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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesASSISI,Italy (CNS) -- Jesus' cry of thirst on the cross is heard today in the cries ofinnocent victims of war in the world, Pope Francis said.Christiansare called to contemplate Christ in "the voice of the suffering, thehidden cry of the little innocent ones to whom the light of this world isdenied," the pope said Sept. 20 at a prayer service in Assisi with otherChristian leaders, including Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew ofConstantinople and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury. Far toooften the victims of war "encounter the deafening silence of indifference,the selfishness of those annoyed at being pestered, the coldness of those whosilence their cry for help with the same ease with which television channelsare changed," the pope said in his meditation.The popearrived in the morning by helicopter and was whisked away to the Sacred Conventnear the Basilica of St. Francis. After arrivingin a blue Volkswagen, the pope raised hi...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesASSISI,Italy (CNS) -- Violence in the name of God does not represent the true natureof religion and must be condemned by all faiths, Pope Francis said. "Wenever tire of repeating that the name of God cannot be used to justifyviolence. Peace alone, and not war, is holy!" the pope said Sept. 20 at theclosing ceremony of an interreligious peace gathering in Assisi. Following aprayer service with Christian leaders, including Orthodox Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew of Constantinople and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury,the pope joined religious leaders from around the world to appeal for peace andunity.Thereligious leaders also heard the experience of a victim of war from the Syriancity of Aleppo and prayed for those who had died in conflicts around the world.In hisspeech, the pope called on believers of every faith "to confront the greatsickness of our time: indifference.""It isa virus that paralyzes, rendering us lethargic an...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A group of Catholic scholars Sept. 20reaffirmed the Catholic Church's teaching on "the gift ofsexuality" and its long-standing prohibition on artificial birth controlas outlined in "Humanae Vitae," Blessed Paul VI's 1968 encyclical.In a statement released in Washington, they rejected calls for thechurch to change its teaching by another group that issued a statement the sameday at the United Nations."We, the undersigned scholars, affirm that the CatholicChurch's teachings on the gift of sexuality, on marriage and on contraceptionare true and defensible on many grounds, among them the truths of reason andrevelation concerning the dignity of the human person," they said.The scholars said the "church's constant and consistent teachingon human sexuality," as explained in "Humanae Vitae," "hasbeen reaffirmed" by every pope since its release, most recently by PopeFrancis in his apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joyof Love"), released in April.Signatories...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- An attorney for a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man said the man ignored officers' commands, kept touching his pocket and was reaching through a window of his SUV when he was killed....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Another month, another global heat record smashed....
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- At least 20 countries are expected to formally join the Paris Agreement on climate change this week, greatly improving the pact's chances of coming into force just a year after it was negotiated in the French capital, U.N. officials say....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Another city, another Syria meeting. Another failure....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- In a closing dispatch to the world he's tried to shape, President Barack Obama conceded Tuesday that the United States and other major powers have only limited ability to solve the world's most profound problems, including Syria's civil war. He lamented the "cycles of conflict and suffering" that seem to kick in every time humanity finally seems to be getting it right....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to what began as the world's most tabloid headline-generating romance before morphing into a star-studded engine of family and philanthropy....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The FBI looked into New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami two years ago after his father expressed concerns his son might be a terrorist, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. But the father later told investigators he just meant his son was hanging out with the wrong crowd, the officials said....
