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MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday fired Sergei Ivanov, his chief of staff and one of his closest allies, in the Kremlin's most high-profile power reshuffling in years....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- After days of alleging repeatedly that President Barack Obama literally founded the Islamic State group, Donald Trump abruptly shifted tone on Friday and insisted his widely debunked claim had been sarcastic....
Vatican Weekend for August 13, 2016 begins with a look at what Pope Francis had to say at the General Audience: open the doors of our hearts and rise up to God’s compassion this Jubilee Year of Mercy. Then, Fr. Peter Stravinskas takes us to the Holy Land to reflect on Our Lady’s Assumption into Heaven. The programme concludes with a focus segment on another holy woman of the Church: Edith Stein or Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. In an interview with Veronica Scarisbrick, Discalced Carmelite Father Ulrich Dobhan sheds light on this remarkable saint from wartime Germany…Listen to this programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
Vatican Weekend for August 14, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel presented by Jill Bevilacqua for the series 'There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye'. The programme ends with part II of our tour of the museum beneath the Rome Basilica of Saint Major with our guide, Vatican Museums curator, Professor Arnold Nesselrath.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition of There's More in the Sunday Gospel Than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.Listen: GOSPEL LK 12:49 -53Jesus said to his disciples:“I have come to set the earth on fire,and how I wish it were already blazing!There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?No, I tell you, but rather division.From now on a household of five will be divided,three against two and two against three;a father will be divided against his sonand a son against his father,a mother against her daughterand a daughter against her mother,a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-lawand a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
San Jose, Calif., Aug 12, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Ryan Scheel was shopping for a rosary on eBay when one listing caught him off guard.A first class relic of the bone of a saint, still in its wax-sealed reliquary, was listed for sale – to the tune of $3,600.“The listing was crass enough to even describe the relic as 'ex ossibus,' a Latin term meaning 'from the bones,'” Scheel told CNA e-mail comments.He decided to further search the online auction site, and found “pages and pages” of other first class relics for sale, violating eBay’s own policy that prohibits the sale of human body parts, other than human scalp hair.Scheel, who is also the founder and editor of the Catholic resource site uCatholic, said he tried to use eBay’s “Report Item” feature in order to alert the site of the first class relics, but he said the closest option given from the available drop-down list states: “The item in this li...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Despite a continuing nuclear standoff and virtually no interactions between each other politically, some North and South Koreans are making an exception - among their athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Marijuana will remain on the government's list of most highly regulated and dangerous drugs, the Obama administration says, despite growing popular support for the widespread legalization of pot....
HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) -- An hour before midnight, Andrea Tazzioli was fetching his own birthday cake, looking forward to celebrating with friends in this balmy beach resort town, a world away from his stressful military work in Afghanistan....
HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) -- Attackers using firebombs and homemade explosives struck a series of popular resort cities and beach towns across Thailand in some of the worst violence to hit the country since a military coup two years ago. At least four people were killed and dozens wounded, including 11 foreigners....
