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Vatican City, Jul 27, 2016 / 09:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the flight to Poland for World Youth Day, Pope Francis on Wednesday responded to recent violence across the globe by saying that the world is at war.“When I speak of war, I talk about it seriously, but it’s not a war of religion. It’s a war for money, for resources, for nature, for dominion. This is the war,” Pope Francis told journalists on his July 27 flight from Rome to Krakow.“Could one think of a religious war? No. All religions want peace. Others want war,” he said. “Is that clear?”Francis addressed the 70 journalists on board the papal plane when, as usual, he came to the back to greet them each individually and thank them for their work.However, before going down the rows of eager writers and photographers on board, Fr. Federico Lombardi SJ, who will retire as Vatican spokesman after the trip, asked the Pope to offer some words on the “emotional days” at han...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Dennis SadowskiKRAKOW, Poland (CNS) -- Jesus did not stop talking about mercy even though he was nearly thrown from a cliff after his first public talk in a Nazareth synagogue, and the rest of his life can serve as an example for people of faith to follow, Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley told an energized World Youth Day audience.Emphasizing the World Youth Day theme focused on mercy and the Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis, Cardinal O'Malley called on the young people in Tauron Arena July 27 to bring God's mercy to life as Jesus did.The Jubilee Year is a chance to reboot or start over again, said Cardinal O'Malley, who serves on the pope's Council of Cardinals. "We need to find a new route to take us where we need to go."The cardinal said he considers his first homily -- to a group of inmates after he was assigned as a prison chaplain -- a failure as well. He said he decided to focus on the freeing power of God after reading in a book that a ho...
By Junno Arocho EstevesABOARDTHE PAPAL FLIGHT TO KRAKOW, POLAND (CNS) -- The world, not religion, is waginga war in pieces, Pope Francis said. Whileit "is not at as organic" as past world wars, "it is organizedand it is war," the pope told journalists July 27 on his flight to Krakow."Someonemay think that I am speaking about a war of religions. No, all religions wantpeace. Others want war," the pope said.Hespoke one day after the murder of a priest during Mass in a Catholic church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray,France. Two men, armed with knives, entered the church during Mass. Theattackers murdered 84-year-old Father Jacques Hamel, slitting his throat."Thisholy priest who died precisely at the moment he was offering prayers for thewhole church," he said. While lamenting the priest's death, the pope addedthat was one of countless innocents butchered by a war fought in pieces. "Howmany Christians, how many children, how many innocents?" he said. "Weare not afraid of saying this truth: ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin state appeals court ruled Wednesday that two girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man should be tried as adults....
PARIS (AP) -- More horrifying details emerged Wednesday about an attack on a French village church even as the country's main religious leaders sent a message of unity and solidarity after meeting with President Francois Hollande in Paris....
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) -- The world is at war, but it is not a war of religions, Pope Francis said Wednesday as he traveled to Poland on his first visit to Central and Eastern Europe in the shadow of the slaying of a priest in France....
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Prosecutors dropped the remaining charges Wednesday against three Baltimore police officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray, blaming police for a biased investigation that failed to yield any convictions....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is exploiting an enormous amount of digital information about the Islamic State obtained by Syrian rebels who are fighting for control of the city of Manbij, a spokesman for the American-led military coalition said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 35 years after he tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster, John Hinckley Jr. will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full time with his mother in Virginia, a federal judge ruled Wednesday....
