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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday stood by his unproven claim that his predecessor wiretapped his phones, suggesting he was the victim of the same sort of surveillance the Obama administration was once alleged to have used to monitor German Chancellor Angela Merkel's calls....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though presenting a study in contrasts, President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a similar tack Friday in sidestepping differences after their first meeting at the White House. Trump asserted with a smile they had at least one thing in common: being wiretapped by the Obama administration....
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Syria fired missiles at Israeli warplanes on a mission to destroy a weapons convoy destined for the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah prompting it to deploy its missile defense system, Israeli officials said, in a rare military exchange between the two hostile neighbors....
Vatican Weekend for March 18th, 2017 features a report on Pope Francis’ general audience, a look at some of the famous and less well-known ways in which past Popes changed the face of the Eternal City, a Lenten reflection focusing on the gospel reading of the Samaritan woman and her outcast status and a musical meditation that looks at music described as songs for Angels to sing in Heaven.Listen to this program produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
Vatican Weekend for March 19th, 2017 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading, “There’s more in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye,” plus our resident Vatican watcher Joan Lewis reviews the past week’s events in the Vatican.Listen to this program produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
The Indian bishops' labor office has created an online system to register migrant workers, promote safe migration and help them in emergencies.Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India launched the web-based migrant data management system in New Delhi on March 15. He said it would pave the way to protect migrants who leave rural areas for cities in search of jobs."It will help enhance connectivity between villages and cities where migrant workers are based. It will also provide them with information from the government and the church," he said. Workers can register themselves at 78 facilitation centers in Catholic dioceses across the country where they can update their contact details, place of origin and where they work.Apart from registration, the system also intends to provide pastoral care, welfare services and counseling to the workers. According to the National Sample Survey Office, India has some 309 million internal...
(Vatican Radio) The Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., gave his second Lenten Sermon to Pope Francis on Friday morning in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel.The theme of the Lenten meditations is: “No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’, except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3). This second iteration carried the title: Christ, 'true God from true God'.The next three Sermons of Lent will take place on Friday 24 and 31 March, and Friday 7 April.Below please find the official English version translated from the Italian original by Marsha Daigle Williamson:Christ, “true God from true God”1. The Faith of NiceaIn this meditation we continue our reflection on the role of the Holy Spirit in knowing Christ. In this regard one cannot fail to mention an unexpected confirmation of this happening in the world today. For some time there has been a movement called “the Messianic Judaism,” ...
(Vatican Radio) This week sees the first anniversary of an agreement between the European Union and Turkey which aimed to stem the flow of migrants and refugees seeking protection in Europe.One year on, the controversial deal is strongly criticized by humanitarian agencies who say it has left thousands of vulnerable people stranded in degrading conditions in Greece, while forcing others to take dangerous alternative routes as they seek protection in the EU.Under the terms of the agreement, Ankara agreed to stop asylum seekers from crossing by sea to the Greek islands in return for three billion euros in aid to deal with the three million Syrian refugees who are living on Turkish soil.Syrian refugees who had reached the Greek islands were to be returned to Turkey, while Syrian asylum seekers in Turkey were to be resettled in the EU. Today, thousands find themselves in a limbo.In light of the terrible consequences on vulnerable people’s lives and health, Caritas Europa is call...
As the Catholic Charismatic Renewal celebrates 50 years of existence and transformation, Zimbabwe’s National Coordinator, Dr Dorothy Chirimumimba has said the movement is all about real conversion and evangelisation.The Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), established in 1967, is an ecclesial movement within the Catholic Church that emphasises the availability of the power and the many gifts of the Holy Spirit and one’s personal relationship with Christ.CCR can be traced back to 1967 when groups of Methodist and Catholic students in the United States went on retreats (separately) and experienced the manifestation of gifts of the Holy Spirit. It happened when they prayed for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.The students experienced the presence and power of God working in a new and deeper way in their lives. This experience of God, which they described as being “baptised in the Spirit,” drew them into a far deeper spiritual life than ever before.Inspired by ...
