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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani militants struck at the heart of the country's legal profession on Monday, killing a prominent attorney and then bombing the hospital where dozens of other lawyers had gathered to mourn. The twin attacks killed at least 70 people, most of them lawyers, authorities said....
DALLAS (AP) -- Twice in less than a month, a major airline was paralyzed by a computer outage that prevented passengers from checking in and flights from taking off....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In his centerpiece speech on the economy, Donald Trump wrongly accused Hillary Clinton of proposing to increase middle-class taxes and blamed America's crumbling roads and bridges in part on the money spent on refugees, a minuscule expense in comparison with infrastructure....
DETROIT (AP) -- Trying to turn the page after a tumultuous campaign stretch, Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton's approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity....
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Jesuit priest Father Charles Searson, who is Zambia and Malawi Promoter of the Apostleship of Prayer has urged collaborators in the two countries to animate others into joining Pope Francis' call for Sports as a vehicle that builds world peace.In his message to collaborators, Fr. Searson says now that the Olympic Games have begun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sports can play a significant role in the promotion of peace.“Sports can bring out the very best in men and women, youth and children. Healthy competition leads to a sense of personal well-being and happiness.” He asks, “Where do we stand regarding regular exercise appropriate for each one's age and health?” He then adds that it is interesting how the worlds of faith and medicine agree on this point.“For a long and happy life, we are advised: Never retire, do physical exercise appropriate for your age and eat a healthy diet. From a more social angle, Pope Francis invites us to pray that ...
“I think my country (Central African Republic), has seen it all. We have been through difficult and trying situations in the past but in the midst of it all, we had the great joy of welcoming the Holy Father, Pope Francis between the 29 and 30 of November last year. Since his visit, we have lived a life full of grace; a life of mercy showered upon us from heaven above,” Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, speaking in French, recently told Vatican Radio’s English Africa Service in an interview.Asked to reflect on life in the Central African Republic (CAR) today, the Archbishop of Bangui credits recent successes to Pope Francis.“Right now in my country, everyone will tell you the same thing. Be they Muslim, Protestant, Catholic, everyone! They will say the same thing: Pope Francis brought a new breath of fresh air to our country and individual lives. Before he came, we were divided into our little camps, chained to our hatreds; isolated and busy meting o...
Caritas Vietnam organised three days of seminars and lectures from 2 to 4 August in the Diocese of Phát Di?m in order to curb the high level of abortions and educate people to respect life.The activities associated with the event involved young people from nine northern Vietnamese provinces in nine different projects. Caritas also took action to help flooded northern parishes deal with the effects of a super typhoon."The groups for the protection of life have held sessions and lectures to raise awareness among young people at risk,” said Fr John Ð? Van Khoa, head of Caritas Phát Di?m. “They organised catechism courses focused on marriage, counselling and assistance for girls and young women without a family."Abortion is a rising problem in Vietnam, which ranks first in South-East Asia and fifth in the world for this practice. Each year more than 300,000 young people between 15 and 19 years have an abortion, often in clandestine manner.The aborti...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael CollopyBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS)-- The poor, the suffering and those who minister to them will be at the centerof celebrations leading up to the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata at the Vatican.The main event -- the canonization Mass -- will begin at10:30 a.m. Sept. 4, the Vatican announced Aug. 5.A "familyfeast" for the poor, a musical, Masses and prayer vigils willprecede her canonization, accordingto programs published by the Vatican and by the Missionaries of Charity, theorder she founded.Known as the "saint of the gutters," Mother Teresa wasrevered for ministering to the sick and the dying in some of the world'spoorest neighborhoods. Born Agnes GonxhaBojaxhiu in 1910 to an ethnicAlbanian family in Skopje, in what is now part of Macedonia, Mother Teresa wentto India as a Sister of Loreto in 1929. Receiving what she described as a"call within a call," she began her missionary work with the poor andlaid the foundation for what woul...
