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IMAGE: CNS photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press PhotoBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Women and men from around the globe gathered for an event inside VaticanCity that celebrated and encouraged the need for women's voices to be heard inthe church and in the world. Theannual Voices of Faith conference was held March 8, coinciding with thecelebration of International Women's Day.Accordingto its website, the Voices of Faith event "provides what has been a notablyabsent -- the voices of Catholic women and their capacity to exercise authoritywithin and outside the church and faith that emerges not from abstracttheological ideals but in confronting the reality of the poor."Theevent featured several guest speakers, including Dr. Mireille Twayigira, a survivor of the Rwandangenocide, and twin sisters Nagham and Shadan, whose last name was not given; the two are refugeesfrom Homs, Syria, who work with Jesuit Refugee Services helping others forcedto flee violence in their...
IMAGE: CNS/Robert DuncanBy Keanine Griggs ROME(CNS) -- Despite opposing views on some issues, the U.S. Embassy to the HolySee will still look for common ground on global issues, the interim leader ofthe embassy said."There'san expectation that the relationship between President (Donald) Trump and PopeFrancis will be difficult to establish" and that "the bilateralrelationship between the United States and the Holy See is going to suffer andthat is not the case at all," Louis Bono, charge d'affaires to the U.S.Embassy to the Holy See said. Bono temporarily leads the embassy while it waitsfor a new U.S. ambassador to be named and confirmed.Speakingto Catholic News Service March 6, Bono talked about expectationsof the future relationship between the United States and the Holy See under theTrump administration.Theembassy, he said, hopes to continue its joint efforts on global issues, such ascombating human trafficking and ending modern slavery."Ourgoal right now is to keep that relations...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Notorious B.I.G. is being remembered by collaborator Sean "Diddy" Combs and his wife, Faith Evans, 20 years after the rapper's killing....
MIAMI (AP) -- A Miami defense attorney is feeling the heat after his pants caught fire as he delivered closing arguments in an arson case....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for talks focusing on the situation in Syria and Israeli concerns about the role of Iran and its proxies there....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency....
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- It's been almost nine years since Casey Anthony's daughter, Caylee, went missing in Orlando. It's been six since the circus-like murder trial that ended in Anthony's acquittal....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Determined House Republicans pushed ahead Thursday with divisive legislation to undo former President Barack Obama's health care law, holding marathon all-night voting sessions in key committees despite Democratic protest and intense opposition from doctors and consumer groups....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- WikiLeaks will work with technology companies to help defend them against the CIA's hacking tools, founder Julian Assange said Thursday. The move sets up a potential conflict between Silicon Valley firms eager to protect their products and an intelligence agency stung by the radical transparency group's disclosures....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican has released the programme for Pope Francis’ one-day visit to Milan on Saturday, 25 March 2017.The Holy Father will begin the day with an encounter with the Rom, Islamic, and immigrant families of the ‘White Houses’ in the Forlanini quarter of the city.After speaking with priests and consecrated persons, he will visit the inmates of the San Vittore Prison for lunch and then celebrate Holy Mass in Monza Park.The final appointment of the day is a meeting with several recently confirmed young people in the Meazza-San Siro di Milano Stadium.Below please find the full programme:07:10 Departure from Roma-Fiumicino Airport08:00 Arrival at Milano-Linate Airport08:30 Visit to the Forlanini q...
