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WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea on Wednesday officially dismissed President Donald Trump's threats of "fire and fury," declaring the American leader "bereft of reason" and warning ominously, "Only absolute force can work on him."...
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Radio) The Vatican’s former diplomatic representative to the United Nations has called for dialogue and inclusive negotiations to resolve the current crisis between the United States and North Korea.Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the former permanent observer to the UN in Geneva, currently serves as advisor to the Vatican’s new office for Integral Human Development.His words came as U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric about America’s nuclear arsenal, in response to North Korea’s threats of a missile strikes against U.S. territory.Archbishop Tomasi told Philippa Hitchen such crises can only be avoided by investing in conflict prevention, rather than in military technology…Listen: Archbishop Tomasi says the current crisis shows how international relations can easily break down when there is a determination “to violate the minimum standard of common sense in dealing with other people”.Pope Francis, he...
Vatican City, Aug 9, 2017 / 11:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said he will be going to Russia Aug. 20-24 largely out of a desire to promote peace both there and with the West, and to solidify relations with the Eastern Orthodox.Conflicts throughout the world, particularly in areas such as the Middle East, Syria and Ukraine, “are constant objects of attention and concern for the Holy See,” Cardinal Parolin said in the interview published Aug. 9 in Corriere della Sera.“Because of this, the need and urgency of searching for peace and the way to do it will certainly be one of the principle themes” of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he indicated.In addition to meeting with with Putin, the cardinal is also expected to hold meetings with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, as well as several other high-level authorities in the Russian Orthodox Church.In his interview, Cardinal Parolin stressed that th...
Lincoln, Neb., Aug 9, 2017 / 11:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pornography exposure affects men’s attitudes towards women, but in different ways depending on the age when they are first exposed, a new study suggests.“We found that the younger a man was when he first viewed pornography, the more likely he was to want power over women,” said lead researcher Alyssa Bischmann, a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. “The older a man was when he first viewed pornography, the more likely he would want to engage in playboy behavior.”The study of 330 male Midwestern university students aged 17 to 54 years found that the average age of first exposure to pornography was 13.37 years old, the American Psychological Association says.The men in the study were asked about the age of their first exposure to pornography; whether this exposure was accidental, sought out, or forced; and what their answers were to 46 questions designed to measure two “mas...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ana Rodriguez-Soto, Florida CatholicBy Ana Rodriguez-SotoGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK,Ariz. (CNS) -- Father Rafael Bercasio pastors perhaps the smallest parish inAmerica -- and the most uniquely situated.A short walk away from the southrim of the Grand Canyon sits El Cristo Rey Chapel, a small wooden building thatserves as the spiritual home of the Catholic families who work at the national park.El Cristo Rey, a parish of thePhoenix Diocese, has 26 registered families, who are "always outnumbered by thetourists," Father Bercasio said.The chapel is located within theboundaries of Grand Canyon Village, a residential neighborhood of around 1,500households that includes a school, a grocery store and a post office. Residentsare employed as park rangers and naturalists, maintenance workers, and hotel,restaurant and retail staff. Some live there only six months out of the year,although the park is open year-round."You cannot live here if you'renot working in the Grand Canyon...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is headed to the supermarket aisle with her own line of refrigerated soups and side dishes....
CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (AP) -- They have come from all over the United States, piling out of taxis, pushing strollers and pulling luggage, to the end of a country road in the north woods....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A British company hired to train Afghan intelligence officers billed the U.S. government for high-end cars, including Porsches and an Aston Martin, and paid the "significant others" of the firm's top executives six-figure salaries even though there's no proof they did any work, according to details of a Pentagon audit made public Wednesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Ron Johnson suggested that fellow Republican Sen. John McCain's brain tumor and the after-midnight timing of the vote were factors in the Arizona lawmaker's decisive vote against the GOP health care bill....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Donald Trump's threat to unleash "fire and fury" on North Korea might have been written by Pyongyang's propaganda mavens, so perfectly does it fit the North's cherished claim that it is a victim of American aggression....
