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Vatican City, Jul 11, 2016 / 02:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Greg Burke, the former American journalist and communications adviser for the Vatican, has been named the new director of the Holy See press office, it was announced Monday. The new vice-director will be Spaniard Paloma García Ovejero, the first woman ever to be appointed to the position. Burke received the appointment from Pope Francis after the current director, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., submitted his resignation to the pontiff, the Holy See press office said in a July 11 press release.“The purpose of my work is very clear: to serve the Pope,” Burke told journalists after the July 11 announcement was made. Francis had said he had “prayed on this appointment,” Burke recounted of his meeting with the pontiff.Although the appointment was not unexpected, the Missouri native later told CNA it was “an honor to have been given this trust of the Pope.” Burke went on to express...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rebecca Cook, ReutersBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- When the news revealed the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, was contaminated by lead, affecting roughly 100,000 people in the city and nearby areas,attention rightly focused on a staggering public health crisis.However,the crisis may not be Flint's and Flint's alone. According to a report issuedJune 28 by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an estimated 18 millionAmericans are at risk of drinking lead-tainted water yet not know it.Oneneed not look further than Flint to see what the future could portend.Monthsafter the Flint water scandal broke, Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and GeneseeCounties (the latter includes Flint and vicinity) continues to seek for waterdonations."Communitymembers can do their part to provide relief by donating cases or gallons ofwater, water filters and replacement filters, cash or checks," says CatholicCharities' website. "If you would like to make a donation of bottled water,...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis named two experiencedjournalists -- including its first female vice director -- to lead the Vaticanpress office.Greg Burke, a native of St. Louis, succeeds Italian JesuitFather Federico Lombardi, who retires after 10 years as head of the Vaticanpress office, the Vatican announced July 11. Spanish journalist Paloma GarciaOvejero fills in Burke's spot as vice director, making her the first female tohold that position.Burke served as special communications adviser in theVatican's Secretariat of State starting in 2012 before he was named by PopeFrancis as the vice director of the press office last December.A graduate of Columbia University's school of journalism,Burke spent 24 of his past 28 years based in Rome as a journalist -- with theNational Catholic Register, Time magazine and the Fox News network.The middle child of six, Burke grew up in St. Louis Hillsand went to Jesuit-run St. Louis University High...
TROON, Scotland (AP) -- Jordan Spieth withdrew from the Olympics on Monday, leaving golf without its top four players when the sport returns to the games for the first time since 1904....
BANI NAIM, West Bank (AP) -- The family of a Palestinian high school dropout who killed a 13-year-old Jewish settler girl in her sleep last month before being shot dead is now eligible for $350 a month from a Palestinian fund for "martyrs."...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The United States will send 560 more troops to Iraq to help establish a newly retaken air base as a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday on an unannounced visit to the country....
LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on the Conservative Party leadership race in Britain (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on developments in the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions (all times EDT):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For President Barack Obama, the decision to return early from an overseas trip after a series of shocking shootings will prove to be easy compared to his next challenge: Comforting an America rattled by the violence....
