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(Vatican Radio) Voters in Bulgaria were choosing on Sunday a new president who will likely have to face an expected rise in migrantsfleeing war and poverty from neighboring Turkey and growing tensions between Russia and the West. For the first time, voting was compulsory forthe country's 6.8 million eligible voters, but none of the 21 candidates was expected to win the required 50 percent of the vote to win, promptinga presidential runoff later on November 13.Listen to Stefan Bos' report Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, a former bodyguard with a black belt in karate, appeared upbeat as he cast hisballot: Polls showed his center right GERB party's presidential candidate Tsetska Tsacheva, who is 58, was seen the front runner in Sunday'selectron.Yet to become the first female president of this country of 7.2 million people, Tsacheva must defeat the 53-year-old opposition Socialistcontender Rumen Radev, a former fighter pilot and Bulgarian air force chief.I...
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.S.-backed Syrian forces on Sunday said they would march on the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Kurdish-led Syrian forces began an offensive Sunday to liberate the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa, clashing with the extremists north of the Syrian city and warning neighboring Turkey not to interfere in the operation....
CHESNEE, S.C. (AP) -- For 13 years, the relatives came together periodically to grieve of one of South Carolina's grisliest mass shootings and compare leads with stumped investigators....
DETROIT (AP) -- At Sunday services, in rallies and on social media, black pastors urged congregants to vote, hoping to inspire a late flood of African-American turnout that could help propel Democrat Hillary Clinton to victory in critical swing states on Tuesday....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- FBI Director James Comey abruptly announced Sunday that a review of newly discovered emails sent or received by Hillary Clinton has not changed his conclusion that the Democrat should not face criminal charges. His announcement came in a letter to congressional lawmakers two days before Election Day....
WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) -- The Latest on the investigation after a missing woman was found chained inside a storage container (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday for the Jubilee for Prisoners in Saint Peter’s Basilica, during which he reminded prison detainees to never lose hope, or fall into the temptation that they can never be forgiven.Around 1,000 detainees from 12 countries took part in the weekend celebrations, along with their families, prison chaplains and staff, and various associations.The Jubilee for Prisoners marks one of the final major events of the Jubilee of Mercy, which will come to an end on November 20.Listen to Ann Schneible’s report: Pope Francis centred his homily for Mass for the Jubilee of Prisoners on the theme of hope as it appears in the day’s Mass readings.For instance, there are the seven brothers from the second book of Maccabees who speak about the hope of being raised again by God, and then Jesus’ response to the Sadducees, that God is not “the God of the dead, but of the living.”“Hope is a gift of God,” an...
(Vatican Radio) The Jubilee for Prisoners celebrated on Sunday gave prisoners, their families, prison chaplains and staff the chance to hear Pope Francis’ message of hope and mercy. In his homily, the Holy Father stressed that “hope was a gift of God” and that “his mercy gives him no rest.”One of those attending the Mass in St Peter’s Basilica was Monsignor Roger Reader, prison advisor to the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, who dropped into the studios of Vatican Radio following the event.Listen to Lydia O’Kane’s interview with Monsignor Roger Reader Reflecting on the Pope’s homily, Mons Reader said, it was very encouraging to hear that message of hope. It is something, he added, that he himself tries to instill in those prisoners who think that prison is just for bad people. “There is hope for everybody in prison”, he underlined, “prison shouldn’t only be about bad people but should be...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Justin Bieber could add another five MTV EMA European music awards to the five he won last year....
