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GENEVA (AP) -- The United States and Russia early Saturday announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting next Monday, followed a week later by an unlikely new military partnership between the rival governments targeting the Islamic State and al-Qaida....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has met with a group of Italian Pentecostal pastors, telling them that unity is achieved by walking patiently together.The seven Pentecostal pastors, led by the Pope’s friend Giovanni Traettino from the Evangelical Church of Reconciliation, had a private audience in the Casa Santa Marta on Thursday afternoon to continue the dialogue begun by the pontiff’s visit to their community in Caserta two years ago.During the informal encounter Pastor Traettino thanked the Pope for his role “as a brother and an ally” in accelerating the dialogue between Catholics and Pentecostals.Pope Francis replied that he “felt in his heart” the need to undertake steps towards reconciliation, citing the examples of his meeting with the Waldensian community or with the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill. Unity, he said, is achieved step by step, through a patient and continuous journey together. Full unity, he said, will be achieved after &ldq...
(Vatican Radio) ‘Roma’ bomber Manuel Iturbe is one of the star football players taking part in a “Football for Peace” match, supported by Pope Francis, coming up at Rome’s Olympic Stadium. The “United for Peace” charity event will be played in aid of the educational and social initiatives promoted by the Pontifical Foundation ‘Scholas Occurrentes’ on 12 October.The Foundation is an international project based in Argentina that brings together schools and educational networks from different cultures and religious backgrounds.The “United for Peace” match was presented on Friday morning at a press conference led by José Maria del Corral, President of the Scholas Occurentes Foundation, who said the inspiration for the initiative is to be found in the Pope’s reiterated appeal to build peace by promoting a culture of encounter.“The Pope says that football teaches us to work togeth...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Allana HaynesWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Colette Kalvesmaki is trained in the ancient art oficonography, combining her knowledge of theology and her love of art to passdown stories of inspiration to future generations.Growing up in a small town in a nonreligious family,she had a curiosity for God and religion that appeared in her late teens. Itwas not until after spending six months with a Protestant group in Japan at theage of 19, when she encountered God for herself.She discovered iconography after moving to Bostondown the street from Russian iconographer, Ksenia Pokrovsky, whom she studied under for threeyears. She also earned a degree from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.In an interview with Catholic News Service, sheexplained what inspired her to learn the art of iconography."My faith," she said."Initially, I didn't necessarily like (iconography),but as I grew more in my faith, I learned more about it and learned more aboutwhat the icon act...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- It might be time to reconsider the five-second rule when thinking about eating food that has fallen on the floor....
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....
