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By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican Museums and the JewishMuseum of Rome are exploring together the significance of the menorah, althoughthey also give a nod to the centuries-old legend that the Vatican is hiding thegolden menorah from the Temple of Jerusalem.A two-part exhibition, one at the Vatican and the other atthe Jewish Museum of Rome, prominently features a replica of the 1st-century Arch of Titus,showing Roman soldiers carrying the menorah and other treasures into Rome. From a coin minted in the century before Christ's birth to a1987 Israeli comic book featuring a superhero with a menorah on his chest, theexhibit, "The Menorah: Worship, History and Myth," documents the useof the seven-branched candelabra both as a religious item and a symbol ofJewish identity. The exhibit is scheduled to be open through July 23. Oneticket includes admission to the main part of the exhibit in the Charlemagne Wingjust off St. Peter's Square and to the Jewish Museum, located abou...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Protesters are hauling folding chairs, beach umbrellas and coolers onto main roads for a national sit-in....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Melania Trump announced Monday that her son, Barron, will attend a private Episcopal school in Maryland, beginning this fall....
HAMAM AL-ALIL, IRAQ (AP) -- The fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is approaching its "final stages," a senior U.S. official said Monday....
BERLIN (AP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, being greeted on a red carpet outside the chancellery with military honors on a busy first full day in office that started with his naming 46-year-old lawmaker Edouard Philippe as his new prime minister....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's latest ballistic missile test may be nearly as big a deal as its propaganda machine claims....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration on Monday accused the Syrian government of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners and burning the bodies in a large crematorium outside the capital....
LONDON (AP) -- The "ransomware" cyberattack that has hit companies and governments around the world ebbed in intensity on Monday, though experts warned that new versions of the virus could emerge....
Portsmouth, England, May 15, 2017 / 03:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An English bishop has asked the people of his diocese to remember the sanctity of human life at all stages as they prepare to vote in the upcoming general election.In a pastoral letter read in all the churches across the Diocese of Portsmouth May 14, Bishop Philip Egan posed ten questions that Catholics might consider in the election, including questions related to care for the environment, the family, the poor, the sick, the disabled, and persecuted Christians.These questions could be used to “evaluate a manifesto, or you could put them to a prospective parliamentary candidate,” he said. Remember the protection of human life at the next General Election,@BishopEgan urges @PortsmouthRC Diocese. https://t.co/uKBIauY19f— Portsmouth Diocese (@PortsmouthRC) May 12, 2017 Catholics must consider the sanctity of life first and foremost, he noted.“How far will this or that candidate protect the ...
Vatican City, May 15, 2017 / 05:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has named parish priest Fr. Bernard (Ned) Shlesinger of Raleigh, who was an airline pilot before entering seminary, as a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Ga.Born Dec. 17, 1960, in Washington D.C., Schlesinger obtained the rank of “captain” piloting large aircrafts – specifically C-130 Hercules planes – before entering the seminary in 1990.He flew the aircraft while stationed at Pope AFB, in Fayetteville, NC. The C-130 model is a four-engine turboprop military transport plane designed and built by Lockheed Martin, and is able to manage take-offs and landings from ungroomed runways.In a statement coinciding with the Vatican’s May 15 announcement of the appointment, Atlanta’s Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory voiced his thanks to Pope Francis for naming a new auxiliary, and offered Shlesinger a warm welcome.“Bishop-Elect Shle...
