focus on God's mercy must continuewith individual acts of kindness, assistance to the poor and, particularly,with encouraging Catholics to participate in the sacrament of reconciliationand making it easier for them to do so, the pope wrote.In his letter, Pope Francis said he formally was givingall priests permanent permission to grant absolution to those who confess tohaving procured an abortion. While many bishops around the world, and almostall bishops in the United States, routinely g...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Joyce DurigaROME(CNS) -- The day after Pope Francis inducted him into the College of Cardinals,Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago took possession of his titular church inRome, the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island.Cardinalsare symbolically priests of the Diocese of Rome, so they are given titular churchesin the city. St. Bartholomew also had been the titular church of Cardinal FrancisE. George of Chicago, who died in 2015.Inaddition to taking possession of the church, Cardinal Cupich presided over vespers,which began with the reading of the papal document -- in Latin, Italian andEnglish -- granting the cardinal "possession" of the church. The English translation was readby retired Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco.Duringhis homily, which he read in both English and Italian, Cardinal Cupich notedthe history of the basilica, which dates back to the 10th century. It is theonly church in Rome located on an island."Theimage of an island is a ve...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of the "grave sin" of abortion, extending indefinitely the special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy....
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) -- The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he'll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely - not economists, not ex-miners, not even those recently called back to work....
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with water during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near the Dakota Access oil pipeline, and organizers said at least 17 protesters were taken to the hospital - including some who were treated for hypothermia....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday, killing 32 people, the U.N. office said, the second large-scale attack targeting minority Shiites in Kabul in just over a month....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- He claimed to be a native of Mosul and said he had just escaped his embattled neighborhood. When his cell phone chirped cheerfully, he said it was his mother calling and picked up....
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NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump returned to his perch high above Manhattan on Monday, meeting with former rivals and longtime allies a day after he indicated he had worked out agreements to fill major posts in his administration....
(Vatican Radio) Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia is working to develop new weapons to ensure a global strategic balance. His announcement comes at a time when Moscow's relations with the United States and its allies have plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Speaking to top military leaders at his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is working on state-of-the art arms technologies, including laser, hypersonic and robotic weapons.Military officials have said that Russia is developing new warheads for its ballistic missiles, which would be capable of making sharp maneuvers on their way to the target to dodge enemy defenses. The military also has been working on air-based laser weapons.Putin made clear Moscow wants to fend off threats posed by the NATO military alliance's U.S.-led missile defense system. Russia is also concerned about U.S. efforts to ...
