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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- One police officer died and another was wounded after being shot in a San Diego neighborhood, authorities said early Friday....
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) -- Pope Francis paid a somber visit in silence to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Friday, becoming the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage to the place where Adolf Hitler's forces killed more than 1 million people, most of them Jews....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday sent a video message for young Cubans who organized their own youth gathering to coincide with the official World Youth Day events in Krakow, Poland. In his message the Pope praised the young people for taking this initiative and urged them to unite together in “a social friendship,” regardless of their differences and be “carriers of hope” and “builders of bridges.”Around 1,400 young Cubans are taking part in their own youth gathering in the capital Havana that’s being attended by young people who for economic reasons cannot afford to travel to the WYD in Poland. They have adopted the same themes as the WYD in Krakow and the event includes catechesis sessions, a Way of the Cross procession and passing through the Holy Door. Pope Francis told the young Cubans that he trusted this event will be an opportunity to promote a culture of encounter, respect, understanding and mutual forgiveness. H...
(Vatican Radio) During his Apostolic Voyage to Poland, Pope Francis, following in the footsteps of his predecessors Pope St John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, will pay a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum, the site of a former Nazi concentration and extermination camp.Lydia O’Kane is in Poland with Pope Francis. She visited Auschwitz earlier this week, and filed this reflection: A steady stream of young people passes through metal detectors, making their way to Auschwitz I and through the infamous entrance that reads “Arbeit macht frei” — “work sets you free”. Many will have studied at school the horrors that took place here at this former Nazi concentration camp, but it is only by coming to this place of terror that you can truly comprehend the full extent of the brutality that took place.From 1940 until the camp was liberated 1,100,000 people were murdered at Auschwitz, the majority were Jews but also Poles, Roma, as wel...
(Vatican Radio) The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, on Thursday addressed the UN Security Council about the role that grassroots movements, faith-based organizations and local communities play in conflict prevention and peacebuilding on the continent of Africa.He was speaking during an open debate on Peacebuilding in Africa.“The Catholic Church in Africa contributes directly to conflict prevention and peacebuilding through the capillary presence of its tens of thousands of institutions, like hospitals and dispensaries, schools and other centers of formation. Catholic humanitarian and charitable agencies work in all countries of Africa in various arenas, such as fostering village dialogues, providing emergency assistance and building small business capacities,” the Archbishop said.He also called on the United Nations to help stop the arms trade o...
(Vatican Radio) After Pope Francis was officially welcomed to World Youth Day during a ceremony on Thursday evening, the Vice-Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, said “it is really clear [Pope Francis] is enjoying” his visit to Krakow, Poland.“You can tell he is at ease, very much at ease,” Burke told Vatican Radio.Listen to the interview by Lydia O’Kane with Greg Burke: “He did throw out a big challenge: Are you willing to change the world?” – Burke continued – “He talked about mercy having a young face – it always has a young face. He believes that, and he knows the young people believe that.”Burke said Friday would be a day of reflection, both with Pope Francis’ visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial in the morning, and the Via Crucis scheduled for the evening.“World Youth Day is all about fun, and it is about joy – and he talked about that today, he says that often you ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- It's a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fish that plied U.S. waters from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois until it disappeared from many states a half-century ago....
BEIJING (AP) -- About two dozen Chinese relatives of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Friday staged a small protest outside China's Foreign Ministry calling on governments to continue searching for the plane....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Every morning, three young sisters wake up together with their mom in one bed in a Brooklyn homeless shelter. Every afternoon, they train in a sport that they hope will put them on a path to a better life....
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- When the public gets its first glimpse Friday of the school built to replace the one where 20 first-graders and six educators were massacred, they'll see a building designed to be attractive, environmentally friendly, conducive to learning, and above all, safe....
