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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A gunman who shot and killed a singer who rose to fame after appearing on "The Voice" traveled to Orlando from another Florida city specifically to attack her and then fatally shot himself, authorities said Saturday....
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Vatican City, Jun 11, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The pontificate of Pope Francis has a diplomatic style of its own, and many of his diplomats share a common source: a college and a home for disadvantaged but talented young people on scholarship called the Istitutio Villa Nazareth.The institute’s impact can be seen in the fact that Pope Francis will likely make a private visit there June 18. The news has not been officially confirmed yet, but it has been floated in semi-official Holy See channels. The visit has to be strictly private. It will mark the 60th anniversary of the institute’s foundation and there will be an informal chat with the institute’s students. Many of the prelates who have attended the institute have gone on an impact in diplomacy and the Church.Villa Nazareth is under the supervision of the Vatican Secretariat of State. This makes the institute different from any other university college.The institute was founded in 1946 by Father Dom...
PARIS (AP) -- Fighting fans, tear gas and riot police returned to the streets of Marseille on Saturday, before and after England's 1-1 draw with Russia at the European Championship....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hours after she died, Christina Grimmie's face still beamed from a selfie video she had posted online inviting everyone to be there for her concert Friday night....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A gunman who shot and killed a singer who rose to fame after appearing on "The Voice" traveled to Orlando from another Florida city specifically to attack her and then fatally shot himself, authorities said Saturday....
Since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, dedicated to prayer and fasting, the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo offers daily food for breakfast and evening meals to the poorest Muslim families living in Sulaimaniyah area. Some photos released by ankawa.com site document the distribution of the meals prepared by Christians for Muslim families. The distribution center is located in the local archdiocese, at the Cathedral of St. Ephrem the Syrian.A message released by the media of the Archdiocese presents this initiative as a simple gesture to express the feelings of solidarity between citizens of different religious affiliations, in the hope of helping to restore with time the coexistence among the various ethnic and religious communities that characterized the Syrian society before the war.Even the conflict led, in many cases, Christians and Muslims to carry out interfaith solidarity gestures, as in the case of Muslim orphan children who found hospitality in structures...
(Vatican Radio) About a quarter of Air France pilots have gone on strike to demand better working conditions — the latest challenge to travelers and tarnishing France's image as it hosts Europe's biggest sporting event.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Strikes and demonstrations over the country's labor reforms and other industrial disputes are further complicating efforts to host the European Football Championship Euro 2016, which is also suffering under terror threats and violence.French leaders are frustrated that they have no time to celebrate their country's victorious start to the Euro 2016 football championship after France won the opening match against Romania. Officials had hoped hoped to put terrorism, strikes, and recent deadly flooding at least for some weeks behind them, as the country turns its attention to the European Championship soccer tournament, expected to draw over 2 million visitors.But on Saturday Air France, t...
Vatican City, Jun 11, 2016 / 11:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- No single person is more valuable than another, especially when it comes to those with disabilities, Pope Francis said on Saturday,, insisting that these people have a unique richness, and that discriminating against them is “one of the ugliest things” we can do.When asked by a young woman named Serena, 25 and in a wheelchair, why some disabled people aren’t able to receive Communion or go to Mass like other members of their parish, the Pope said the question touches on “one of the ugliest things among us: discrimination. It’s a very ugly thing.”To say that “you aren’t like me, you go over there” or that it’s not possible to receive catechesis because “this parish is for those who are the same, without differences,” is one of the worst things that can happen.Francis, who spoke off-the-cuff, said that if a priest does this to someone, he must “convert,...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The sister of a Chicago businessman who authorities say was poisoned with cyanide after winning the lottery four years ago said Saturday that police have done nothing to solve the case....
