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SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- An airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition on Saturday targeted a funeral hall packed with mourners in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 82 people and turning the site into a "lake of blood," according to a senior Health Ministry official....
KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- An Egyptian driving a garbage truck loaded with explosives and Islamic State papers rammed into a truck carrying five U.S. soldiers in Kuwait on Saturday, injuring only himself in the attack, authorities said....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A fast-weakening Hurricane Matthew continued its march along the Atlantic coast Saturday, lashing two of the South's most historic cities and some of its most popular resort islands, flattening trees, swamping streets and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (all times EDT):...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Mike Pence has long described himself as a "Christian, a conservative and a Republican in that order."...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A defiant Donald Trump insisted Saturday he would "never" abandon his White House bid, rejecting a growing backlash from Republican leaders across the nation who disavowed the GOP's presidential nominee after he was caught on tape bragging about predatory advances on women....
Vatican Weekend for October 8, 2016 begins with a look at how Pope Francis spent the feast day of his namesake, St. Francis – with surprise visits to earthquake-struck towns in central Italy. And, Anglicans and Catholics sharing the Good Word – together! We find out how the two Churches are collaborating as they hold joint meetings and prayers in Rome – including with Pope Francis!Listen to the programme produced and presented by Tracey McClure:
Vatican Weekend for October 9, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading in the next program in Jill Bevilacqua’s series, “There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye.” Then, Joan Lewis, EWTN’s Rome Bureau Chief, takes us back over the past week’s events in the Vatican for a look at the highlights.Listen to the programme produced and presented by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video-message to the participants of the “Manos Abiertas” [Open Hands] Encounter taking place in Santa Fe, Argentina.The voluntary association was founded in 1992 by Father Ángel Rossi, SJ, with the motto “To love and to serve.” The theme of this year’s meeting is “Mercy: A journey from the heart to the hands.”In his video-message, Pope Francis brought up two stories from the New Testament: The parable of the Good Samaritan, and the story of the raising of the son of the Widow of Nain.“The heart, which in the Good Samaritan is like that of Jesus, was touched by misery: The misery he saw there, the misery of that widowed mother whom Jesus saw, that misery of pain and the misery of the beaten man who was seen by the Samaritan,” – Pope Francis said – “The heart is united with the misery of another and that's mercy.”The Pope said mercy is not the same thing ...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Thursday reaffirmed its opposition to legalizing drug use as a means to fight drug addiction.Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, spoke during a United Nations General Assembly committee meeting on international drug control.“The Holy See believes that the fight against the drug problem must be guided by the fundamental principles of respect for human dignity, of the primacy of prevention, and of the role of the family as a bulwark for both drug prevention and addiction treatment,” Archbishop Auza said. The full statement is below Statement by H.E. Archbishop Bernardito AuzaApostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Third CommitteeAgenda Item 106: Crime prevention and criminal justice, andItem 107: International drug controlNew York, 6 October 2016Madam Chair, I am pleased to join previous speakers ...
