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BEIRUT (AP) -- Trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Syria's besieged rebel-held part of the city of Aleppo were held up for yet another day as heavy fighting broke out Friday on the edges of Damascus between government forces and insurgents....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- In his landmark speech to the Arab world seven years ago, President Barack Obama warned that Israeli settlements on occupied territories were undermining hopes for peace. "It is time for these settlements to stop," he declared....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After five years as the chief promoter of the false idea that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, Donald Trump reversed course and admitted on Friday that the president was - and then claimed credit for putting the issue to rest....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis addressed newly-appointed bishops in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on Friday, reminding them of the thrill of being loved in advance by God and exhorting them to ‘make mercy pastoral’.The audience came at the end of formation course for new bishops organized by the Congregation for Bishops and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.Make mercy pastoral, for you have experienced the thrill of being loved by God. That, according to Pope Francis, is the mission of bishops, especially those who are new Pastors of the Church.He said the bishops had been “fished, that is, caught by the love of God’s surprising mercy” and pointed them to the example of biblical figures like Moses and Nathaniel who were loved and known by God even before they realized it.The Holy Father called this “an admirable condescension”. He said, “How beautiful it is to let oneself be transfixed by the loving knowledge ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Friday. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father reflected on the “logic” of Christian faith – the fundamental way of thinking that arises from real assent to the truth claims that Christianity advances – a logic he described as one of “the day after tomorrow” – a logic that looks forward to the resurrection of the body.Click below to hear our report Beginning with a passage from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians (15:12-20), in which the Apostle to the Gentiles specifically addresses the certainty of Christian faith in bodily resurrection, rooted in our certainty that Christ is risen from the dead, the Holy Father reflects on the implications of, and the challenges to, our faith.The logic of the day after tomorrow is the logic of the risen Christ“It is easy for all of us,” he said, “to enter ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegramme to the Italian Senate expressing his condolences for the death of former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.Senator Ciampi served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and as President of the Italian Republic from 1999 to 2006. He passed away on Friday at the age of 95 in a clinic in Rome.In the telegramme, the Holy Father extended his “deeply felt condolences” to Mr. Ciampi’s wife and children.He also recalled the “sincere friendship which bound this illustrious man of the institutions to Pope St. John Paul II”.The Holy Father closed the telegramme by extending his Apostolic Blessing.Below, please find the original telegramme in Italian:GENTILE SIGNORA FRANCA PILLA CIAMPIC/O SENATO DELLA REPUBBLICA - PALAZZO GIUSTINIANIVIA DELLA DOGANA VECCHIA 29 00186 ROMADESIDERO PORGERE LE MIE PIU’ SENTITE CONDOGLIANZE A LEI, AI FIGLI E A TUTTI I FAMILIARI IN QUESTO MOM...
An official of India’s Latin rite bishops says that the nation’s Catholic Church "is committed to strengthening family life, despite the many challenges it faces”. Fr. Milton Gonsalves, the executive secretary of the Commission for Family of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), talked to Asianews, about the main problems that families face and also offered possible solutions. The priest who has been travelling extensively around the country since 2014, organizing training on marriage preparatory courses and family apostolate and also interacting with families, said one of the "common problem" is the decline in spirituality and prayer life in the family. He said imparting of good Christian and moral values to children should begin from birth, and that the spirituality of family is strengthened by prayer. Good relations between couples is essential in helping face challenges in marriage, the pri...
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has appealed to dioceses around the country to come to the aid of people affected by Typhoon Meranti that hit the northern part of the country early this week. "Let us not alienate ourselves from those in need. Do something as an act of solidarity," said Cardinal Tagle in an appeal aired over Radio Veritas on Sept. 16. The Archbishop of Manila made the call after listening to a message from Bishop Camilo Gregorio of the Prelature of Batanes who appealed for financial aid. "We are safe but suffering. We need financial aid," said Bishop Gregorio. Several structures, such as the cathedral and the church rectory were destroyed, he said. "All lines of communication went down," said the prelate, adding that flights to the island province are still suspended because of another typhoon coming. "Please pray for us, we are still surviving. No government assistance at all," said Bi...
The Philippine government should invite an independent investigation involving the United Nations into allegations of direct involvement by President Rodrigo Duterte in extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. On September 15, 2016, an admitted former “hit man,” Edgar Matobato, testified at a Philippine Senate hearing about the alleged killings of about 1,000 people in Davao City involving Duterte, who was the city’s mayor for more than two decades. “The detailed testimony from a ‘death squad’ member that then-Mayor Duterte was personally involved in killings and ordered others are very serious allegations that require an independent investigation,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “President Duterte can’t be expected to investigate himself, so it is crucial that the United Nations is called in to lead such an effort. Otherwis...
