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LONDON (AP) -- A woman has died and five others were injured in a knife attack in a central part of London, the police said Thursday....
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Toronto, Canada, Aug 3, 2016 / 03:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom is for non-Muslims in the Middle East, too, a Syrian Catholic leader said in a strong warning about the future of the region’s Christians and about the “Machiavellian” nature of Western foreign policy.“My friends, the very existence of Eastern Churches, those churches that are from the apostolic time, is at stake. They are in danger,” Patriarch Ignatius Youssef III Younan of the Syriac Catholic Church of Antioch said Aug. 2.Christian leaders try to encourage their flock to stay in their home country.“But believe me, this is not easy,” the patriarch said. “Because the Christians in Syria, they feel abandoned, even betrayed, by the so-called powerful nations, most particularly in the West.”Patriarch Younan delivered remarks to the Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in Toronto, Canada Aug. 2. He had strong words for Western foreign policy.“W...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Gov. Sam Brownback assured the public that the income tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy, supply plenty of money for schools and give other states a "pro-growth" policy model to follow....
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks edged higher Wednesday as energy companies climbed with the price of oil. Banks also rose, and investors sold traditionally safe stocks. A survey showed that hiring by private companies continued at a solid but uninspiring clip in July....
ATWATER, Calif. (AP) -- A husband and wife traveling to see their daughter in Washington were among the four Mexicans nationals identified Wednesday as those killed when a bus slammed into a highway sign that tore through the vehicle in California's Central Valley....
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Toronto, Canada, Aug 3, 2016 / 12:04 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation of Bishops, said in Toronto that Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia, is a controversial document, but that it has not introduced any change to existing Catholic doctrine.The Canadian-born cardinal spoke during the closing address of the States Dinner at the 134th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus.“Before concluding,” he said, digressing from his prepared remarks, “let me say a word about the papal document, Amoris Laetitia, that was born of the two recent Synods on the Family.”“In all honesty, I think that controversies around Amoris Laetitia are understandable, but, in all confidence, I believe they might even be fruitful in the end.”Titled Amoris Laetitia, or The Joy of Love, the April 8 document is the conclusion of a two-year synod process at the Vatican that gathered hundreds of bishops from arou...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dale GavlakBy Dale GavlakIRBIL,Iraq (CNS) -- The upcoming military offensive to root out Islamic Statemilitants from Mosul and surrounding villages will be a "huge challenge,"the United Nations says, as it expects about 1.5 million people to flee thewarfare in a short amount of time. TheU.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, and other humanitarian agencies -- including Catholicgroups -- in Iraq are scurrying to ready preparations, as it is believed thatthe U.S.-led assault could be pushed forward as early as September. But aidgroups fear they may be overwhelmed by the sheer numbers involved.TheU.N. says that as the Mosul crisis evolves, up to 13 million people throughoutIraq may need humanitarian aid by the year's end -- far larger than the Syriancrisis. This would make the humanitarian operation in Mosul likely the singlelargest, most complex in the world in 2016.BrunoGeddo, UNHCR chief for Iraq, told Catholic News Service the United Nations hasissued an appeal for the $284 ...
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