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KHAZER, Iraq (AP) -- Columns of Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes slowly advanced on Mosul from several directions on Monday, launching a long-awaited operation to retake Iraq's second largest city from the Islamic State group....
(Vatican Radio) The Jubilee of Mercy is now in its closing weeks, so as the 20th of November draws ever closer Vatican Radio is looking at how it’s being celebrated around the world. The US diocese of Las Cruces in New Mexico is on the border with Mexico and like many dioceses has been actively promoting the spiritual and corporal works of mercy, a focal point of this Holy Year.To hear more about the initiatives taking place and how it’s helped reinvigorate the works of mercy, Lydia O’Kane spoke to Bishop of the diocese Oscar Cantú.Listen: “I think it’s been a wonderful year and a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the reality of God’s mercy,” he said. “On an individual level it has caused our parishioners to reflect on how they practice the works of mercy.”One of the initiatives the diocese has been promoting is the care of the children of the diocese which has a high level of poverty. Bishop Cantú e...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met in the Vatican on Monday with the President of the Slovenia Republic Borut Pahor to discuss issues of common concern, as well as the challenges facing leaders in the region and in the wider European context.During the cordial conversation, the pope and the president spoke about the bilateral relations between Slovenia and the Holy See and the forthcoming 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.They also discussed the good relations that exist between the Catholic Church and the Republic of Slovenia, as well as the importance of continuing dialogue in order to guarantee fruitful cooperation for the benefit of the whole of Slovenian society, in particular for the younger generations.Following the papal audience, the president also met with Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and with the Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.
Vatican City, Oct 17, 2016 / 02:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Shortly after their bishop was named the new president of the Council of Catholic Episcopal Conferences in Europe, the Archdiocese of Genoa announced that Pope Francis will be make a daytrip to the city this coming spring.According to an Oct. 16 communique posted on the Archdiocese of Genoa’s website, their archbishop, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, made the announcement of the Pope’s visit “with great joy” after celebrating Mass in the city’s cathedral.He had told churchgoers that the archdiocese would be starting a new pastoral year in which special emphasis would be placed on the liturgy and Eucharistic Adoration, prayer within the family, youth and education. In the context of this special pastoral year, the Pope’s visit is “a grace which Genoa awaits” with joy, the communique read, explaining that the diocese is preparing “in a spirit of communion and collaboration, to...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- KFC's grinning Colonel Sanders and his goatee are among the few prominent signs of U.S. brands or business in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- High school graduation rates have reached a record high of 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all ethnic groups, the White House said Monday....
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) -- The Latest developments in Iraq's operation to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) The Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, was in Jordan over the weekend, where he presided over a liturgy celebrating the official re-opening of the shrine atop Mt. Nebo.The summit of Mt. Nebo is the place from which, according to ancient tradition, Moses saw the Promised Land before he died.Below, please find the full text of Cardinal Sandri’s prepared homily, in its official English translation*************************************************Your Excellency, S.E. Msgr. Alberto Ortega, Apostolic Nuncio in Jordan,Reverend Father Custos, Fr. Francesco Patton,Your Excellency, Mr. Ambassador of Italy to the Kingdom of Jordan,Reverend Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land,Distinguished Authorities,Brothers and sisters in the Lord!Yesterday [Saturday] evening, in the twilight of the day, the doors of this Sanctuary were reopened, and so many of us were able to contemplate the fruits of the labors of these years. Today we cel...
NEW YORK (AP) -- It took nearly four decades to find and try a suspect in the haunting disappearance of first-grader Etan Patz. The trial itself spanned three months of testimony and 18 days of deliberations before a jury finally deadlocked....
BANGKOK (AP) -- A Thai woman accused of insulting the country's late king was forced to kneel before his portrait outside a police station on the tourist island of Samui as several hundred people bayed for an apology....
