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IMAGE: CNS photo/Kai Pfaffenbach, ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a personal message addressed toeach of the 10 members of the new Refugee Olympic Team, Pope Francis wishedthem success in their events and thanked them for the witness they are givingthe world.Naming each of the team's athletes from South Sudan, Syria,Congo and Ethiopia, Pope Francis said he had read some of the interviews withteam members "so that I could get closer to your lives and youraspirations.""I extend my greetings and wish you success at theOlympic Games in Rio -- that your courage and strength find expression throughthe Olympic Games and serve as a cry for peace and solidarity," he said inthe message, signed in late July.The 2016 Summer Games marked the first time a refugee teamofficially participated in the Olympics. Team members marched under the Olympicflag and, in the event a team member wins a medal, the Olympic anthem was to beplayed instead of the national anthem of the athlete's home...
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DALLAS (AP) -- The family of a Muslim boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Texas school officials and others, saying they violated the 14-year-old boy's civil rights....
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- The 10-year-old son of a Kansas state lawmaker died while riding a waterslide that's billed as the world's largest, according to officials and the boy's family....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African-Americans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists....
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 67 people and wounded dozens more in an attack that struck a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday, police and doctors said....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- American Lilly King has her sights set on winning Olympic gold and she's not about to let anyone get in her way, especially not world champion breaststroker Yulia Efimova of Russia. King made that clear in a finger-waving display worthy of Dikembe Mutombo as she disparaged the Russian for doping....
LONDON (AP) -- Delta Air Lines canceled around 300 flights Monday after its computer systems crashed worldwide, stranding thousands of passengers on a busy travel day....
(Vatican Radio) After twenty weeks and 143 posts, including a number of videos, Pope Francis’ Instragram account has now reached more than three million followers. Unlike the Pope’s Twitter account, which goes out in nine different languages, there is only one official Instagram account. Each post, though, is subtitled in numerous languages.Followers of @franciscus can follow, day by day, the activities of the Holy Father thanks to photos of official events produced by the photography team of L’Osservatore Romano.Speaking at the launch of the Pope’s Twitter account earlier this year, the Prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, Monsignor Dario Viganò said the decision to open an Instagram account arises from the Pope’s conviction that pictures can reveal many things that words can’t. The aim of this papal Instagram account, he said, is to tell the story of the Pontificate of Pope Francis through images.
(Vatican Radio) Voters in Thailand have approved a new Constitution. The text gives the military greater veto power over elected officials, and as Alastair Wanklyn reports, it also allows for promoting Buddhism as the state religion.Listen: Just over half of voters cast ballots, with three in five of them approving the new text, which will create a Constitution to replace the one thrown out in a military coup two years ago.The referendum was seen as the greatest test yet of public opinion on the rule of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan Ocha, who seized power, he said, to end turmoil between the government and opposition.When the new Constitution is enacted it will bar politicians from office if they have been convicted of corruption. It will also give unelected lawmakers, including those appointed by the military, significant veto power over politics.The new Constitution will allow Thais to identify with any religion, but it will require the government to “promote” Bu...
