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LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) -- Volunteer firefighters drove their military-surplus truck with 4-foot tires into dark floodwaters, after torrents from Hurricane Matthew sent the Lumber River overflowing its banks on North Carolina's coastal plain....
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Two weeks shy of his first birthday, doctors began feeding Jose Wesley Campos through a nose tube because swallowing problems had left him dangerously underweight....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four weeks before Election Day, Donald Trump battled on Tuesday to keep the Republican Party in line, leveling fresh criticism at GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan for effectively abandoning hopes of Trump winning the White House....
At the age of 49, Cardinal-designate Dieudonné Nzapalainga of Bangui will become the youngest in the College Cardinals.Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals from 11 different countries. Three of the Cardinals to be created are from within the African territory: Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) will become the first ever Cardinal from CAR. He belongs to the Missionary Congregation of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans). The second Cardinal-designate from Africa is Bishop Emeritus Sebastian Koto Khoarai of Mohale's Hoek in Lesotho. The third, Archbishop Maurice Piat of Port-Louis on the island of Mauritius is also a member of the Missionary Congregation of the Holy Ghost Fathers.The Pope made the announcement Sunday during the Angelus in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.Pope Francis will elevate the new Cardinals on 19 November, during the vigil marking the conclusion of the Jubilee Year of Mercy that fall...
Ghanaian Bishop urges electorates to make peace a priority during electionsBishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), has called on Ghanaians to make peace the number one priority as the country prepares to go to the polls on 7 December.He said there was the need for Ghanaians to ensure they protected the peace that the country had enjoyed to date, adding that “We should always remember that we have only one country called Ghana and that this country is the only home that we have.”In an address Monday at Tamale in the Northern Region to open the 10-day Plenary Assembly of GCBC, Bishop Osei-Bonsu said Ghanaians did not want to experience violence before, during and after the elections neither “do we want to experience post-election war.The theme for the Bishops Plenary Conference attended by all the 20 active Bishops of Ghana is Reconciliation with God, Humanity and Nature In the Year of Mercy.Also present at the op...
Ex 17:8-13, II Tm 3:14--4:2, Lk 18:1-8Once there was a little boy who wanted more than anything to play in the school band. The boy went home one day and asked his parents if they would buy him an instrument and let him play in the band. They said, "We will think about it. After all, a musical instrument costs a lot of money and we are not sure you will stick with it." A few days went by and the boy's parents hadn't said anything, so the boy decided to ask again. The boy's parents didn't say yes and they didn't say no. They said, "We are still thinking about it." On his way home the next day, the boy decided to stop by the local music store to check out the musical instruments. When he walked in the store, the first thing that caught his eye was a beautiful shiny trumpet. It wasn't new, but it was in good condition. It was just what he wanted. That night at supper the boy said to his parents, "I went by the music store today after s...
More than 40 thousand people from all over the world tuned in to watch Anglican church services in the last year as part of an initiative to open up worship via social media.Multiple types of liturgies, from traditional carols to a service in a tent at Glastonbury Festival, were watched on mobile phones, laptops and tablets as part of a ChurchLive scheme.A total of 53 churches representing diverse styles streamed services via Twitter app Periscope in a move to provide a first taste of worship, prayer and preaching for people unfamiliar with the Church of England.The Rev Arun Arora, Director of Communications for the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England said: "It has been a joy to offer the best of the breadth of services offered by the Church to tens of thousands of people over the past year. We have been delighted by the way churches have embraced the opportunities offered by social media to proclaim the Gospel afresh and to reach new audiences."More tradit...
(Vatican Radio) In Haiti, survivors of Hurricane Matthew are mourning the victims as fears of an increase in cholera cases grow. This category four storm tore through Haiti with 230 kph winds and one meter of rain, leaving widespread devastation and severe flooding.Hurricane Matthew is believed to have killed as many as 900 people in the Caribbean country. At least 18 people died in the United States as the hurricane made its way north.Pope Francis on Sunday asked for prayers for the victims and said he is “confident in the sense of solidarity of the international community, of Catholic institutions and people of good will” in bringing relief.One humanitarian organization in Haiti is Malteser International, the worldwide humanitarian relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The organization has mobilized their staff on the ground to aid the people in the affected areas.Malteser International has been working in Haiti since the crippling earthquake ...
Vatican City, Oct 11, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- There once was a Pope called “The Green Pope.”He earned the title from both the religious and the secular alike, because he wrote frequently about the environment and asked all Catholics to be better stewards of God’s creation. Under this pope’s pontificate, the Vatican became the world’s first sovereign state to become carbon-neutral, meaning that all of the small country’s greenhouse gas emissions are offset by renewable energies and carbon credits, thanks to extra trees and solar panels. He also made use of a more energy efficient, partially electric popemobile.No, “The Green Pope” is not Pope Francis.It’s his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, which may come as a surprise to those who believe Benedict’s legacy was his staunch conservatism. During the World Day of Peace celebration in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI chose the theme “If You Want to Cultivate P...
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) -- With helicopters overseeing the rescue operation from above, volunteer firefighters turned their military-surplus truck with 4-foot tires into the dark flood waters, cruising past a mortuary, grocery and homes in part of this city that flooded when a river swollen by Hurricane Matthew overflowed....
