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PARIS (AP) -- Paris prosecutor Francois Molins says a cell of young women radicalized by the Islamic State group were behind a failed attack near Notre Dame Cathedral and were guided by commanders in Syria....
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Norway's prime minister on Friday challenged Facebook's restrictions on nude photos by posting an iconic 1972 image of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam. Facebook quickly deleted it....
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Republicans control all of Arkansas' statewide offices, hold a majority in both chambers of the Legislature and are nearly assured of winning the state's six electoral votes in the presidential election....
GENEVA (AP) -- American officials played down hopes Friday of an imminent cease-fire agreement for Syria as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a fourth set of negotiations with his Russian counterpart in the past two weeks. Previously, officials suggested Kerry wouldn't travel to Geneva unless a deal was clearly at hand....
(Vatican Radio) More than 15 million pilgrims have crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica during the first nine months of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.Those numbers were released on Wednesday by the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization.Fr. Eugene Sylva of the Pontifical Council spoke to Vatican Radio’s Alessandro Gisotti about the experience of millions of pilgrims in the Year of Mercy.Listen to the full interview: Commenting on the influx of pilgrims into Rome, Fr. Sylva said their number in the months of July and August 'was wonderfully surprising', since most tourists avoid the city during the scorching heat of summer. "This is just proof of how mercy is touching the hearts of so many around the world and inspiring people to come and go through the Holy Door to receive the grace of this incredible time and to be in the presence of Pope Francis, which is so important as well."Reminder that Ch...
(Vatican Radio) A new book of interviews by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI hit bookshelves Friday in the Italian language. The book entitled "The Last Conversations", by German journalist Peter Seewald covers a number of themes including his decision to resign.Jesuit Fr Federico Lombardi is President of the Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI ) Foundation.He spoke to Lydia O’Kane about some of the key themes.Listen: For Fr Lombardi there are two very important aspects of this book. The first he says, is the witness Pope Emeritus Benedict gives as he lives this last phase of his life. “The last time of his life is preparation to (for) the encounter with God. This is a very important witness, profound, spiritual; a witness of faith.”Fr Lombardi goes on to say that this theme “justifies this book”, because his explanation of “how he experiences now the presence of God in his life is something that is precious and urgent…”Th...
As Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Gabriel Villaruz Reyes of Antipolo of Philippines, on Friday who stepped down on his retirement, Coadjutor Bishop Francisco Mendoza De Leon automatically took charge of the same diocese. Bishop Francisco Mendoza was born on June 11, 1947 in La Huerta, Paranaque. He was ordained a priest on June 28, 1975 in the Archdiocese of Manila. Was appointed Titular Bishop of Bosetano and Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo on June 27, 2007 and was ordained a bishop on September 1, 2007 at Manila Cathedral. He was installed as Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo on September 8, 2007 and appointed Coadjutor of the same diocese on November 21, 2015. Antipolo Diocese is one of the 9 suffragans that make up the ecclesiastical province of Manila
The Diocese of Miao in extreme north-east India’s Arunachal Pradesh state on Thursday paid homage to the Catholic Church’s newest saint, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, by blessing and dedicating its first hospital to her. At the ceremony, a statue of St. Teresa of Calcutta was installed at the entrance to the hospital. Named after the two French Missionaries, Frs. Nicolas Krick and Augustin Bourry of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who were martyred in Somme Village of Arunachal Pradesh on their way to Tibet in the year 1852, the Krick and Bourry Memorial Hospital (KBM) is in Injan village of Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh. In his remarks at the blessing, local Circle Officer Mr. Rai said it is a huge blessing for the people in the district and in the east of the state. The 25-bed hospital, inaugurated on 14 April, was under construction for the last four years and the process was slow due to lack of funds and uns...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Friday released details of Pope Francis’ trip to Sweden at the end of October to mark the joint Lutheran-Catholic commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.The Pope is scheduled to leave from Rome’s Fiumicino airport at 08.20 on the morning on Monday October 31st and arrive in the southern Swedish city of Malmö at 11.00.Following an official welcome, the Pope will travel to the nearby city of Lund and pay a courtesy visit to the Swedish royal family before leading an ecumenical prayer service with Lutheran leaders in Lund cathedral.In the afternoon the Pope will take part in a second ecumenical event in Malmö arena and meet with delegations of different Christian Churches present for the occasion.The following morning, Tuesday November 1st, the Pope will preside at Mass in Malmö for the Swedish Catholic community before travelling back to the international airport there for an official departure ceremo...
Denver, Colo., Sep 9, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA).- A newly released report shows that traffic deaths, crime, emergency room visits and youth usage of marijuana have significantly increased in the two years since the legalization of recreational pot in the state of Colorado.Released by the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, the report compared marijuana-related statistics from previous years in Colorado to data from 2013-2015, the years after the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state in November 2012.The results aren’t promising.Marijuana-related traffic deaths increased by 62 percent in 2013, the first year of legalization of recreational marijuana. About one in five more youth are now reporting having used marijuana in the past month since its legalization. Marijuana-related hospitalizations in the state nearly doubled from 6,305 in 2011 to 11,439 in 2014.“Perhaps there is not much value in saying to my beloved state of Colorado that ‘I ...
