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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bilawal Arbab, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians and Muslims, believers inone God, have an obligation to safeguard the world God created, said theVatican's annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan."Our vocation to be guardians of God's handiwork is notoptional, nor is ittangential to our religious commitment as Christians and Muslims: It is anessential part of it," said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, respectivelypresident and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.Dated May19, the message was released at the Vatican June 2, the day after U.S. President DonaldTrump announced he was withdrawing the United States from the internationalParis accords, which are designed to lessen the human impact on climate change.Each year, the council for interreligious dialogue publishesa message to the world's Muslims in preparation for the celebration of the endof Ramadan, a month of fasting. This y...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Life is a long series of hellos andgoodbyes, so don't be afraid to let go of the past; remember old friends, butkeep moving and be open to the new, Pope Francis told students as the schoolyear was coming to an end."We have to learn to see life by seeing thehorizons," not the walls that can make people afraid because they don'tknow what is on the other side, he told thousands of adolescents during a45-minute encounter at the Vatican June 2. The middle-schoolers were part ofCommunion and Liberation's "The Knights of the Grail" educationalinitiative.In the informal Q-and-A, a teen named Marta told the popehow scared she was to be leaving middle school and most of her best friends asthey head on to high school next year. "Why do I have to changeeverything? Why does growing up make me so afraid?" she asked him."Life is a constant 'Good morning' and'Farewell,'" he said, with the goodbyes sometimes being for forever."Y...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in May by adding only 138,000 jobs, though the gains were enough to help nudge the unemployment rate down to a 16 year-low....
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Latest on the Philippine casino attack (all times local):...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Backlash against Kathy Griffin continues to grow with at least four theaters announcing Thursday that they had canceled her performances after the comedian posed with a likeness of President Donald Trump's severed head....
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Friday that the Syrian leader didn't use chemical weapons against his people, saying the recent attack that killed scores of civilians was a "provocation" against President Bashar Assad....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson downplayed the significance of the U.S. pullout from the Paris climate pact, arguing Friday that America still will continue taking steps to cut heat-trapping pollution....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's supporters on Friday cast his decision to abandon the world's climate change pact as a "refreshing" stance for the U.S. that would save jobs and unburden industry....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Environmental campaigners protested Friday against President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, while nations around the world pledged to double down on their efforts to curb global warming in response to the U.S. move....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local):...
