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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Michael KellyDUBLIN (CNS) -- The trustees of Ireland's national seminaryhave agreed to bring in a specific policy to protect whistleblowers afterserious allegations were made about life in the college. The Aug. 23 announcement also followed a decision by Dublin ArchbishopDiarmuid Martin to pull his students from St. Patrick's College, Maynooth,after publicly raising misgivings about the life and governance of the 221-yearold institution.The archbishop referred to claims of what he described as a "gayculture" in the seminary and further allegations that some seminarianshave been using a gay dating app. Archbishop Martin said some of theallegations had been shown to be true.The seminary trustees -- 13 senior Irish bishops, includingArchbishop Martin -- said in a statement that "there is no place in a seminarycommunity for any sort of behavior or attitude which contradicts the teachingand example of Jesus Christ."The statement said the trustees "share the conce...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Mississippi firefighter who received the world's most extensive face transplant after a burning building collapsed on him said Wednesday that he feels like "a normal guy" for the first time in 15 years....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Turkish authorities to be patient with the U.S. legal system as Turkey seeks the return of a cleric accused of masterminding last month's failed military coup....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military picture in Syria is getting more chaotic and complicated by the day, putting new strains on the Obama administration's strategy of partnering with a hodgepodge of local fighters against the Islamic State group without getting pulled deeper into Syria's civil war or rupturing relations with Turkey....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Militants attacked the American University of Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding another 18, officials said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- By virtue of her long political resume, Hillary Clinton will enter her highly anticipated fall debates with Donald Trump facing the same kind of heightened expectations that often saddle an incumbent president. Trump, as the political newcomer, will be more of a wild card with a lower bar to clear....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After scanning the vast reaches of the cosmos for Earth-like planets where life might exist, astronomers have found one right next door....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey on Wednesday launched its first major ground assault into Syria since the country's civil war began, sending in tanks and special forces backed by U.S. airstrikes to help Syrian rebels retake a border town from Islamic State militants....
AMATRICE, Italy (AP) -- Rescue crews using bulldozers and their bare hands raced to dig out survivors from a strong earthquake that reduced three central Italian towns to rubble Wednesday. The death toll stood at 120, but the number of dead and missing was uncertain given the huge number of vacationers in the area for summer's final days....
The first hospital of the Diocese of Miao, in North East India, to be inaugurated on Sept 8 will be dedicated to Bl. Mother Theresa of Kolkata.As the world is preparing for the Canonization of Bl. Mother Theresa of Kolkata, the Diocese of Miao, situated in the extreme north eastern corner of India, has planned to dedicate its first hospital to Bl. Mother Theresa of Kolkata. The hospital will be inaugurated on September 8, 2016 at Injan, Changlang District. “Mother Theresa and Mercy go hand in hand. We are very proud to say that the only place Mother Theresa visited in our Diocese was Borduria village in Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh on August 2, 1993”, says Bishop George Pallipparambil SDB of Miao Diocese. The Diocese of Miao is so blessed to join the celebration of the Canonization Bl. Mother Theresa by honouring her with this first hospital of the Diocese.To mark this honour, a special statue of St. Mother Theresa of Kolkata will be...
