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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Latest on the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games opening ceremony (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis sent a tweet on Friday saying: “Good luck to the athletes at Rio 2016: May you always be messengers of goodwill and true sporting spirit,” just hours before the official opening of the summer Olympics in the Brazilian city. Over ten thousand athletes are taking part in the Rio Olympics over the next 17 days, coming from more than 200 countries across the world.So, what are the feelings among the people of the host nation as it prepared to host this global sporting bonanza? Vatican Radio spoke to Brazil’s ambassador to Italy, Ricardo Neiva Tavares to find out.Listen to this interview with Brazil’s ambassador to Italy Ricardo Neives Tavares: Ambassador Tavares described the staging of the Olympics as an event of great importance for his nation that comes after years of preparations. He noted that the city had been able to reduce its predicted budget for the cost of building the infrastructure and pre...
Washington D.C., Aug 5, 2016 / 12:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The 2016 United States elections are a time of tension and reflection for many Americans. For Catholic bishops, it's not so different.“It's always a joy to be a bishop, it’s always a challenge to be a bishop,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York told CNA.“I think in an election year, the challenges might outweigh the joys.”He said bishops have the same duties and concerns as other Americans.“We're American citizens, we’re responsible, we’re loyal, we’re thoughtful. We study the issues, we try our best to be engaged in the process,” he said.“We're also pastors, so we try to remind our people of those basic biblical values, those classical Catholic values that have guided us through the ages, particularly as articulated by John Paul II: the dignity of the human person, the sacredness of human life, solidarity.“Those are three things that we k...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lise AlvesBy Lise AlvesRIO DEJANEIRO (CNS) -- High above the city, beneath the statue of Christ the Redeemer,Rio Cardinal Orani Tempesta blessed the Olympic torch, held by Brazil's formerOlympic volleyball player, Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado."Thisis the moment for us to surpass our difficulties and work together as a team,making our country and our world safer, less unequal, and putting love in thehearts of all," the cardinal told reporters.Fromthere, the Olympic torch was carried on the last leg of its 95-day Brazilianjourney toward Maracana Stadium, where the opening ceremony was to be held theevening of Aug. 5.FatherOmar Raposo, rector at the Christ the Redeemer Sanctuary, located at the baseof the statue, said the blessing was not scheduled by the Games' organizers,but was requested by Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, a Catholic.FatherRaposo said having the torch lit at the statue "has a lot of spiritualmeaning" in the predominantly Catholic country."TheChrist, with hi...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- In the Belgrade Zoo, special treatment is reserved for one elderly resident....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added a healthy 255,000 jobs in July, a sign of confidence in the economy that will likely ease concerns about signs of weak growth in the midst of the presidential race....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- After raiding a home and business owned by someone suspected of loyalties to a banned Muslim cleric, police listed the incriminating evidence they found: two shotguns, a pistol, ammunition, a fake identity card - and three $1 bills....
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) -- A father charged with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of his 15-month-old twin girls had been drinking before he left them in a hot car in west Georgia, police said....
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 teenager who was at the wheel after a chaotic foot chase through a residential neighborhood....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Pele will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics because of poor health, denying Brazilians a chance to celebrate their greatest sports figure....
