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HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (AP) -- During a visit south of Mosul on Monday, a senior U.S. official praised territorial gains against the Islamic State group in Iraq, but local officials cautioned more aid is needed to rebuild on the heels of victories against the extremists....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Federal judges on Monday peppered a lawyer for President Donald Trump with questions about whether the administration's travel ban discriminates against Muslims and zeroed in on the president's campaign statements, the second time in a week the rhetoric has faced judicial scrutiny....
Catholic Church leaders in Indonesia have deplored the nation’s rejection of the abolition of the death penalty in the southeast Asian nation. Abolishing the death penalty was one of the recommendations put to Indonesia by member states at the 27th session of the U.N. Universal Period Review in Geneva, Switzerland. Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly, who led the Indonesian delegation, rejected the recommendation, saying the death penalty was an integral part of President Joko Widodo's fight against narcotics, which she said was one of the top-three causes of death among Indonesian youths.Father Paulus Siswantoko of the Commission for Justice, Peace and Pastoral Care of Migrants of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia (KWI) said the government's insistence on keeping the death penalty shows its failure to handle drug-related crimes. The government has often argued the death penalty is a deterrent, but this is not the case, he ...
Philippine bishops on Saturday, cited the relevance of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, a hundred years after they reportedly occurred.Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle celebrating the Fatima centenary in Pasay City of Philippines, on Saturday said that helping the poor and the outcasts is something that we can do concretely. He said Christians must make room for people as Jesus did by doing good to others without being selective. “When we don’t like some people, we isolate them. But with Jesus, even Judas has room (in his heart),” Tagle said in his homily during Mass at the Our Lady of Fatima Parish. “Sometimes we do things that are contrary to Jesus’ teachings. Let us show that our parish is really God’s home… the body of Christ by giving room to others,” he said.More than a thousand people attended the liturgical service which was also held to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the parish. Reflect...
Catholic bishops from India's tribal lands have sought the intervention of President Pranab Mukherjee to ensure the rights of millions of adivasis or indigenous people. The memorandum signed by bishops from six states with large tribal populations said they were "saddened" by the policies of state governments that have trampled over tribal people's rights. They want the head of state "to protect the land, forest and socio-cultural rights of tribal people," the May 10 memorandum said. "Land is the only means of livelihood and sustenance" for most tribal people, as 90 percent of them are dependent on agriculture or allied activities in their ancestral land, the bishops said in their memorandum at the end of a two-day consultation at the headquarters of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) in New Delhi. The present federal and most state governments, however, "have taken various actions to alienate trib...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican Museums and the JewishMuseum of Rome are exploring together the significance of the menorah, althoughthey also give a nod to the centuries-old legend that the Vatican is hiding thegolden menorah from the Temple of Jerusalem.A two-part exhibition, one at the Vatican and the other atthe Jewish Museum of Rome, prominently features a replica of the 1st-century Arch of Titus,showing Roman soldiers carrying the menorah and other treasures into Rome. From a coin minted in the century before Christ's birth to a1987 Israeli comic book featuring a superhero with a menorah on his chest, theexhibit, "The Menorah: Worship, History and Myth," documents the useof the seven-branched candelabra both as a religious item and a symbol ofJewish identity. The exhibit is scheduled to be open through July 23. Oneticket includes admission to the main part of the exhibit in the Charlemagne Wingjust off St. Peter's Square and to the Jewish Museum, located abou...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Protesters are hauling folding chairs, beach umbrellas and coolers onto main roads for a national sit-in....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Melania Trump announced Monday that her son, Barron, will attend a private Episcopal school in Maryland, beginning this fall....
HAMAM AL-ALIL, IRAQ (AP) -- The fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is approaching its "final stages," a senior U.S. official said Monday....
BERLIN (AP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, being greeted on a red carpet outside the chancellery with military honors on a busy first full day in office that started with his naming 46-year-old lawmaker Edouard Philippe as his new prime minister....
