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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican announced Wednesday it was taking over the embattled Knights of Malta in an extraordinary display of papal power after the leader of the sovereign lay Catholic order publicly defied Pope Francis in a dispute over condoms....
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- An outspoken Nebraska state legislator who was fined for having cybersex using a state computer resigned Wednesday after causing further outrage by sending a tweet that implied participants at a women's march were too unattractive to be victims of sexual assault....
AGIOS ATHANASIOS, Greece (AP) -- As a member of a persecuted minority in Iraq, 24-year-old Shaker Mahie has seen his people massacred, raped and scattered across a new continent. Now, the Yazidi - whose faith is older than Christianity - are at the center of a new European dilemma....
GIULIANOVA, Italy (AP) -- A survivor of an Italian avalanche that devastated a mountain hotel says she only learned she had been buried by tons of snow after she was rescued....
The Dow Jones industrial average crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time Wednesday, the latest milestone in a record-setting drive for the stock market. The other major U.S. stock indexes were also moving higher in morning trading, led by banks and other financial companies. Strong earnings from Boeing and other big companies drove the rally, extending gains from the day before....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump tweeted early Wednesday that he is ordering a "major investigation" into voter fraud, revisiting unsubstantiated claims he's made repeatedly about a rigged voting system....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is considering a major review of America's methods for interrogating terror suspects and the possible reopening of CIA-run "black site" prisons outside the United States, according to a draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press....
(Vatican Radio) Holy Mass was celebrated on Tuesday in the Vatican Grottoes for the 16 Hungarian victims of a bus crash, which occurred last Friday near Verona, Italy.The secondary school students were returning to Budapest from a skiing trip in France when their bus crashed into a highway overpass and burst into flames.The suffrage Mass was presided over by Bishop Ferenc Cserháti in the Magna Domina Hungarorum Chapel in the Grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica.Among those present at the Mass for the victims and their families were the Hungary's Ambassadors to the Holy See and Italy, along with the Embassies’ staff.In his homily, Bishop Cserháti said, “As we cry, we must not forget that these departed young people are written on the palm of God’s hand, because they are His creatures, and God desires not death but life.”
(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition of There's More in the Gospel Than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Listen: Gospel Mt 5:1 – 12AWhen Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.He began to teach them, saying:"Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are they who mourn,for they will be comforted.Blessed are the meek,for they will inherit the land.Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they will be satisfied.Blessed are the merciful,for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the clean of heart,for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called children of God.Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are yo...
Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Fr. Kannikadass William Antony the new bishop to the Diocese of Mysore in southern India’s Karnataka state. He takes over from Bishop Thomas Antony Vazhapilly, who has retired.Fr. Kannikadass William Antony has completed Bachelor’s degree in Education, Masters in Canon Law at St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bangalore and Masters in Christianity (MA) at University of Mysore.After his ordination he has served as assistant Parish Priest of St. Thomas Church, Thomayarpalaya and Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Martalli, as parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes, Gundulpet, Holy Family, Hinkal, and St. Joseph’s Cathedral(St. Philomena’s Church), Mysore.He has also served as Financial Administrator and Chancellor of the Diocese of Mysore for 6 years. Currently he is the Parish Priest of St. Joseph’s Church, Jayalakshmipuram, and Public Relations Officer of the same diocese. He is also the Secretary and Corresponden...
