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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday he does not view recent U.S. missile strikes on ally Syria as a message for Iran, which he called a "powerful country" that the U.S. cannot harm....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian TV said at least 39 people were killed Saturday in an explosion that hit near buses carrying people evacuated from a besieged area of government loyalists. A war monitor put the death toll at 24 in the area controlled by opposition fighters....
Decrying extreme poverty, discrimination, conflict, displacement and other ills that still continue to plague Myanmar, the country’s cardinal has appealed to the rulers, the army, armed groups and religious leaders of the south-east Asian nation to let peace and hope be resurrected in their land. “Come let us join together to roll down all the mighty stones of despair from our life and bring the hope of Easter to this nation,” Cardinal Charles Bo appealed in an Easter message, entitled, “Let Peace Rise from the Ashes of Hatred. Let Easter be a new morning of Hope in Myanmar.” The cardinal who is Archbishop of Yangon said he visited the states of Kachin and Rakhine, where he was pained to see a chronic conflict hitting the poor hardest. Extreme poverty, displacement, refugees, unsafe migration, drugs and human trafficking are plaguing the people, especially the poor, he said. “We urge the rulers of thi...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over the Via crucis at the Colosseum in Rome on the evening of Good Friday. In keeping with tradition, he briefly addressed the faithful gathered to participate in the devotion. Below, please find our English translation of his remarks.**************************************O Christ! Abandoned and betrayed even by your own and sold for next to nothing.O Christ! Judged by sinners, handed over by those in Authority.O Christ! Suffering in the flesh, crowned with thorns and clothed in purple.O Christ! Beaten and nailed in excruciating pain to the Cross.O Christ! Pierced by the lance that broke your heart.O Christ! Dead and buried, you who are the God of life and existence.O Christ! Our only Saviour, we return to you this year with eyes lowered in shame and hearts filled with hope:Shame for all the images of devastation, destruction and wreckage that have become a normal part of our lives;Shame for the innocent blood shed daily by women, c...
Washington D.C., Apr 15, 2017 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Global religious persecution spiked from 2014 to 2015, the Pew Research Center noted in a new report released this week.“Government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion increased in 2015 for the first time in three years,” the latest annual Pew Research Center report on “Global Restrictions on Religion” began.In 2015, there were “very high” or “high” levels of animosity shown towards religious groups in 40 percent of countries, the report noted, either through restrictive government laws targeting religious groups or violence or harassment toward adherents of specific religions by other members of society.The 2015 percentage was up six points from 2014, when 34 percent of countries reported such levels of hostility to religious groups.Pew's report drew from various sources on global religious freedom, both from the U.S. government (annual inter...
On the island where Lyon Farrell comes from, they cherish the golden sand and hanging 10....
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles in a massive military display in central Pyongyang on Saturday, with ruler Kim Jong Un looking on with delight as his nation flaunted its increasingly sophisticated military hardware amid rising regional tensions....
(Vatican Radio) In this the final reflection in our three part series on Holy Week, we look at Holy Saturday and the emotional void left after the events of Good Friday.We also ask what are we as Christians called to do as we wait for the resurrection or Our Lord Jesus?Monsignor Eugene Sylva, English language official at the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization talks to Lydia O’Kane about the importance of being alone in prayer at this time.Listen:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over the via crucis at the Colosseum in Rome on the evening of Good Friday.Beginning after nightfall, and conducted by torchlight, the Way of the Cross featured meditations by the Ratzinger Prize-winning theologian, Anne-Marie Pelletier.Listen to our report: In her meditations, Pelletier deviated from the scheme of the 14 “Stations of the Cross” traditionally used in the popular devotion, with her meditation on our Lord with His mother occupying the 11th station, immediately preceding His death on the Cross.“Standing there,” writes Pelletier, “[Our Lady] does not desert him: Stabat Mater.”“In the darkness,” she continues, “but with certainty, [Our Lady] knows that God keeps his promises: in the darkness, but with certainty, she knows that Jesus is both the promise and its fulfilment.”
Mark Hamill says he's still grieving over Carrie Fisher's death, but sharing memories of his late friend and co-star with fans at Star Wars Celebration is "part of the process that I need to move on."...
