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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians are called to followthe example of St. Therese of Lisieux, who helped draw people to Jesus by way of attraction, notby proselytizing, Pope Francis said.Shewas a reminder that an authentic witness isproclaimed through a union with Christ "in prayer, adoration and inconcrete charity, which is serving Jesus, who is present in the least of our brothersand sisters," he said Oct. 5 during his weekly generalaudience.Among theestimated 25,000 in St. Peter's Square were 33former prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp, whom he greeted after theaudience and posed for pictures.Addressing the former prisoners and Polish pilgrimspresent, he said the day's feast of St. Faustina Kowalska "reminded theworld that God is rich in mercy and that his love is more powerful than death,than sin and every evil."In his main audience talk, Pope Francis reflected onhis Sept. 30-Oct. 2 visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan, which, al...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Oct. 6, 1945. Nick Paolella knows the date by heart and he knows the Chicago Cubs lost. The rest has faded away over time....
Demi Lovato has announced that she's "taking a break from music and the spotlight" in the wake of criticism of her comments about Taylor Swift in a magazine interview....
ROME (AP) -- One of Italy's most-wanted fugitive mob bosses was arrested after five years on the lam Wednesday when police found him hiding in a home bunker built between the bathroom and his son's bedroom....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council has unanimously agreed that Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres should be the next U.N. secretary-general....
BOSTON (AP) -- A former Marine sergeant who underwent a double arm transplant at a Boston hospital says the best things about having arms again is that he can hold his fiancee's hand and pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a chef....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Mike Pence won bipartisan plaudits for a calm and collected performance in the vice presidential debate. But Democrat Tim Kaine was claiming mission accomplished for forcing his opponent to confront -or not - Donald Trump's long list of provocative remarks....
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- People boarded up beach homes, schools closed and officials ordered evacuations along the East Coast on Wednesday as Hurricane Matthew tore through the Bahamas and took aim at Florida, where the governor urged coastal residents to "leave now" if they were able....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Rescue workers in Haiti struggled to reach cutoff towns and learn the full extent of the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew as the storm began battering the Bahamas Wednesday and triggered evacuations along the U.S. East Coast....
(Vatican Radio) Indonesia’s Catholic youth on Oct. 4 proved that being true Christians in no way compromises their citizenship. Rather, being followers of Christ and His Gospel makes them better Indonesians. The occasion was the spectacular inauguration of the 2nd Indonesian Youth Day (IYD2) in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province that is hosting the 6-day event. The theme of the Oct. 1-6 event, “The Joy of the Gospel amidst a Plural Society in Indonesia”, underscores the need to joyfully live in harmony and brotherhood with people of other religions, cultures and also with the created world.On their arrival in Manado on day 1, groups from the nation’s 37 dioceses were straightaway dispatched to the diocese’s 37 parishes where they began a 3-day live-programme with families. Some even stayed with Protestant and Muslim families, demonstrating that integrating with believers of other religions is possible.&n...
