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IMAGE: CNS photo/Stephanie Lecocq, EPABy Dale GavlakAINKAWA,Iraq (CNS) -- Iraqi Christians appear divided about whether they will be ableto return home after Islamic State militants are flushed out of thebattle-scarred Ninevah Plains region. They say their safety must be guaranteedat all costs. "Ifthe liberation of the Ninevah Plains region is successful, infrastructure isrebuilt and there is security, I would want to be among the first toreturn," said Fadi Yousif, who teaches displaced children in the Ashti IIcamp for displaced Christians in Ainkawa, near Irbil. "It's my home. Ilove that place. But what is absolutely essential is that we have real securitythere."Housedin an unfinished concrete building, Yousif and other displaced people live incontainers that take the place of homes lost to the Islamic State. He said hishome region would be a different place from what he remembers due to thedispersal of friends and family abroad because of the long wait to rid the areaof the Islam...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God's mercy is infectious and must beshared with others, Pope Francis said.Mercy is "a journey that departs from the heart toarrive at the hands," the pope said Aug. 10 at his weekly generalaudience.In his main audience talk, Pope Francis focused on theGospel story of Jesus raising from the dead the son of the widow of Nain,giving renewed hope not just to the woman and her son, but to all."The powerful word of Jesus can make us rise again and takesus, too, from death to life," the pope said. "His word revives us,gives hope, refreshes weary hearts and opens us to a vision of the world and oflife that goes beyond suffering and death."Pope Francis ended his main talk by insisting that"Jesus watches you, heals you with his mercy and says, 'Arise,' and yourheart is new.""And what do I do now with this new heart healed byJesus?" he asked. "I do the works of mercy with my hands and I try tohelp, to heal the many who a...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Rowers packed up their oars for the day while cyclists hit slippery roads on skinny time-trial bikes unsuited to harsh weather conditions as sun-drenched Rio turned blustery, wet and gray on Wednesday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Delta fliers faced delays, cancellations and more headaches Wednesday as the Atlanta-based airline struggled with its computer systems for the third straight day....
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy was decapitated as he rode a 168-foot tall waterslide at a water park in Kansas, a person familiar with the investigation said Wednesday....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil's Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to put suspended President Dilma Rousseff on trial, bringing the nation's first female president a step closer to being permanently removed and underscoring her failure to change lawmakers' minds the last several months....
HAJJ ALI, Iraq (AP) -- Among the Iraqi forces preparing for the key battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul are Sunni tribal militias, drawn from the local villages and motivated by the desire to claw back home ground lost to the militants over two years ago....
BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Justice Department and Baltimore police agreed to negotiate court-enforceable reforms after a scathing federal report released Wednesday criticized officers for using excessive force and routinely discriminating against blacks....
(Vatican Radio) The witness of God’s merciful love which the Church, as mother, is called to give was at the center of Pope Francis’ Wednesday general audience address.The catechesis 10 Aug audience, which was held this week in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall, is the latest in a series of addresses connected to the Jubilee Year of Mercy.Below, please find the official English-language summary of the Pope’s catechesis, which was delivered in Italian:Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we now consider the miracle of Jesus’ raising of the son of the widow of Nain. Jesus, moved by compassion for the grief of a mother, directly confronts the reality of death and restores life to her young son. This encounter before the town gates can inspire our own encounter with the Lord’s life-giving mercy as we pass through the Holy Door on our Jubilee pilgrimage. We approach that Door bringing with us our entire past, ...
(Vatican Radio) On Tuesday, Pope Francis made a private visit to two convents of religious sisters in the Italian regions of Lazio and Abruzzo.The Pope visited the Benedictine convent of the sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face in Carsoli, located in the L’Aquila province. He also stopped by the monastery of Saint Filippa Mareri, located in Borgo San Pietro within the Rieti province, where he visited with the community of Franciscan sisters.The Holy Father was accompanied by the bishop of Rieti, Domenico Pompili.
