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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pray for those responsible forextreme poverty, for the rich who feast unaware of people in need at theirdoor, and for priests who ignore those who are hurting, Pope Francis toldpeople living a precarious existence.Say a prayer for these people, wish them well and"ask Jesus that they convert, and I assure you that if you do this, therewill be great joy in the church, in your hearts and also in belovedFrance," the pope told his audience.The pope met with about 200 people from the Frenchprovince of Lyon, who are homeless, living in poverty or coping with an illnessor disability.The group was on pilgrimage to Rome with CardinalPhilippe Barbarin of Lyon and the All Together With Dignity Fourth Worldmovement founded by Father Joseph Wresinski, who ministered to deprivedfamilies in urban and rural parishes.Meeting with the group July 6 in the Vatican's Paul VIaudience hall, the pope told them he had a favor to ask them, or rather, ...
PARIS (AP) -- A French court on Wednesday convicted seven young men who returned from weeks among the ranks of Islamic State extremists in Syria, including the brother of one of the suicide attackers who targeted Paris in November....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Fox News Channel anchor Gretchen Carlson sued network chief executive Roger Ailes on Wednesday, claiming she was fired after she refused his sexual advances....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Irate that Hillary Clinton will not face criminal charges over her emails, House Republicans are summoning FBI Director James Comey to Capitol Hill to answer their questions....
LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair led Britain into an unsuccessful war in Iraq through a mix of flawed intelligence, "wholly inadequate" planning and an exaggerated sense of the U.K.'s ability to influence the United States, according to a damning official report on the conflict that was published Wednesday....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A series of attacks, most linked to the Islamic State group, has killed nearly 350 people in eight countries during the holy month of Ramadan. The attacks are widely seen as an attempt to distract from a string of battlefield losses suffered by the extremist group in Syria and Iraq, where the borders of its self-styled caliphate are shrinking....
BEIRUT (AP) -- As Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, many are struggling to comprehend a wave of attacks that killed 350 people across several countries during the holy month and raised the question of what drives the militants to ever more spectacular violence....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ prayer intention for July is for Respect for Indigenous Peoples: That indigenous peoples, whose identity and very existence are threatened, will be shown due respect.The Apostleship of Prayer has produced the Pope’s Video on this prayer intention. The full text of the Pope’s Video is below Representative of Indigenous People:Speaking for indigenous peoples, I ask that our ways of life may be respected, our rights and our traditions. Will you listen to me? Pope Francis:I want to be a spokesman for the deepest longings of indigenous peoples. And I want you to add your voice to mine in a heartfelt prayer that all will respect indigenous peoples, threatened in their identity and even in their existence.
“As violence picks up its deadly pace, we can draw strength from God's endless mercy. We are called to face these grave challenges with peaceful solidarity on the part of all people of good will, ” said Card. Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), to AsiaNews on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of Ramadan, the month of prayer and fasting for Muslims.Remembering the victims of the Dhaka massacre, Bangladesh, by Islamic terrorists, he said that the whole Church in Asia is mourning the attack, "which struck so close to the end of the Holy season of Ramadan.”Stressing that most of Muslims live in Asia, particularly in the south and southeast, he added that, "together as brothers we must foster a spirit of brotherhood and solidarity."The cardinal's message follows:“We are living in a time of great dangers and great opportunities for humankind an...
Vatican City, Jul 6, 2016 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has marked the feast of the young martyr St. Maria Goretti by calling the faithful to follow her example and be forgiving to those who wrong them.The memory of Maria Goretti's example should “encourage you to commit yourselves, like the Saint you venerate, to being witnesses of forgiveness,” the Pope wrote in a letter for the July 6 feast of the Italian who is known for having forgiven her attacker.The June 20 letter was addressed to Bishops Mariano Crociata of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno and Marcello Semeraro of Albano, the dioceses of the regions where Maria Goretti – who is even now affectionately known as “Marietta” – lived and died.The young saint, who was killed at age 11 while resisting a rape, is renowned both as a martyr for chastity and as a witness of forgiveness: as Maria lay dying from wounds inflicted by her would-be rapist, Alessandro Serenelli, ...
