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Munich, Germany, Jul 23, 2016 / 08:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The archbishop of Munich has called for prayers for the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting at a shopping mall, and condemned acts of violence which “poison” society with fear."This horrific crime deeply affects me and fills me with profound grief," Cardinal Reinhard Marx is quoted as saying in a July 23 statement by the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising."My prayers are with the victims and their families,” said the head of the German Bishops' Conference said, adding: “I hope that the many injured can return home soon."At least nine people were killed and nearly 30 injured on Friday evening after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich.The German teenager of Iranian descent, who The Independent identifies as Ali David Sonboly, was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Police believe the teenager had no known ties to th...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A cold and exhausted 65-year-old Russian balloonist came back to Earth with a bruising thud in the Australian Outback on Saturday after claiming a new record by flying solo around the world nonstop in 11 days, officials said....
STAR LAKE, N.Y. (AP) -- Millions of orchids are now growing in a hundred-acre wetland in the Adirondack Park that developed on waste from a vast open-pit iron mine, a transformation scientists say is most impressive because it happened naturally....
MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- An attorney in Oregon is supporting political candidates who promise to address racial profiling in policing. In suburban Ohio, a mother says she and her friends will push for better racial integration in their children's high school. And in rural Massachusetts, a young father has launched a Facebook group called "White Men for Black Lives."...
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania (AP) -- The Democratic National Convention is heading to Philadelphia, but Hillary Clinton has her sights set just beyond the city limits....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A cache of more than 19,000 emails from Democratic party officials, leaked in advance of Hillary Clinton's nomination at the party's convention next week in Philadelphia, details the acrimonious split between the Democratic National Committee and Clinton's former rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine are closely aligned on many issues, but Kaine's cautious, left-leaning political profile in a closely contested state is blurred by his ties to energy industry interests and his personal qualms over abortion....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- At least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said....
(Vatican Radio) This summer as last, Vatican Radio was proud to host a pair of young, talented students from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. Ostap Yarysh and Petro Tkachyshyn used their internship to hone their already considerable skills and develop journalistic trade craft, by exploring a powerful and effective - but little known - charitable operation run by the Sant'Egidio Community. You can hear their story on the "Adoption at a distance" program by clicking be button below Read all about it below the fold ********************************************************************“Adoption at a distance” is a charity program begun by the Sant’Egidio Community in 1998. Operating in 27 countries around the world, it allows people from Europe to help children from poor countries, mostly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. But when the war in Ukraine started receiving more attention, the number of children being adopted at a dista...
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jul 23, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Four nuns in Argentina are being investigated by Church officials after allegedly helping a former government official hide up to $9 million in cash and jewels in their convent.Jose Lopez, who was in the cabinet of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, was arrested in June outside the monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. A neighbor had allegedly seen Lopez throwing plastic bags of money over a monastery wall at three in the morning, and called the police.Security footage released by Argentinian media allegedly shows Lopez carrying a rifle and bags of money into the convent, located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, with the assistance of two of the sisters. Police reportedly found wads of cash in three different currencies stashed in the convent kitchen and in the trunk of a car.This week, Archbishop Augustine Radrizzani of Mercedes Lujan in Argentina announced the launch of a complete ...
