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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Yosemite National Park violated federal law when it added 400 acres of land it plans to preserve as habitat for endangered wildlife without clearing it through Congress, a U.S. lawmaker said Friday....
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Facebook on Friday reversed its decision to remove postings of an iconic 1972 image of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam, after a Norwegian revolt against the tech giant....
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi police chief killed himself soon after learning that authorities were investigating allegations that he illegally sold city-owned firearms, including an assault rifle, a sheriff's official said Friday....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Prosecutors said Friday they have charged seven current and former San Francisco Bay Area officers in a sexual misconduct scandal involving a teenager....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hours after North Korea tested new nuclear technology, Donald Trump's campaign chief refused Friday to outline the Republican presidential nominee's approach to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula as both White House contenders increasingly focus on national security....
NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) -- The Standing Rock Sioux tribe's attempt to halt construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline near its North Dakota reservation failed in federal court Friday, but three federal agencies asked the pipeline company to "voluntarily pause" work on a segment that tribal officials say holds sacred sites and artifacts....
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Swiss Guard held their Jubilee on Thursday evening, celebrating in St. Peter’s Basilica after marching down the Path set up for Pilgrims down the Via della Conciliazione which leads to the St. Peter’s Square.The Jubilee celebration was presided over by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who spoke to the Guards about their “secret weapons”: The Eucharist, the rosary, and the Holy Door.Cardinal Parolin said these are “the weapons of God, available and affordable to everyone; seemingly weak, but stronger than all human guile and able to overcome every obstacle.”The prelate commended the Swiss Guard, as well at the Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State, for their service in ensuring the peace and order of the Vatican, “especially in times such as this, where the utmost vigilance is necessary.”Members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy in St. Peter's Basi...
Vatican Weekend for September 10, 2016 offers a report on Pope Francis’ General Audience for Wednesday September 7, 2016 and a feature segment on 911: fifteen years on from the terror attacks of September 11th 2001: we hear the voices of popes, ambassadors and clergy who recall that terrible day. The programme concludes with "Mother Teresa, the Church’s latest Saint": Vatican Radio’s Director of the English Service shares his special memories of the Saint from Calcutta.Listen to this programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
Vatican Weekend for September 11, 2016 features "There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye" with Jill Bevilacqua who offers a selection of literary and historical reflections on the week’s Gospel reading in the latest in her series. Also on the programme: "Joan Knows:" EWTN’s Rome Bureau Chief, Joan Lewis looks back on the Pope’s activities and the past week’s events in the Vatican.Listen to this programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Friday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father focused on the nature of the work of Evangelization: it is an art and a discipline – never a vaunt and never a task to be done by rote – and the work of evangelization is never, never, “a walk in the park”.Click below to hear our report Drawing on the Readings of the Day for Friday, the liturgical memorial of the great priest and missionary to African slaves in the New World, St. Peter Claver, SJ, the Holy Father explained that the essence of evangelization is witness to Christ with one’s whole life.Evangelizing is neither a vaunt, nor a rote taskSadly, however, there are some Christians today, who live their lives of service as though they were mere functionaries – priests and lay people who boast of what they do:“This is the boast: I am proud of myself. This re...
