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Asyut, Egypt, Jan 4, 2017 / 06:01 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos William of Assiut, Egypt, commenting on the Dec. 11, 2016 suicide bomber attack that killed 26 people and wounded scores at an Orthodox church in Cairo, confirms that the country’s Christian community fears further violence and terror.But in a Dec. 22, 2016 interview with international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, he also sounded a note of hope, citing the efforts of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.Please find below the full text of Bishop Kryillos' interview with Aid to the Church in Need: ACN: What is the current situation in Egypt, from a Christian perspective?Bishop Kyrillos: There is of course deep sorrow. However, at the same time, we are seeing a deep trust in God and great strength. The same can be said today as was the case in the wake of previous acts of terrorism: when attacks are carried out to keep people from going to divine services,...
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Amid reports that Charles Manson has been taken from his California prison cell to a hospital, a state corrections official would confirm only that the 82-year-old killer and cult leader was still alive....
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- An Israeli soldier was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday in the deadly shooting of an incapacitated Palestinian attacker, capping a nine-month saga that has deeply divided the country....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkey has identified the gunman in the Istanbul nightclub massacre, the foreign minister said Wednesday as the president vowed that the country won't surrender to terrorists or become divided....
NEW YORK (AP) -- His inauguration less than three weeks away, President-elect Donald Trump is raising new doubts about the nation's intelligence community, tweeting fresh criticism at the same people who will help inform his most sensitive decisions once he takes office....
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Vatican City, Jan 4, 2017 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The ideological efforts to change Catholic doctrine after the Second Vatican Council were deeply misguided, said Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and a leading interpreter of Benedict XVI.“Ideology,” he said, “is always a proud attempt to subject the Word of God and the doctrine of the Church to the prejudice of one’s own thoughts, with the aim to obtain a manipulative power over the faithful and their lives.” Theology is different, the cardinal explained, because “theology is the humble reflection on faith that rises up from listening to the Word of God.” For this reason, “any fear that the Council might provoke a breach with the tradition of the Church is not only heretical: it would dismantle the meaning of supernatural mediation.”Cardinal Mueller spoke at the Pontifical Gregorian University for the Dec. 14 prese...
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Amid reports that Charles Manson has been taken from his California prison cell to a hospital, a state corrections official would confirm only that the 82-year-old killer and cult leader was still alive....
