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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background of the gunman, who called 911 to profess allegiance to the Islamic State during the attack that left 49 victims dead....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday made his first visit to the United Nations World Food Programme, the United Nations agency that fights hunger. It is the first ever Papal visit to WFP, and comes during the first year of work towards the landmark Sustainable Development Goals. These 17 goals have been agreed by all UN Member States and aim to tackle the root causes of poverty and hunger. At the core of WFP’s work is a drive to achieve the goal of Zero Hunger by the year 2030. In remarks prepared for the occasion and delivered on Monday morning, the Pope said that the "consumerism in which our societies are immersed has made us grow accustomed to excess and to the daily waste of food." He also noted that little by little we "are growing immune to other people’s tragedies, seeing them as something “natural”, adding, "we need to “de-naturalize” extreme poverty."Below find the English tran...
(Vatican Radio) The World Food Programme’s leadership and executive board took June 12 and 13 to reflect on the organization's past, present, and hoped-for partnerships on hunger with religious and spiritual leaders and communities of different traditions from all around the world (including Pope Francis, who addressed the WFP leadership on Monday morning at the organization's headquarters in Rome).The core theme is a shared common purpose towards a bold but achievable end: Zero Hunger by 2030. In preparing for the exchanges in Rome, WFP Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, requested from a small group of religious leaders and actors short reflections on how they see the challenge and their visions, commitments, and exhortations aimed at providing ideas, cautions, and inspiration for dialogue and joint effort.Among the leaders asked to contribute was the President of the Pontifical COuncil for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Peter Turkson, the full text of...
The World Food Programme’s leadership and executive board took June 12 and 13 to reflect on the organization's past, present, and hoped-for partnerships on hunger with religious and spiritual leaders and communities of different traditions from all around the world (including Pope Francis, whoaddressed the WFP leadership on Monday morning at the organization's headquarters in Rome).The core theme is a shared common purpose towards a bold but achievable end: Zero Hunger by 2030. In preparing for the exchanges in Rome, WFP Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, requested from a small group of religious leaders and actors short reflections on how they see the challenge and their visions, commitments, and exhortations aimed at providing ideas, cautions, and inspiration for dialogue and joint effort.Among the leaders asked to contribute was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, the full text of whose reflec...
(Vatican Radio) The President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, is in Iran this week for an official visit that follows the official visit of Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family, Shahindokth Molaverdi, to the Pontifical Council for the Family in February, 2015.On Monday, June 13th, Archbishop Paglia visited Vice-President Molaverdi in Tehran.An official communiqué was released following the meeting, the full text of which may be found below in Vatican Radio’s English translation from the original French.***********************************Following the meeting held at the Vatican in February 2015, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, [Monday] made his visit to the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran for women and family, Mrs. Shahindokht Molaverdi. In their fraternal dialogue, the pressing urgency of fruitful work in favor of the family, the precious basic unit of soci...
By Cindy WoodenVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis offered prayers for the families of the victims ofthe mass shooting in Orlando and expressed hope that people would find ways toidentify and uproot "the causes of such terrible and absurdviolence."Alone gunman, pledging allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group, killed50 people early June 12 at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Another 53people were injured before the gunman, identified as 29-year-old Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, waskilled by members of a police SWAT team.Policesaid Mateen, a private security guard, legally purchased the two guns he usedin the shooting, which is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.Describingthe shooting as an expression of "homicidal folly and senseless hatred,"a Vatican statement said, "The terrible massacre that has taken place inOrlando, with its dreadfully high number of innocent victims, has caused inPope Francis, and in all of us, the deepest feelings of horror andcondemnat...
NEW YORK (AP) -- As presenter Barbra Streisand noted, "tonight our joy is tinged with sorrow" - and she wasn't the only one making reference to the horrific Orlando shootings during the Tony Awards ceremony. But the night was also a celebration of the power of theater to bring joy. And there much joy for the cast and creators of the wildly popular "Hamilton," which won a whopping 11 Tonys....
From across the world, officials and public figures are expressing condemnation and shock over the Florida mass shooting at the Pulse Orlando nightclub on Sunday when police say a gunman wielding an assault-type rifle opened fire, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens....
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Latest on the deadly shooting at a nightclub in Orlando. (all times local):...
