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IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, ReutersBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When the Benedictine monks inNorcia led residents in prayer before the ruins of their medieval city, theyshowed one way the church steps into action in times of crisis.First responders encouraged the religious, recognizingthey could do their job better when the distraught receive emotional orspiritual rescue, too. SOS, after all, means "save our souls."In fact, the one disaster that cameras don't easily capture isthe shattering of people's resolve and the collapse of courage when everythingthey have is gone."Certainly the crumbled walls and the missingroofs" are a problem, Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia said,but the most serious concern is the people -- "people who have been livingfor two months in a state of continual fear and worry and are underconsiderable psychological stress and losing hope."He told Vatican Radio the day after the Oct. 30 tremorsthat the people he talks to are tired of star...
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LONDON (AP) -- Britain's High Court has ruled that the prime minister cannot trigger the U.K.'s exit from the European Union without Parliament's approval - a decision that complicates an already confusing situation riddled with uncertainties....
MILAN (AP) -- Survivors say as many as 240 people have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, the U.N. refugee agency reported Thursday, bringing this year's toll to more than 4,220 migrants dead or missing in risky Mediterranean Sea crossings, the highest count on record....
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Latest on the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series for the first time in 108 years. (all times local):...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces came under fire on Thursday while targeting senior Taliban commanders during a joint operation in northern Kunduz province, calling in airstrikes during an assault that killed 26 civilians, three local troops and two American service members, NATO and local officials said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Election Day in sight, Donald Trump tried anew for the discipline and restraint that has eluded him for months, hoping not to waste a burst of momentum that has him closing on Hillary Clinton. Clinton and her allies, meanwhile, are doing their best to trip up Trump....
(Vatican Radio) Following his returned to the Vatican on Wednesday evening, Pope Francis telephoned the Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Renato Boccardo, to express his closeness to the people of the Valnerina valley, which is formed by the Nera River, and flows from the Marche region of Italy through the region of Umbria. The valley was the area most affected by the recent earthquakes of 26 and 30 October.The Archbishop was in Norcia for the visit of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. He was touring the areas most damaged by the earthquakes.Archbishop Boccardo said he explained to the Holy Father “the difficulties and the fear of people who are homeless or insecure, in these two months of earthquakes and great loss of the heritage of faith and art located in our valley.”He added that Pope Francis assured him of his prayers and blessings for the people affected.“The Pope also said he was saddened by the collapse of so many sacred bu...
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, told the UN General Assembly the “human rights of every individual, rooted in the innate dignity of the human person, are inviolable, without distinction.”The Vatican diplomat was speaking during a committee discussion on ‘Elimination Of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia And Related Intolerance.’“This is not only a founding principle of the United Nations Charter and affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: it is also enshrined in human experience, and represents an enduring truth that we must not only recognize when convenient but at all times,” Archbishop Auza said. The full statement can be found below Statement by H.E. Archbishop Bernardito AuzaApostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United NationsSeventy-first Session of the United Nations General AssemblyThird Committee Agenda Ite...
