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By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While retired Pope Benedict XVI saidorganization and governance are not his strong suits, he also said, "I amunable to see myself as a failure."In a book-length interview with the German author Peter Seewald, Pope Benedictsaid that when he resigned he had the "peace of someone who had overcomedifficulty" and "could tranquilly pass the helm to the one who camenext."The new book, "Last Testament," will be released inEnglish by Bloomsburyin November. The German and Italian editions were set for release Sept. 9, butsome excerpts were published Sept. 8 by the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera.Pope Benedict insisted once again that he was not pressuredby anyone or any event to resign and he did not feel he was running away fromany problem."My weak point perhaps is a lack of resolve ingoverning and making decisions," he said. "Here, in reality, I ammore a professor, one who reflects and meditates on spiritual questions.Practical governance wa...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets....
Ryan Lochte is banned from swimming through next June and will forfeit $100,000 in bonus money that went with his gold medal at the Olympics, part of the penalty for his drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil during last month's games....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's first asteroid-sampling spacecraft is poised for an evening liftoff....
Tracey Stahl lost part of a leg to bone cancer last fall, and she has to wince through bouts of crippling pain from an ill-fitting artificial limb because of a strange health insurance limit: Her plan covers just one limb per lifetime....
NEW YORK (AP) -- When Hillary Clinton arrived at her brand-new campaign plane, she greeted crew members, climbed aboard and then made a surprise move: a beeline to the dozens of journalists seated in the back....
WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) -- Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying her Republican opponent had "failed" at proving he can be commander in chief....
(Vatican Radio) Resuming the daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta after the summer break, Pope Francis, in his homily, spoke about the importance of working for peace in small, daily actions – because, he said, it is in small daily gestures that peace on a global scale is born.It is not so much great international meetings that produce peace, he said. Rather, peace is a gift from God which is born in small places: in the heart, for instance; or in a dream, as happened to St Joseph when the angel told him not to fear to take Mary as his wife, because she would give the world “Emmanuel”, that is, “God with us.” And “God with us”, the Pope said, “is peace.”A gift we work for each dayThe Pope began his reflection from the liturgy, which pronounces the word “peace” from the very first prayer. The Holy Father focused on the words of the opening prayer, “that we might all grow in unity and in peace.” We must work...
(Vatican Radio) As an important international conference on human trafficking wrapped up this week in Nigeria, it becomes more and more obvious that women religious have increasingly become the protagonists in the fight against this global scourge.The history of their formidable battle against trafficking dates back to the earliest days of this modern evil and their insistent work has expanded to address all forms of trafficking, mobilizing millions of sisters and laywomen, and resulting in a myriad of concrete initiatives and organizations.One such organization is RENATE, a European network of religious committed to work together against human trafficking and exploitation. Represented in 25 European countries, RENATE members are working, alongside many other organizations around the world, to eradicate modern-day slavery. RENATE was present in Abuja, Nigeria, to bring its experience and connect with other actors at the 3-day International Conference on Human Trafficking...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met this morning with the new Australian ambassador to the Holy See, Melissa Hitchman, who presented her credentials.The newest member of the Vatican’s diplomatic corps is an experienced career officer with Australia’s department of foreign affairs and trade. She has previously served overseas as first secretary at the Australian High Commission in London.Diplomatic relations between Canberra and the Holy See were formally established in 1973 but Hitchman is both the first career diplomat and the first woman to hold the post of resident ambassador.She sat down with Philippa Hitchen to talk about her goals and to share her perspectives on refugees, aboriginal rights, counter-terrorism and on the role of women in society today….Listen: Ambassador Hitchman says she’s building on the strong foundations of her predecessors but notes she’s the “first career diplomat and first woman to hold this position as res...
