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Rome, Italy, Jan 21, 2017 / 10:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Saturday Pope Francis encouraged Dominicans to persevere in their good works of the last 800 years, which have been like the “salt” and “light” of Christ, spreading the Gospel throughout the world.The transition from the empty revelries of the world to the glorification of God “happens thanks to the good works of those who, becoming disciples of Jesus, have become ‘salt’ and ‘light,’” he said Jan. 21. “So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven,” he quoted St. Matthew’s gospel.Pope Francis celebrated Mass for Dominicans at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on the conclusion of the order’s Jubilee Year for the 800th anniversary of their founding.The Pope praised their founder, St. Dominic, for spreading the Gospel and for giving a virtuous example by his life.“Tod...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- In the rarefied world of high-end bong makers, Roor glass water pipes have long been smoked to impress. The status symbols are so sought after that some models command prices of $1,000. There's even a diamond-studded, gold-gilded Roor that goes for nearly $4,000....
CHAPECO, Brazil (AP) -- The three surviving players of the air crash two months ago that killed 19 members of Brazil's Chapecoense soccer club lifted the Copa Sudamericana trophy on Saturday in honor of their dead teammates....
KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) -- European nationalist leaders came together Saturday in a show of strength at the start of a year of big election tests, celebrating Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president and declaring themselves a realistic alternative to the continent's governments....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- A crowd of Iraqi officers looked out at the Tigris River Friday from a balcony of Mosul's Nineveh International hotel. Just over three months ago, the men were some 45 kilometers (28 miles) away in a cluster of desert villages on the edge of Nineveh plain....
FARINDOLA, Italy (AP) -- Using saws, shovels and their gloved hands, rescue workers advanced slowly Saturday through the wreckage of an avalanche-destroyed hotel in central Italy, listening hard for any signs of more survivors among the 23 missing guests and hotel workers....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Legions of women flooded streets and city squares from Sydney to South Carolina on Saturday, marching in solidarity as a show of empowerment and a stand against Donald Trump....
LANGLEY, Va. (AP) -- President Donald Trump moved to mend his tumultuous relationship with America's spy agencies Saturday, traveling to CIA headquarters on his first full day in office and assuring officials, "I am so behind you."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years....
Pope Francis on Saturday appointed a new Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal. Italian Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, the Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, will now be the Holy See’s ambassador to India and Nepal. The 62-year-old prelate takes over from Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, whom Pope Francis transferred to Poland as Apostolic Nuncio in August last year. The Apostolic Nunciature to India and Nepal is based in the Indian capital New Delhi. Born in Bologna 1954, Arch. Diquattro was ordained a priest for Ragusa Diocese in 1981. He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Panama in April, 2005 and was ordained a bishop two months later. He was transferred to Bolivia as Apostolic Nuncio in November, 2008, where he has served until now.
