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WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- NATO leaders geared up Friday for a long-term standoff with Russia, ordering multinational troops to Poland and the three Baltic states as Moscow moves forward with its own plans to station two new divisions along its western borders....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In this heated and deeply divisive campaign year, America's presidential candidates responded Friday with striking reflection and restraint to the week's killings of five police officers and two black men....
DALLAS (AP) -- A 37-year-old Texas woman who generally shied away from marches and rallies took her four sons to the protest in downtown Dallas because she was "fed up" after two black men were fatally shot by police, her family said Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Can this really be America in 2016?...
DALLAS (AP) -- An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers amassed a personal arsenal at his suburban home, including bomb-making materials, bulletproof vests, rifles, ammunition and a journal of combat tactics, authorities said Friday....
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama will cut short his European trip and visit Dallas early next week, as the city mourns five police officers killed by a sniper....
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) -- The man who killed five Dallas police officers and wounded seven others was described as a loner, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and a follower of black militant groups on social media....
The Director of Caritas Rome, Monsignor Enrico Feroci has called upon parishes in the Diocese of Rome to use this Sunday, 10 July as a day of reflection and remembrance for Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi brutally murdered in a racist attack. The Sunday 10 July initiative was made known to Radio Vatican by Alberto Colaiacomo, an official of the Caritas Rome press office. Emmanuel, 36, and his partner Chinyere, 24, were taking a stroll Tuesday in the city centre when they were confronted and viciously attacked by a group of right-wing football fans in the Italian town of Fermo, situated in the central region of Marche. Emmanuel’s partner, Chinyere sustained bruises to the arms and leg while Emmanuel was fatally beaten with a steel bar that was ripped out of a road sign.Caritas Rome reminds citizens to “recognise the face of Christ in the many refugees who seek help in our country. We hope that our nation will muster the needed courage and political will to be more welc...
Catechists and Family Life Coordinators in Kenya have been challenged to take up their roles seriously and ensure that they teach families about the joy of love that affirms the Church’s teaching that stable families are the building blocks of a healthy society and a place where children learn to love, respect and interact with others.Speaking this week at a workshop for Catechists and Family Life Coordinators drawn from different dioceses of Kenya, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – National Family Life Chairman Bishop Selesius Mugambi said the role of Catechists and Family Life Coordinators in the Catholic Church is very fundamental. Bishop Mugambi said Catechists, in particular, have the key responsibility of equipping parents with knowledge about the Catholic Faith. When parents are armed with this knowledge, they will pass it on to their children thus enabling them to grow in their faith. Bishop Mugambi said Catechists should disseminate t...
Vatican City, Jul 8, 2016 / 01:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday Pope Francis moved eight martyrs a step further on the path to sainthood, one of whom is Josef Mayr-Nusser, an Italian layman killed for refusing to swear an oath to Hitler during the Second World War.The Pope’s recognition of Mayr-Nusser as a martyr was announced July 8 following an audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.Born Dec. 27, 1910 in the northern Italian city of Bolzano, Mayr-Nusser grew up on a farm and was instilled with Christian values by his parents from a young age.Since his family was poor and his older brother Jakob was in seminary studying for the priesthood, Mayr-Nusser didn’t study himself, but worked on the farm and later as the clerk for the Eccel company in Bolzano.He dedicated much of his free time to reading, including many religious works. Among his favorites were the works of Frederic Ozanam, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas More, ...
