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Lourdes, France, Aug 16, 2016 / 11:15 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The popular pilgrimage site at Lourdes, France beefed up its security Monday for the Solemnity of the Assumption.About 500 security force members were present, along with patrol dogs, according to the BBC, which reported that around 25,000 pilgrims visited Lourdes for the Marian feast day.Dogmatically defined in 1950, the Assumption celebrates Mary, the mother of Jesus, being assumed into heaven, body and soul, when her earthly life was complete. It is celebrated on August 15 each year.The increased security came amid heightened vigilance after a string of terrorist attacks in France.On July 26, French priest Fr. Jaques Hamel was killed when two armed gunmen stormed a church in the Normandy region. They slit Fr. Hamel’s throat as he celebrated Mass. ISIS claimed responsibility for the murder.Other attacks have also taken place in France during recent months, including the Nov. 13, 2015 series of bombings in Paris that ...
Baton Rouge, La., Aug 16, 2016 / 11:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In southern Louisiana, the flooding is perhaps unprecedented. And the local Catholic Charities is stepping up to help, even as its own staff is affected by the disasters.“This is something that we’ve never experienced before,” David C. Aguillard, executive director of Catholic Charities of Baton Rouge, told CNA.“We’re the disaster capital of the world down here. We’ve had oil spills, rig fires, tornados, ice storms, hurricanes, floods,” he said Aug. 15. “The thing about this is it’s such a widespread area. This is basically all of south Louisiana from the Mississippi border to Texas. Everything south of I-10 is flooded.”More than 30 inches of rain fell in southern Louisiana beginning on Friday, flooding rivers and waterways. Some rivers won’t recede for two days, and any additional rain would risk more flash floods.At least seven persons have died because of ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Simone Biles closed her Rio Olympics with more gymnastics gold. Usain Bolt breezed through another sprint as he makes a run at one final Olympic title in his favorite race....
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- For miles and miles Omaha stretches on, one tidy, suburban-style neighborhood after another filled with modern low-slung houses set on spacious lawns with towering oaks and elms....
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania's first elected female attorney general, announced her resignation Tuesday, a day after being convicted of abusing the powers of the state's top law enforcement office to smear a rival and lying under oath to cover it up....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The re-opening of the World Trade Center mall Tuesday, is expected to help transform downtown Manhattan shopping and illustrate how much progress has been made in rebuilding and revitalizing the area since the 9/11 attacks....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- At least 40,000 homes were damaged and 10 people killed in the historic Louisiana floods, the governor said Tuesday, giving a stark assessment of the widespread disaster....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Hillary Clinton vowed Tuesday to conduct a national security and foreign policy that Americans could be proud of, saying rival Donald Trump "just absolutely bewilders" her when he talks about his policies around the globe....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Oversight Committee said Tuesday it had received FBI documents related to the agency's recently closed investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state....
People from all sections of Bangladeshi society should denounce the use of violence in the name of religion, said Bishop Sebastian Tudu of Dinajpur on Aug. 13.Bishop Tudu when speaking at a seminar in northern Rangpur, Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country told that Bangladesh is a multi-religious and multi-cultural nation, so all people need to stand guard against religious extremism and anarchy that threatens peace and harmony."No sane person or religion can support abuses and killings in the name of religion," he said."God calls on us to love each other, to do good to others and help people towards a righteous path in life," said Bishop Tudu who is the chairman of Bangladeshi Catholic bishops' Commission for Evangelization and Promotion of Pontifical Mission Societies."It's our responsibility to resist ideologies that cause harm to people and bring back misguided people from destructive paths," he said.Bangladeshi police organized the...
