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IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Hearing the mayor of Amatrice incentral Italy say his town no longer exists and knowing there were children whodied Aug. 24 in the earthquakes that struck the region, Pope Francis turned hisweekly general audience into a prayer service.Beginning the audience in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francissaid he had prepared a normal audience talk on how the merciful Jesus is closeto people, but given the devastation in central Italy, he decided to lead therecitation of the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary.Later in the day, the Vatican press office said that as aconcrete sign of Pope Francis' concern for the earthquake victims, six Vaticanfirefighters had been sent to Amatrice. They will work under the direction ofthe Italian government emergency services in searching for victims and offeringthem assistance.Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanologyreported the first quake, which registered a magnitude 6....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hollywood's blockbuster machine frequently stalled and sputtered this summer, leaving behind a steady trail of misbegotten reboots, ill-conceived sequels and questionable remakes....
LONDON (AP) -- The developer of the world's largest aircraft says the blimp-shaped airship sustained damage after it made a bumpy landing Wednesday on its second test flight in eastern England....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- An astronaut has set a U.S. record for most time spent in space....
Two licks with a wooden paddle in the principal's office was the price 11-year-old Kaley Zacher, of Dexter, Georgia, paid for ignoring warnings about falling behind in her school work....
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Black Republicans cheer Donald Trump for a newfound outreach to African-Americans, but say the GOP presidential nominee must take his message beyond arenas filled with white supporters and venture into the inner cities....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The president of the American University in the Afghan capital says a militant attack is underway on the campus....
AMATRICE, Italy (AP) -- A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, killing at least 73 people and injuring hundreds more as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors with bulldozers and their bare hands....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican has called on the international community to expand the definition of a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ to include “devastatingly powerful conventional weapons used to perpetrate war crimes and crimes against humanity.” “Conventional weapons are becoming less and less ‘conventional’ as technological advances elevate their power to destroy to the level of weapons of mass destruction,” said Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.The Vatican diplomat was speaking on Tuesday during a Security Council Open Debate on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.“For this reason, the Holy See recommends that discussions on weapons of mass destruction go beyond the traditional categories of nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons to include devastatingly powerful conventional weapons,” he continued.“Military forces, rebels, t...
(Vatican Radio) Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has insisted he will fire senior public sector workers in five key ministries who voted against him in a build up to an attempted referendum trying to remove him. Listen to James Blears' report: According to ruling Socialist Party spokesman Jorge Rodriguez: "People who are against President Nicolas Maduro`s Revolution, cannot be in management positions in Ministries, Public Institutions, State or Local Government."Those five key ministries, which are due for the firings are: Food, Finance, Works, Basic Business, and the Presidential Office. Their offense, punishable by being for the high jump, was voting against President Maduro in round one of a signature collection, which the opposition aims to lead up to a Referendum, to remove President Maduro from power.Hundreds of less highly placed opponents who were workers in the public sector say they've already been fired.Electoral official...
