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Washington D.C., Sep 1, 2016 / 07:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The canonization portrait of Bl. Mother Teresa, a copy of which will hang from St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, is meant to reflect her joy and her selflessness, said the artist.“The credit lies more with the subject of the painting than with the painter,” artist Chas Fagan said in a press conference introducing the portrait.“That picture will bring lots of people closer to God,” Sister Tanya, M.C., the superior at the Missionaries of Charity Gift of Peace house in Washington, D.C., said of the portrait. She knew Bl. Mother Teresa from having lived in the same building with her as a novice.Bl. Mother Teresa, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, will be canonized on Sunday, Sept. 4 in St. Peter’s Square. An enlarged copy of her portrait will hang from St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Knights of Columbus will have one million prayer cards with the portrait on them available for pilgrim...
LONDON (AP) -- Scientists trying to predict the future path of Zika say that 2.6 billion people living in parts of Asia and Africa could be at risk of infection, based on a new analysis of travel, climate and mosquito patterns in those regions....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Colin Kaepernick and San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid kneeled during the national anthem Thursday night, continuing the quarterback's preseason protest of American racial injustice and minority oppression....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A gunman who killed a federal airport screening officer and wounded three people in a terrifying rampage at Los Angeles International Airport three years ago agreed to plead guilty in a deal that spares him from a possible death sentence....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's government secured a deal to restore its authority over another rebellious Damascus suburb on Thursday while Syrian rebels captured new ground in a lightning advance on the central city of Hama and suspected government airstrikes killed 25 civilians in the surrounding province....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A massive fireball and explosion erupted Thursday at SpaceX's main launch pad, destroying a rocket as well as a satellite that Facebook was counting on to spread internet service in Africa....
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Thursday that Republican standard-bearer Donald Trump's proposals represent a "threat" to his country, a day after the two men met in the Mexican capital....
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CARRABELLE, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Hermine roared toward Florida's Gulf Coast late Thursday, sending battering waves against docks and boathouses as the state braced for its first direct hit from a hurricane in over a decade....
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