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DALLAS (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush's awkward arm swaying in sync with a choir's singing during a memorial service for the five police officers slain in Dallas last week is drawing mockery and criticism on social media....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The 15-year-old son of a black man shot and killed by Louisiana police spoke out for the first time Wednesday, calling his father a good man and asking people not to resort to violence after Alton Sterling's death....
LONDON (AP) -- David Cameron made his final appearance in Parliament as Britain's leader with dignity and humor Wednesday, turning the usually raucous prime minister's questions session into a time for praise, thanks, gentle ribbing, cheers - and a sprinkle of criticism....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump called Wednesday for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign for saying publicly that she feels he is unfit to be president. Lashing out, Trump said the 83-year-old justice's "mind is shot."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump and key members of his family huddled with Mike Pence Wednesday morning at the Indiana governor's mansion as the billionaire enters the final phase of his search for a running mate. Trump was directing his staff to prepare for a Friday announcement....
(Vatican Radio) The halted Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the ongoing Syrian crisis were among the topics touched on by the Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in statement Tuesday.In his statement to the UN Security Council during an open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question,” Archbishop Bernardito Auza reiterated Pope Francis’ denouncement of those responsible for the Syrian crisis, especially those who provide weapons to fighters.“Pope Francis denounces in the strongest possible terms all those responsible, from whichever side of the conflict in Syria they may come, for the senseless slaughter of civilians,” Archbishop Auza said.“The Pope also denounces those who supply substantial amounts of money and weaponry to the fighters who kill and maim the innocent population and destroy civilian institutions and infrastructure,” he added.“One cannot...
(Vatican Radio) Canadian Archbishop-elect Donald Bolen says social justice, ecumenism and dialogue with indigenous peoples will be among his top pastoral priorities in the archdiocese of Regina. Bolen, currently the bishop of Saskatoon in the central province of Saskatchewan, was named on Monday as archbishop of the provincial capital.Last month, Bishop Bolen was in the news as he spent a couple of days living out on the streets of Saskatoon to raise awareness and funds for a hospice for the homeless. He described the experience of sitting on a sidewalk, being ignored by people all day, as “a deep learning experience”.Philippa Hitchen spoke to Bishop Bolen to find out more about this initiative and about expectations for his new job as head of the archdiocese of Regina…Listen: Bishop Bolen says the archdiocese covers about the bottom third of the province of Saskatchewan and is a large, rural territory, “about the size of Italy with a population of a...
(Vatican Radio) The President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, died overnight at the age of 67 after a long illness.He was born in Kupienin, Poland, April 7, 1949; and was ordained priest on 25 May 1973.Pope St. John Paul II appointed Zimowski bishop of the Diocese of Radom, Poland, on 28 March 2002; and he was appointed President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 April 2009.In 2014, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, Chairman of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) and the Archbishop of Addis Ababa has called on the African Union (AU) member states to work together to enable the continent achieve its intended goals.“As the African Heads of States come together in Kigali, Rwanda, I ask that we pray for God’s guidance so that the Heads of States can find it within themselves to steer Africa and indeed our region to prosperity in fear of God,” Cardinal Berhaneyesus said. The Cardinal who is also the representative of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) to the AU made the appeal in a 10 July statement.He urged African leaders and governments to work together to “improve free movement of people on the continent and therefore reduce the existence of undocumented migrants and human trafficking.”The Archbishop of Addis Ababa further called upon the leaders to full...
