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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Monday. Reflecting on the Readings of the Day, the Holy Father focused on the significance of Jesus’ fulfilment of the law: what it means, and how He accomplishes it.Taking his queues from the day’s Gospel, in which St. John’s account of Our Lord’s mercy toward the woman caught in adultery was proclaimed, and from the 1st Reading, from the Book of the Prophet Daniel, which recounted the story of Susanna, the innocent woman and chaste wife falsely accused of adultery by the very men, who were appointed judges over God’s people, in which the Lord first raised up Daniel as His prophet, to secure justice in the form of vindication for Susanna and punishment for her false accusers, Pope Francis said:“There have always been corrupt judges, and there still are corrupt judges everywhere in the world. Why is corruption in people? Sin is one thing: "I have sinned, I&rsquo...
Santiago, Chile, Apr 3, 2017 / 02:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Fighting the scourge of discrimination that often accompanies HIV, the Santa Clara Foundation in Santiago de Chile has worked since 1994 to ensure that children with the virus experience God’s love and have a better quality of life.“When you see a child it's very easy to see the face of Christ in him,” said Sister Nora Valencia of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Jesus, director of the home since 2008. “The child just by himself inspires a lot of tenderness, inspires you to protect him, to love him.”It is a face “with hope, because we're…working so that the children live, and live well,” she told CNA.The children at the home suffer from HIV – or human immunodeficiency virus. Despite common misconceptions, not all people with HIV will go on to develop AIDS – or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Sister Nora stressed.Therefore, she clarified, it is incorr...
While Justin Timberlake had a show-stopping moment alongside Chris Stapleton at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards, it was the Backstreet Boys who shined brightly at the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards....
LYON, France (AP) -- There's no doubt that an extreme-right French group known for violence and large doses of anti-Semitism doesn't like journalists or the establishment....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, flew to Iraq with the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford on Monday....
(Vatican Radio) Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has scored a convincing victory in in the country’s presidential election, despite opposition concerns over his perceived autocratic style. With most votes counted it has become clear that he took around 55 percent of the vote, well above the 50 percent threshold to avoid a run-off. A satirical candidate protesting against widespread corruption and the political establishment also received many votes.Listen to Stefan Bos' report Champagne was flowing and supporters celebrated the Vucic's remarkable victory as it became clear he would become the country's new president. The results of Sunday's poll mark a political humiliation for Serbia’s beleaguered opposition parties. They had accused Vucic of becoming increasingly autocratic.Vucic will take on the largely ceremonial post at the end of May. But critics view him as the resurrected Slobodan Milosevic, thelate Serbian strongman who ruled the c...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A high-flying Turkish-Iranian businessman is busted in Miami, accused of laundering money for Iran. Turkey accuses the prominent American prosecutor of ties to a shadowy group it blames for a failed coup attempt. President Donald Trump fires the prosecutor. Then the businessman hires a former New York mayor close to Trump to help him avoid conviction....
DENVER (AP) -- Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press has learned....
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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, a former general who was elected but rules with a heavy hand, may find a kindred spirit in Donald Trump this week....
