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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Earth's fever got worse last year, breaking dozens of climate records, scientists said in a massive report nicknamed the annual physical for the planet....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The prime minister of Singapore urged the United States to maintain its "indispensable role" in the Asia-Pacific and ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal as he joined President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of U.S. diplomatic relations with the Southeast Asian city state....
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) -- Less than four years ago, the Republican Party tapped a few respected party officials to help the GOP find its way forward. This week, one of them says she's leaving the party - driven out by Donald Trump....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House on Tuesday and challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for their party's nominee. "There has to come a point at which you say enough," Obama said....
At least nine people were killed in South Sudan over the weekend in renewed clashes between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those of his longtime rival Riek Machar, a spokesman for Machar said on Monday. Machar returned to the capital Juba in April after a shaky peace deal but left again last month when new clashes broke out.Kiir replaced Machar as vice president last week with Taban Deng Gai, after Machar ignored Kiir's request to return to Juba, further deepening a split in Machar's SPLM-IO party.Nyarji Jermlili Roman, the deputy spokesman for Machar, said the nine died on Sunday when they ambushed a vehicle carrying government troops in Lainya county in Central Equatorial state. Nothing has been heard from Machar since and Kiir replaced him as vice president.The United States said over the weekend it had received "disturbing reports" of renewed violence in the south of the country and the United Nations is considering imposing an arms e...
(Vadio Radio) Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, formerly the Archbishop of Krakow and the immediated successor of Karol Wojtyla in the Chair of St Stanislaus, passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 89 years old. Last Thursday, during the Apostolic Voyage to Poland, Pope Francis was able to visit the gravely ill Cardinal in the Krakow Hospital.With the death of Cardinal Macharski, there are now 112 Cardinal eligible to vote in a conclave, and 99 Cardinals over 80, and thus unable to vote.Biography of Cardinal Franciszek MacharskiCardinal Franciszek Macharski, Archbishop emeritus of Kraków (Poland), was born on 20 May 1927 in the city of Krakow. During the war, under German occupation, he was a labourer. Following the liberation in 1945, he entered the metropolitan major seminary of Kraków. At the same time he studied theology at the Jagiellonian University. After finishing his studies in theology and philosophy, he was ordained a priest on 2 April 1950 by the then...
(Vatican Radio) In the course of a dialogue during a meeting with the participants in the Plenary Assembly of Superiors General, which took place in May, Pope Francis expressed his intention to “establish an official commission that could study the question” of the diaconate of women, “especially with regard to the first ages of the Church.”After intense prayer and mature reflection, Pope Francis has decided to institute the Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women. As president of the Commission, Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, SJ. In addition to Archbishop Ladaria, the commission is composed of six women and six men from academic institutions around the world.Below, please find the complete list of the members of the Commission for the Study of the Diaconate of Women:President: Abp Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithMembers:Sr. Nuria Calduch-Benages...
(Vatican Radio) The former Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, has sent a farewell letter to the Holy See press corps. Fr. Lombardi’s term as Director of the Press Office ended with the month of July. In the letter, Fr. Lombardi thanks the journalists for their assistance and professional support during his time in the post, saying, “[You] helped me and encouraged me in the job, day in and day out – in the days of trial and the days of joy.”Click below to hear our report Fr. Lombardi also looked back on his decade of service.“Together, we followed the ministry of two great Popes, we lived through very significant moments in the history of the Church – and, let us say it, of the human family, as well – trying to make sense of those moments and to help others understand their significance.”Below, please find Vatican Radio’s translation of Fr. Lombardi’s letter***********************...
Wheeling, W.V., Aug 2, 2016 / 03:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s been over a month since West Virginia was pounded by torrential rains that resulted in one of the worst flash floods in state history, killing at least 23 and leavings hundreds more displaced.And while recovery efforts are ongoing, the need is still dire.“Federal assistance and donated goods, although significant, will quickly be depleted,” warned Mark Sliter, executive director of Catholic Charities West Virginia. “In our experience, we anticipate extensive long-term needs.”Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, who heads the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, recently toured some of the most devastated areas to see both the damage and relief efforts.“It is vital for us to see both what has occurred, and how people are beginning to put their lives back together,” Bishop Bransfield said, according to the diocesan website. “This way, we can make sure we get them what they truly need at t...
Vatican City, Aug 2, 2016 / 05:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has instituted a new commission for the study of women deacons, the Vatican announced Tuesday.The decision comes several months after a papal audience with a group of religious sisters, during which Pope expressed his willingness to consider forming a commission to study women deacons, such as they existed in the early Church.According to the Aug. 2 press release, the pontiff came to the decision after a period of “intense prayer and mature reflection.”The new commission will be headed by Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, who will lead a group comprised of twelve members, half of whom are women.Both lay and religious women have been chosen for the commission, including Sr. Mary Melone, rector of the Antonianum university, Prof. Phyllis Zagano at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, and Marianne Schlosser, professor of spiritual th...
