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Assisi, Italy, Aug 5, 2016 / 05:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- During his visit to Assisi Thursday, Pope Francis had a brief, unscheduled meeting with the imam of Perugia, Abdel Qader Mohammed, who thanked the Roman Pontiff for his recent statement that true Islam is not a religion of violence, but of peace.Pope Francis met briefly with Mohammed during his Aug. 4 visit to the Porziuncola inside the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels.According to San Francesco, the official magazine of the Franciscans in Assisi, Mohammed thanked Pope Francis for statements he made during his July 31 papal flight to Rome where he affirmed, in Mohammed's words, “that Islam is not a religion of terrorism, but a faith of peace.”When asked by a French journalist during the flight whether or not Islam as a whole can be considered a violent religion, the Pope responded that “I do not believe it is right to identify Islam with violence…This is not right and it is not true.”&ldqu...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Byofficiating at a same-sex wedding, Vice President Joe Biden as a prominentCatholic politician has created confusion over church teaching on marriage and "thecorresponding moral obligations of Catholics," three U.S. bishops said Aug. 5."Questions revolving aroundmarriage and human sexuality are deeply felt in our homes and communities,"said the bishops. "We join with our Holy Father Pope Francis in affirming theinviolable dignity of all people and the church's important role inaccompanying all those in need."In doing so, we also stand withPope Francis in preserving the dignity and meaning of marriage as the union ofa man and a woman."Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz ofLouisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wasjoined by two USCCB chairmen in writing a blog post about Biden presiding at asame-sex wedding of two longtime White House aides Aug. 1. The posting is onthe USCCB blog, http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com.Signing on to the blog...
SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle-based Amazon is unveiling its first branded cargo plane, one of 40 jetliners that will make up the e-commerce giant's own air transportation network as it takes more control of its delivery process....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Years of steady job gains have finally begun to benefit a wider range of Americans, including those with less education and in lower-paying jobs....
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) -- Police charged a father with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of his 15-month-old twin girls, alleging that he had been drinking before leaving them in their car seats in 90-degree temperatures....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Video released Friday shows Chicago police firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street away from them, then handcuffing the mortally wounded black 18-year-old who was at the wheel after a chaotic foot chase through a residential neighborhood....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton asserted Friday that FBI Director James Comey said she was truthful in her statements to investigators about her private server and use of private emails - and that those statements were consistent with what she has said publicly. But Comey made no such blanket assessment....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton acknowledged Friday the challenge she'd face leading a country where most Americans don't trust her, saying she takes "seriously" the work she must do to build confidence in her character....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Donald Trump faced an all-too-clear sign of GOP divisions Friday in Midwestern battlegrounds, embraced by party leaders in one state but ignored in another. He unleashed a scathing attack on Hillary Clinton's character as he tried to overcome deepening concerns about his presidential candidacy....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky, performers decked in silver and sweet, sultry music, Rio de Janiero is welcoming the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a message: Let's take better care of our planet....
