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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- On a night awash in history, Hillary Clinton triumphantly became the first woman to lead a major American political party toward the White House, breaking through a barrier that painfully eluded her eight years ago....
Vatican City, Jul 26, 2016 / 02:59 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Before taking off for WYD in Krakow, Pope Francis will pray at the tomb of St. John Paul II alongside children who have cancer, and will bring their prayers to Poland in order to ask the nation's saint for healing.According to a July 26 statement from Italian nonprofit Peter Pan, which works with children who have cancer and their families, members of the association will “share a moment of prayer” with Pope Francis July 27 before he flies to Krakow for World Youth Day.Scheduled to depart from Rome’s Fiumicino airport at 2 p.m., Francis will come to St. Peter’s Basilica at 8:45 a.m., where he will meet members of the Peter Pan association at the tomb of St. John Paul II (in the basilica's St. Sebastian Chapel) to join them in a moment of prayer.The group will have a prayer celebration including Mass and the rosary at the saint's tomb, led by Fr. Jarek Cielecki. While Francis won’t stay ...
Krakow, Poland, Jul 26, 2016 / 03:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In response to the murder of Father Jacques Hamel by believed Islamic State sympathizers, the French bishops have designated Sunday, July 31, as a Day of Fasting.Msgr. Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, secretary general of the French Bishops Conference, discussed the decision July 26.“What happened in France had happened in other countries before, and actually we see Christians laying down their lives in the interests of their faith,” he told journalists gathered in Krakow, Poland for World Youth Day.“They die because they are objects of hate and this for a fact gives us an additional motivation to live the life of fraternity we are called to.”Earlier in the day, two armed gunmen stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in the Normandy region. The assailants entered the church during Mass and took the priest and four others hostage.Police sources said the 86-year-old priest’s throat was slit ...
Washington D.C., Jul 26, 2016 / 04:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After Senator Tim Kaine, a Catholic from Virginia, was named Hillary Clinton’s running mate last week, several bishops spoke out on the sanctity of life – implicitly criticizing the nominee's pro-choice stance.Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Kaine’s home diocese of Richmond, Virginia released a statement regarding Catholics in public office July 22.“The Catholic Church makes its position very clear as it pertains to the protection of human life, social justice initiatives, and the importance of family life,” he said.“From the very beginning, Catholic teaching informs us that every human life is sacred from conception until natural death. The right to life is a fundamental, human right for the unborn and any law denying the unborn the right to life is unequivocally unjust.”Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island also commented on the subject, mentioning Kaine by name and la...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Jonathan LuxmooreKRAKOW, Poland (CNS) -- St. John Paul II's former secretary urgedyoung Catholics to share their faith, experiences and hopes and spread a"message of divine mercy" worldwide during World Youth Day."We come from every nation under heaven, like those who camein great numbers to Jerusalem on Pentecost Day, but there are incomparably moreof us now than 2,000 years ago, because we are accompanied by centuries ofpreaching the Gospel," Krakow Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz said during theJuly 26 opening Mass."We bring experience of various cultures, traditions andlanguages. But what we also bring are testimonies of faith and holiness of our brothersand sisters, followers of the risen Lord, of past generations as well as thecurrent generation," he said.The cardinal preached to an estimated 200,000 pilgrims from 187countries in Krakow's Blonia Park, a day before the scheduled arrival of PopeFrancis.He said a special clock had been fitted to the fron...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- You can expect to hear a lot more from Apple about the virtues of mobile apps and online services in coming months. And for good reason: They're just about the only part of Apple's business that's growing right now....
HOUSTON (AP) -- Texas prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the last remaining charges against two California anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood, agreeing with the defense's argument that the grand jury exceeded its authority by investigating the activists after clearing Planned Parenthood of wrongdoing....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's 30 chapters long and almost nobody has read it, but the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is the unlikely villain at both political conventions....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- With mothers of police violence victims on the stage and anti-gun protesters in the streets, Hillary Clinton and Democrats are giving gun control and efforts to curb police violence a starring role at their summer convention....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Democrats loyal to Bernie Sanders signaled their intent to leave the party and protested inside and outside the convention hall after front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday won the presidential nomination....
