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CARRABELLE, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Hermine roared toward Florida's Gulf Coast late Thursday, sending battering waves against docks and boathouses as the state braced for its first direct hit from a hurricane in over a decade....
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Vatican City, Sep 1, 2016 / 02:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Catholic and Orthodox worlds unite to celebrate a day of prayer for the care of creation, the Vatican’s social justice head is offering a reminder that the human person must be at the center of efforts to better the environment.“It's very simple: the core of development is the human person. And that's why Pope Benedict referred to development as a vocation. It's a vocation that we people have and that basically is a spiritual reference,” Cardinal Turkson told CNA Sept. 1.“It's so important that we get a very clear perspective about what we're doing, about the dignity of people, about their own relationship and dignity, (and) relation with God,” he said.The cardinal stressed that it’s especially important to remember that “in rendering service in any country to anybody, we seek to improve upon the image of God that already exists in the person.”Cardinal Tu...
Lincoln, Neb., Sep 1, 2016 / 04:11 pm (CNA).- The Diocese of Lincoln held its first “Sacred Music Clinic” Aug. 27 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.The event was sponsored by the diocesan liturgical commission at the suggestion of Bishop James Conley.The turnout of diocesan musicians – cantors, adult or youth choir directors, singers, organists and other instrumentalists – far exceeded organizers’ expectations. A total of 230 people attended from 59 parishes in the Diocese of Lincoln and two parishes from the Archdiocese of Omaha.“We were overjoyed with the turnout,” said Father Daniel Rayer, chancellor and chairman of the diocesan liturgical commission. “It far exceeded our expectations. We maxed out the facility so we are thankful to the participants for bearing with cramped spaces.”He said that several members of the diocesan commission who have attended the annual Catholic Mus...
Denver, Colo., Sep 1, 2016 / 04:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The American reporter who first brought news of Mother Teresa’s work to an international audience still remembers the day in 1966 when he met the nun serving the poor in the slums of Calcutta.“Certainly she totally deserves to be a saint. In my eyes, she was a saint her entire life,” retired Associated Press reporter Joe McGowan, Jr. told CNA. “She was so humble and yet so pleasant.”McGowan, 85, was an AP reporter for 42 years who covered wars, revolutions, and earthquakes.In 1966, he was an AP bureau chief with a huge territory – India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ceylon, and the Maldives Islands.Trying to dig up more stories, he was speaking with a newspaper editor in Calcutta about anything unusual or ignored.“He finally said ‘Well, there’s that funny little nun who goes around collecting dying people.’ And I knew I had a story,” said McGowan.The repor...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) ? Not many people know that Blessed Teresa of Kolkata's first visit tothe United States was a trip to Las Vegas -- in 1960, when the Strip was stillmobbed-up.Shedidn't go to cleanse the casinos of their corruption. She went to speak at theconvention of the National Council of Catholic Women.Thattidbit is one of an untold number of facts and perspectives that can be gleanedfrom examining the Mother Teresa Collection that resides within the archives atThe Catholic University of America.Thecollection has a copy of Mother Teresa's 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptancespeech, autographed by the founder of the Missionaries of Charity herself.There are also two copies of the Marvel Comics illustrated biography of herlife, issued in 1983, one year after Marvel successfully published a comic-bookbiography of St. John Paul II.There also are, in a burlap bag, 2,000 tiny coins bearing Mother Teresa's likenessstruck for the United Nation...
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(Vatican Radio) The program for Pope’s Francis’ visit to the Italian hilltop town of Assisi was released in the Vatican on Thursday. During his one-day visit the Pope will be taking part in the closing of an interreligious World Day of Prayer for Peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio. His latest pilgrimage to Assisi marks the 30th anniversary of the First World Day of Prayer for Peace that St. John Paul convened in the birthplace of St. Francis, back in 1986.Pope Francis’ presence at the interreligious prayer summit on September 20th will mark his second visit to the birthplace of his namesake in less than two months. Listen to the report by Susy Hodges: Please see details of his programme below:10.30 Departure from Vatican City’s Helicopter Pad11.05 Landing at Assisi’s Migaghelli Sports Field near the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels.Pope Francis will be greeted by Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi and the local ...
(Vatican Radio) Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says a new cease-fire between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine is holding, after months of clashes which included the deadliest fighting in a year. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Poroshenko said in a statement Thursday that his forces had not seen any fighting with Russian-backed separatists in the prevous 12 hours. The parties in the conflict, which has claimed more than 9,500 lives, earlier agreed to stop fighting by September 1, which is the first day of school in Ukraine.Media of pro-Russian rebels confirmed the reports. Yet the road towards a new ceasefire hasn't been easy. Poroshenko said in separate remarks that more than a dozen Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and nearly a hundred wounded in what he called Russian shelling in recent weeks. ANGRY AT PUTINHe accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of seeking to destabilize Ukraine, which just celebrated...
The Venezuelan opposition coalition is mustering and coordinating supporters for a giant rally which they`re ominously dubbing....Takeover of Caracas. Listen to the report by James Blears: Electoral Authorities in Venezuela conclude a Referendum obliging a fresh Presidential Election can`t be done by January 10th. So even if the overall groundswell vote rumbled against Nicolas Maduro, his Vice President would step in his shoes and limp to the end of the proscribed term, due to expire in 2019. Weary of playing by pre-ordained rules, the Opposition are today taking to the streets of the Capitol en masse. The Government describes this as an obvious attempted Coup. President Maduro is vowing an overwhelming response with counter rallies, and to also respond with riot police. Many shops and businesses are shuttered and shut, fearing a showdown. Opposition Leader Henrique Capriles is calling for a measured and peaceful protest, a...
