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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesASSISI,Italy (CNS) -- Religiousleaders celebrating the 30thanniversary of St. John Paul II's Assisi interfaith peace gathering in 1986called on people from around the world to continue its legacy to combat today'sindifference and violence.The event Sept.18-20 was sponsored by the Rome-based Community of Sant'Egidio, the Diocese of Assisi and theFranciscan friars to reflect on the theme, "Thirst for Peace:Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue." At the opening assembly, attended by Italian President SergioMattarella, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said, peace"starts from within and radiates outward, from local to global.""Thus, peace requires an interior conversion, a changein policies and behaviors," he said. Humanity'srelationship with creation "has a direct impact on the way in which itacts toward other people," said the patriarch, known for his decades ofwork on the connection between Christian spirituality and e...
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi put the Islamic State group on notice Monday that they plan to recapture the city of Mosul within months. If successful, the operation could mark a major turning point in the campaign to defeat the extremist group....
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- An unarmed black man killed by a white Oklahoma officer who was responding to a stalled vehicle can be seen in police video walking away from officers and toward his SUV with his hands up before he approaches the driver's side door, where he drops to the ground after being shocked with a stun gun then fatally shot....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A U.N. humanitarian aid convoy inside Syria was hit by airstrikes Monday, U.N. officials said, as the Syrian military declared that the week-long U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire had failed....
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- One of the victims wounded in a stabbing at a central Minnesota mall says the man who carried out the attack showed no emotion and his eyes looked blank....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Latest on explosive devices being found in two states (all times local):...
NEW YORK (AP) -- After a round of frightening domestic attacks, Americans plodded on in the comfort of routine Monday, either resilient in the face of terror or numbed by their battle scars....
LINDEN, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey police officer responding to a call about a hoodied vagrant curled up asleep in a bar doorway roused him and quickly recognized the bearded face of perhaps the most wanted man in America....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry scrambled Monday to try to salvage Syria's fractured week-old truce after the Syrian military announced it was over amid numerous violations, including an attack on an aid convoy, and apparent Russian unwillingness to press Damascus on the point....
Vatican City, Sep 19, 2016 / 10:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After spending three days in Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis’ diplomatic representatives throughout the world have called on government leaders to make greater efforts in ending conflict and promoting peace.According to a Sept. 19 communique from the Vatican, the papal ambassadors – called apostolic nuncios – issued “a pressing appeal” to the international community and to those with governing responsibilities to “strive ever more effectively to stop violence.”The nuncios urged leaders to “peacefully resolve the conflicts in various parts of the world,” and expressed their solidarity with all innocent victims of the world’s many violent conflicts.They also offered their support to those who face religious persecution, praying to “the Father of every mercy” for those suffering and for their intentions. Out of his 108 ambassadors ar...
