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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on a congressional inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that the bureau is investigating possible links and coordination between Russia and associates of President Donald Trump as part of a broader probe of Russian interference in last year's presidential election....
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Monday.President Kagame and his entourage subsequently met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, who was accompanied by Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States.A communique from the Holy See Press Office said their discussions were cordial:“During the cordial exchanges, the good relations that exist between the Holy See and Rwanda were recalled. Appreciation was expressed for the notable path of recovery towards the social, political and economic stabilization of the country. Likewise noted was the collaboration between the State and the local Church in the work of national reconciliation and in the consolidation of peace, for the benefit of the whole Nation.”Pope Francis, it went on, “conveyed his profound sadness, and that of the Holy See and of the Church, for th...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican has released the schedule of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Fatima in Portugal, due to take place on 12-13 May.The Holy Father will arrive on Saturday by plane at the Monte Real air base in the afternoon, where he will be welcomed by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.He will then travel by helicopter to the Stadium of Fatima before travelling by car to the Fatima Shrine. Whilst there, the Pope will pray at the Chapel of the Apparitions, greet pilgrims present, and recite the Holy Rosary with them.On Sunday, Pope Francis will meet with Prime Minister António Costa at the “Nossa Senhora do Carmo” House. Afterwards, he will travel to the Basilica of “Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fatima” to celebrate Holy Mass.His final stop is a lunch with the bishops of Portugal at the “Nossa Senhora do Carmo” House. Pope Francis will then return to Rome via Rome's Ciampino Airport.The full sched...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday received the Prelates of El Salvador, who are in Rome for their 'ad Limina Apostolorum' visit. Their visit takes place ahead of the March 24th feast day of the former Archbishop of San Salvador, Blessed Oscar Romero, and the 37th anniversary of his assassination by hired gunmen at the height of El Salvador’s civil war.El Salvador is a Latin American Republic with a population of around 6.5 million people, nearly 80 percent of whom are Catholic.In an interview with Vatican Radio, Archbishop José Luis Escobar'Alas of San Salvador and President of the Episcopal Conference said the primary pastoral challenges in El Salvador are "the defense of life, understood in its full sense as justice, truth and peace in a society marked by violence."He said the bishops are "working to recover family values, that is, of a solid and responsible family, which can save the whole of society."The Prelate...
Vatican City, Mar 20, 2017 / 08:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During a brief meeting with Rwandan president Paul Kagame Monday, Pope Francis voiced his sadness for members of the Church who participated in the 1994 genocide, asking for forgiveness and assuring those who still suffer of his prayer.According to a March 20 Vatican communique, during the meeting, the Pope “conveyed his profound sadness, and that of the Holy See and of the Church, for the genocide against the Tutsi.”“He expressed his solidarity with the victims and with those who continue to suffer the consequences of those tragic event,” it read.In imitation of St. John Paul II’s gesture during the Great Jubilee in 2000, Francis implored God’s forgiveness “for the sins and failings of the Church and its members, among whom priests, and religious men and women who succumbed to hatred and violence, betraying their own evangelical mission.”Pope Francis, in light of a statement publ...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis askedGod's forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests andreligious."He implored anew God's forgiveness for the sins andfailings of the church and its members, among whom priests and religious menand women who succumbed to hatred and violence, betraying their own evangelicalmission," said a Vatican statement released March 20 after the meeting ofthe pope and president.Some 800,000, and perhaps as many as 1 million people --most of whom belonged to the Tutsi ethnic group -- died in the ferociousbloodshed carried out from Aprilto July 1994."In light of the recent Holy Year of Mercy and of the statementpublished by the Rwandan Bishops at its conclusion" in November, theVatican said, "the pope also expressed the desire that this humblerecognition of the failings of that period, which, unfortunately, d...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- University of Wisconsin chemistry professor Robert Hamers has a jam-packed day ahead: an hourlong lecture, a conference call with colleagues about nanotechnology, meetings and plans to check on students in the lab....
