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HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) -- Hurricane Nicole roared across Bermuda on Thursday, pummeling the resort island with winds up to 115 mph that snapped trees and peeled off roofs before the storm spun away into open water....
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Lashing back, Donald Trump heatedly rejected the growing list of sexual assault allegations against him as "pure fiction" on Thursday, hammering his female accusers as "horrible, horrible liars" as the already-nasty presidential campaign sank further into charges of attacks on women....
(Vatican Radio) US-born singer-songwriter Bob Dylan on Thursday was named the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.The Grammy award winning artist was recognized by the Nobel committee for having created "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." One of the more significant events of Dylan’s career was when he played for Pope St. John Paul II at the 23rd Italian National Eucharistic Congress in Bologna in 1997.During the event, Dylan played the songs Blowin’ in the Wind, Knockin' on Heaven's Door and A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall; with Forever Young as an encore.And this musical set was the basis of the remarks by St. John Paul II.“A representative of yours has just said on your behalf that the answer to the questions of your life ‘is blowing in the wind’. It is true!” – said the Pope. – “But not in the wind which blows everything away in empty whirls, but the ...
(Vatican Radio) Some of you may have seen it splashed across the newspapers of the world: the iconic image of a Catholic priest, peacefully interposing his cassock-clad body between an armoured military vehicle and the open gate of a Church-cum-shelter and first aid clinic for students fleeing dangerous confrontation with police.An image highlighting the South African university crisis and its far-reaching consequences.Shortly after that photograph was taken Jesuit Father Graham Pugin was shot in the face with a rubber bullet as he stood as a human shield between Holy Trinity Catholic Church which is right next to university and riot police who had ordered him to lock the gate. Father Graham was wounded in the mouth and is now recovering at the Jesuit Institute of South Africa in Johannesburg The South African student demonstrations began last October at Johannesburg's main University when students blocked the entrance to the campus, following indications that ...
Vatican City, Oct 13, 2016 / 10:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday, asked about what he likes and doesn’t like in the Lutheran ecclesial community, Pope Francis said he likes Lutherans who are active followers of Christ, while he dislikes Christians who are hypocritical or who have a lukewarm faith.“I like all the good Lutherans, eh?” he said. “There are many good ones, the Lutherans who really follow Jesus Christ. On the other hand, I don’t like lukewarm Catholics or lukewarm Lutherans.”The Pope’s response was made during an audience with Lutheran pilgrims at the Vatican Oct. 13. During the meeting, he condemned those Christians, who, he said, have a “hypocritical attitude,” stating that you can’t be a Christian without living as a Christian.The audience with Lutherans took place ahead of the Pope’s trip to Sweden for a joint commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The meeting in Sweden...
Boston, Mass., Oct 13, 2016 / 11:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Four churches and their pastors are challenging a Massachusetts law which they say could regulate their speech regarding gender identity.“This case is about who controls Massachusetts churches,” said the churches’ legal motion to halt enforcement of the law. “Are pastors and churches still free to teach their religious beliefs and use their houses of worship to reflect and reinforce those beliefs?”The four churches and their pastors filed the motion in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Eastern Division. They have also filed a lawsuit against Massachusetts officials.“The First Amendment forbids government intrusion into ecclesiastical matters like church teaching and administration,” the legal motion continued. “Yet Massachusetts officials have ignored these boundaries and injected themselves into what churches teach, believe, and promote. Fearing devastating ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Thought the universe was crowded with 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies? Try 1 trillion or even 2 trillion galaxies and more....
BOSTON (AP) -- A man who shot two police officers responding to a report of a domestic disturbance was armed with a tactical shotgun and wearing body armor but didn't have a gun license, authorities said Thursday....
BANGKOK (AP) -- In an age when most of the world's blue bloods cut ribbons and meekly approved whatever their governments proposed, the 70-year reign of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej stood out in sharp relief, perhaps a throwback to a long-vanished past....
POOLER, Ga. (AP) -- Waist-deep floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew coursed down the street in Pooler and seeped under Lori Galemore's doors, swamping the carpets and furniture as she and her three sons retreated upstairs, where they stayed until firefighters arrived by boat....
