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JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Donald Trump made a personal appeal for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, calling on both sides to put aside the "pain and disagreements of the past," as he closed a four-day swing through the Middle East Tuesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former CIA Director John Brennan told Congress Tuesday he personally warned Russia last summer against interfering in the U.S. presidential election and was so concerned about Russian contacts with people involved in the Trump campaign that he convened top counterintelligence officials to focus on it....
Iris Azulai's 17-year-old daughter, Carmel, recently attended a large concert in Tel Aviv of the Argentine singer Lali. Given Israel's history, the fear of terrorism is always lurking, particularly at mass events, but regardless, she would not have prevented her daughter from going....
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local):...
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Investigators hunted Tuesday for possible accomplices of the suicide bomber who attacked an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people and sparking a stampede of young concertgoers, some still wearing the American pop star's trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons....
Pope Francis on Saturday appointed a new bishop to the diocese of Kottar in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state. Fr. Nazarene Soosai, the parish priest of Our Lady of Ransom parish of Kanyakumari is the new Bishop of Kottar. He was appointed soon after the Pope accepted the resignation of Bishop Peter Remigius who stepped down on his 78th birthday, 3 years after reaching the retirement age of 75.Fr. Soosai was born in Rajakkalamngalamthurai in the diocese of Kottar on 13 April 1963. He studied at the St. Aloysius’ minor seminary of Nagercoil, concluding his philosophical and theological studies at the Sacred Heart Seminary in Poonamallee, Chennai. He obtained a licentiate in theology from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He also holds a master’s degree in political sciences from the University of Madurai.Following his priestly ordination on 2 April 1989, the 54-year...
Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop to the Diocese of Batanes in the Philippines. Fr. Danilo B. Ulep, of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao, currently parish priest of the archdiocesan shrine of the Santo Niño, is the new Bishop of Batanes. He succeeds Bishop Camilo D. Gregorio, who has stepped down at the age of 77, well past a bishop’s retirement age of 75. Fr. Ulep was born in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, on 24 June 1962. He studied philosophy and theology at the Santo Tomas University in Manila, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, theology and canon law, and a licentiate in philosophy. After his priestly ordination on 10 April 1987, Fr. Ulep was entrusted with the following commitments:* Vicar of the parish of San Vincenzo Ferrer, Solana, Cagayan (1987-1992)* Administrator of the same parish (1992-1993)* Parish priest of the Holy Guardian Angels parish, Tuao, Cagayan (1993-1999)* Rector ...
(Vatican Radio) On the second anniversary of the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was killed in 1980 by military squadrons linked to the Regime in San Salvador as he defended the poor, Pope Francis recalled Romero’s religious fervor and passion for justice while warning the faithful against a ‘lukewarm’ Church. The Pope was speaking during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.Listen to Linda Bordoni's report: Pope Francis exhorted believers to leave comfort to the side and embrace an energetic lifestyle proclaiming Jesus with joy. He reflected on the liturgical reading of the day which tells the story of Paul and Silas in Philippi where they were followed by a slave girl with an oracular spirit who was shouting “These people are slaves of the Most High God”. This seemed like praise, the Pope said, but Paul became annoyed and cast out the spirit. Paul understood, the Pope explained, that that was not the path to conversio...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday morning meets with U.S. leader Donald Trump, the third leg of a presidential tour that has already taken him to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Palestine.Commenting on the highly anticipated meeting, the Pope said recently that it was important to “to talk about things we have in common and go forward, step by step".Following the papal audience, Trump will meet with Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, together with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States or foreign minister.The president and his wife Melania will then be given a tour of St Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel, after which the first lady will also visit Rome’s Bambin Gesù Children’s Hospital.The U.S. has enjoyed full diplomatic relations with the Vatican since 1984 under the presidency of Ronald Reagan. To find out more about the issues at stake today for that diplomatic relationshi...
Bridgeport, Conn., May 23, 2017 / 12:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The leader of the nearly 2 million-member Knights of Columbus recently spoke about the importance of his group's fidelity to Pope Francis, as well as his hopes for a successful upcoming meeting between the Roman Pontiff and U.S. president Donald Trump.In a new interview, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson touched on these topics as well as his organization's commitment to persecuted Christians, problems with how some media treats issues within the Church, and what the Knights make a priority in their charitable giving.The organization recently celebrated its 135th anniversary at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn., the church where Fr. McGivney founded the Catholic fraternity that now has 1.9 million members worldwide.Please read below for CNA's full interview with Carl Anderson:The Pope will be meeting the United States president this week; what should people expect from that meeting?The pope has made clear ...
