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BEIRUT (AP) -- With much of Syria calm for the past 24 hours, a powerful al-Qaida-linked group sharply criticized the U.S.-Russian-brokered cease-fire, saying Tuesday its real aim was to keep President Bashar Assad in power....
Rome, Italy, Sep 13, 2016 / 12:02 am (CNA).- If you have ever wondered what it would be like to have been there when Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, or to have stood next to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, then a new feature-film length virtual reality of the life of Christ may give you the chance. “Jesus VR – The Story of Christ,” is a 90-minute long visual and auditory experience – a lot like watching a movie – except that the viewer feels like he or she is there, including being able to look 360 degrees around and 180 degrees up and down.The film's tag line: “Closer than you've ever been.”Mostly developed for video games so far, Virtual Reality (VR) is a relatively new computer technology which (usually) uses software-generated images and sounds to give the user the experience of feeling like he or she is actually “inside” the game.What makes Jesus VR the first media of its kind, is that...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Former Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday suffered a stroke and was rushed to a hospital, where he was sedated and placed on a respirator while he underwent a brain scan....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House conservatives on Tuesday formally introduced a long-shot, election-year resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The NCAA's decision to pull seven championships out of North Carolina ratchets up the pressure on this college sports-crazy state to repeal its law on bathroom use by transgender people....
Leave it to the great minds at MIT and Georgia Tech to figure out a way to read the pages of a book without actually opening it....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Donald Trump is rolling out proposals Tuesday to make child care more affordable, including a plan to guarantee new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and create new dependent-care savings accounts....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he's disappointed by many world leaders who care more about retaining power than improving the lives of their people - and can't understand why Syria is being held hostage to "the destiny" of one man, President Bashar Assad....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is to celebrate daily Mass on Wednesday, 14 September for the French priest of Rouen, Fr. Jacques Hamel, who was murdered at the altar while celebrating Mass.A statement released by the Holy See Press Office said the Mass is a sign of the Pope’s nearness to the relatives and friends of Fr. Hamel and to the community of Rouen, France.Archbishop Dominque Lebrun of Rouen, along with 80 other pilgrims from the diocese, will participate in the suffrage Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta at 7 a.m. Rome time.Fr. Hamel was slain by two Muslim migrants while celebrating Mass in the Church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on 26 July 2016.The Mass will be broadcast live by the Vatican Television Station (CTV).Click here to watch live.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will take part in the final meeting of the World Day of Prayer for Peace when he travels to Assisi on Tuesday, 20 September.The World Day of Prayer for Peace concludes a 3-day event organized by the Sant’Egidio Community entitled this year “Thirst of Peace. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue”. It will see the participation of over 450 religious leaders of different faiths gathered to pray for peace and strengthen dialogue in the spirit of Assisi.The first “World Day of Prayer for Peace of Assisi" was held by Pope Saint John Paul II in October 1986 the first time such an event had occurred. Major religious leaders, including the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop of Canterbury, joined with the Pope to call for peace, unity, and interreligious understanding. Saint John Paul II closed that meeting with the call "Let's keep spreading the message of Peace and living the spirit of Assisi" and since then the communit...
