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Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, on Thursday ruled himself out of the running to be Britain’s next prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party.During a speech which many had tipped to be his campaign launch, Johnson, who was a key leader in the ‘Brexit’ campaign, said that he didn’t believe that he could provide the leadership or unity needed in Britain.Listen to the report by Georgia Gogarty: Following current Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to step down after Britain sensationally voted to leave the European Union in a referendum last week, the competition for the next Conservative Party Leader is now under way after nominations closed at noon today.Former mayor of London Boris Johnson, today took himself out of the race to be the next prime minister saying that after much thought and consultation, he was not the right man for the job.Johnson did express however that his role would be to give every possible support to...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jun 30, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Rio de Janeiro's Cardinal Orani Tempesta celebrated his 66th birthday with a special visit: he spent his time with a group of homeless people.On June 22, after a previous birthday celebration, the cardinal went out at night around 11:00 p.m. to the downtown area to meet some homeless people and to celebrate his birthday with them, the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro reported.“The cardinal offered gifts, blankets, milk and coffee, and listened to their stories,” the archdiocese news brief said. The cardinal was able “to learn up close about the reality of those who live and sleep on the streets.”The archdiocese said the effort was a witness for the Catholic Church's Year of Mercy and a reflection of the fourth corporal work of mercy: to clothe the naked.The Brazilian cardinal was born June 23, 1950 in the town of São José de Río Pardo in the state of São Paulo.H...
Vatican City, Jun 30, 2016 / 09:35 am (CNA).- As Pope Francis on Sunday backed the idea of apologizing to gay individuals who may feel marginalized by the Church, discussion has once again broken out over how to interpret the pontiff’s words.Debate flared up overnight after the Pope responded to a question about recent comments made by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who said the Church must apologize to homosexual persons for having “marginalized” them.While Pope Francis did not actually make an apology to the gay community, his endorsement of the idea has exploded, in part because it has been taken by many as an open endorsement for the gay lifestyle, deviating from Church teaching.On the other hand, Francis’ acknowledgement that an apology might be in order on the part of some represents something that many in the gay community have been longing to hear, many of them rightfully so.The Pope’s comments also drew attention from those who claimed that they were ...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Mercy is not an abstract concept but a lifestyle that invitesChristians to make an examination of conscience and ask themselves if theyplace the spiritual and material needs of others before their own, Pope Francissaid. AChristian who chooses to be merciful experiences true life and has "eyesto see, ears to listen, and hands to comfort," the pope said June 30during a Year of Mercyaudience in St. Peter's Square. "Thatwhich makes mercy alive is its constant dynamism to go out searching for theneedy and the needs of those who are in spiritual or material hardship,"he said. By beingindifferent to the plight of the poor and suffering, the pope said, Christians turn into "hypocrites" and move toward a"spiritual lethargy that numbs the mind and makes life barren.""Peoplewho go through life, who walk in life without being aware of the needs ofothers, without seeing the many spiritual and material needs are people who donot l...
IMAGE: CNS/EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Tears and not words. Prayers and notgreetings.During his trip to Poland for World Youth Day, Pope Francis willgo to the Auschwitz-BirkenauNazi death camp. He said he wants to go alone and say nothing.When Pope Francis speaks, he can delight fans and frustratecritics. He can wax poetic or be bluntly funny about human quirks.But in the face of great suffering and horror, his first andstrongest inclinations are silence, a profoundly bowed head and hands claspedtightly in prayer.Pope Francis had asked that there be no speeches during hisvisit to Armenia's genocide memorialJune 25. At times, even the prayer service there with the ArmenianApostolic patriarch seemed too wordy. An aide gently cupped his elbow when itwas time to end the silent reflection and begin the service.The Vatican's schedule for the pope's visit toAuschwitz-Birkenau July 29had him giving a speech at the international monument at Birkenau, just as St.John Paul II and ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jupiter takes center stage with the arrival next week of a NASA spacecraft built to peek through its thick, swirling clouds and map the planet from the inside out....
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Some call it the Cecil the lion effect....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton spoke with Attorney General Loretta Lynch during an impromptu meeting in Phoenix, but Lynch said the discussion did not involve the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email use as secretary of state....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A Palestinian assailant broke into a home in a West Bank settlement early Thursday and stabbed a 13-year-old Jewish girl to death as she slept in bed, the latest in a nine-month wave of violence that had recently shown signs of tapering off....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Weak leadership, poor judgment, a lack of "warfighting toughness" and a litany of errors led to the embarrassing capture and detention by Iran of 10 U.S. sailors in the Persian Gulf in January, according to a Navy investigation released Thursday....
