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By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will meet with theleader of one of the world's leading Sunni Muslim institutions, the head of theCoptic Orthodox Church and representatives of the Catholic Church on a two-daytrip to Cairo.The pope is scheduled to arrive in Cairo April 28 forcourtesy visits with political and religious leaders and deliver a speech, alongwith the grand imam of al-AzharUniversity, to an international conference on peace. He will celebrateMass for the small Catholic community in Cairo the next day and meet withbishops, clergy, religious and seminarians before returning to Rome April 29.In mid-March, the Vatican confirmed the pope would make thetrip following an invitation from President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the Catholic bishops inEgypt, Coptic Orthodox PopeTawadros II and SheikAhmad el-Tayeb, grandimam of al-Azhar.It will be the pope's 18th trip abroad in his four yearsas pope and the seventh time he visits a Muslim-majority nation. He will be theseco...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- The first threerefugee families from Syria welcomed by the Vatican left their temporary homesto start their new lives in Italy, and three new families took their places inVatican apartments.The papalAlmoner's Office, whichhelps coordinate Pope Francis' acts of charity, announced April 2 that twoChristian families and oneMuslim family moved the apartments that housed the first refugeefamilies welcomed by the Vatican in late 2015 and early 2016. The twoChristian families, the papal almoner's office said, arrived in March after"suffering kidnapping and discrimination" because of their faith."Thefirst family is composed of a mother with two adolescent children, agrandmother, an aunt and another Syrian woman who lives with them," theoffice said.The second family is a young couple, who had theirfirst child -- a daughter named Stella -- shortly after moving into the Vaticanapartment, the Almoner's Office said. "The mother had been kidnapped fors...
MOCOA, Colombia (AP) -- Jose Albeiro Vargas last saw his grandson the night fierce rain unleashed havoc on this small city surrounded by rivers and mountains in southern Colombia....
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Three people were killed and four others injured Monday when an explosion launched a boiler the size of a van through the roof a St. Louis box company and slammed much of it down hundreds of feet (meters) away in a neighboring laundry business, the fire chief said....
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The syringe slides in between the thumb and index finger. Then, with a click, a microchip is injected in the employee's hand. Another "cyborg" is created....
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi woman who desperately tried to direct rescuers to her sinking vehicle after it skidded into a rain-swollen creek Monday was among four people killed in storms across the South....
TOKYO (AP) -- President Donald Trump is suggesting ahead of his meeting later this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping that he can handle Washington's North Korea problem with or without Beijing's help - "totally."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A starkly divided Senate panel on Monday weighed President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, with Republicans casting Neil Gorsuch as a fiercely independent judge and Democrats complaining that his testimony "diluted with ambiguity" makes him the wrong choice....
