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LONDON (AP) -- France's deadly truck attack marks a frightening new reality in European terrorism: assailants turning to an ever-expanding arsenal in bloodshed that is becoming harder to predict or prevent....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is preparing to release a once-classified chapter of a congressional report about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that questions whether Saudi nationals who helped the hijackers with things like finding apartments and opening bank accounts knew what they were planning....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, adding political experience and conservative bona fides to his Republican presidential ticket. Trump announced his decision on Twitter Friday morning, capping a frenzied 24 hours of speculation about his choice....
NICE, France (AP) -- The Latest on attack that killed 84 people in Nice (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for July 16, 2016 features a brief look at the day Pope Francis told us why he had taken the name Francis as Bishop of Rome. This is followed by a celebration of Bonaventure of Bagnoreggio, the saint formed in the shadow of Saint Francis. And finally we share with you a conversation with our popular 'Latin Lover' Father Reginald Foster who tells us all about the Carmelite 'duplex spiritus'.Listen to a programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for July 17, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel presented by Jill Bevilacqua for the series 'There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye'. The programme ends with 'Joan knows...', a bird's eye view of the past week in the Vatican with Joan Lewis, EWTN bureau chief here in Rome.Listen to a programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
Vatican Radio) In a telegram sent on his behalf by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis has condemned the terror attack in Nice and expressed his profound sadness and his spiritual closeness to the French people. Addressed to the Bishop of Nice Andre Marceau, the telegram noted that whilst France was celebrating its national day “blind violence has once again hit the nation” in the city of Nice whose victims include many children. It said the Pope once again “condemned such acts” and expressed his “profound sadness and his spiritual closeness to the French people.” The telegram continued by saying that Pope Francis “entrusts to the Mercy of God those who have lost their lives” and he shares “the pain of the bereaved families” and also expressed his sympathy to those wounded. The Pope concluded by imploring from God the gift of “peace and harmony” and invoking d...
Vatican City, Jul 15, 2016 / 02:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Updated July 15, 2016, at 12:23 local time to include a letter from the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, His Excellency André Marceau, Bishop of the diocese of Nice.After a truck plowed through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing 84, Pope Francis voiced his sorrow for the act of “blind violence,” and assured the French people of his prayers.In a July 15 letter signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope expressed “his deep sorrow and spiritual closeness to the French people,” entrusting the dead to God’s mercy and uniting himself in the pain of grieving families.He offered his sympathy to the wounded and to rescuers, praying that the Lord “sustain each one in the event” and grant “the gift of peace and harmony” to the grieving and to the entire French nation.Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico L...
Rome, Italy, Jul 15, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For five generations the Gammarellis have dressed and shod the Vicar of Christ through their family business, Rome’s historic Ditta Annibale Gammarelli.Now, after the recent death of manager Annibale Gammeralli, the business will pass to the hands of the sixth generation.Established in 1798 by Giovanni Antonio Gammarelli, the “Ditta” was founded under Pius VI as a tailor for the Roman clergy. After Giovanni died, management of the shop passed to his son Filippo, and then to Filippo’s son Annibale.In 1874 Annibale moved the shop from its original location to its current spot on Via Santa Chiara 34, just steps away from the Pantheon. It's located inside the building of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the institute that forms future Vatican diplomats.When Annibale died, his sons Bonaventura and Giuseppe decided to keep the name “Ditta Annibale Gammarelli” as a homage to their fat...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Investor Warren Buffett has delivered his annual donation of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charities as part of his plan to gradually give away his fortune....
