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BEIJING (AP) -- Asian stocks rose Monday while European benchmarks declined amid expectations central banks might ease monetary policy following Britain's vote to leave the European Union....
LONDON (AP) -- The head of the U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, resigned Monday as party leader, the latest political leader to tumble amid the political turmoil following the country's vote to leave the European Union....
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Some of the hostages rescued from the weekend attack on an upscale restaurant in Bangladesh's capital were being questioned Monday by investigators searching for clues about the possible masterminds behind the gruesome attack that left 28 dead, including many foreigners....
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) -- A highway overpass in Fallujah is plastered with Shiite banners, graffiti and posters of militia leaders, a virtual shrine to victory over the Islamic State group in this majority Sunni Muslim city....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi authorities on Monday raised the death toll to 149 from Sunday's devastating truck bombing at a bustling Baghdad commercial street as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered new security measures in the country's capital....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis spoke about Pope emeritus Benedict XVI and his relationship with Argentina’s new President, Mauricio Macri, in an interview with the Argentinian newspaper La Nación released on Sunday.Speaking about his predecessor, Pope Francis said that although his age has affected his movement, “his mind and his memory are intact, perfect.”He said Pope Benedict XVI was “revolutionary,” and added his “generosity was unparalleled.”“His resignation, which exposed all the problems of the Church, had nothing to do with personal matters,” Pope Francis said. “It was an act of governance, his last act of governance.”Speaking about opponents of his reforms in the Vatican, the Holy Father said they “do their job and I do mine.”“I want a Church that is open, understanding, which accompanies wounded families,” Pope Francis said.“They say no to everything. I continues straight...
The 17th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has officially been presented to the local press in the Angolan capital of Luanda.Vatican Radio’s Portuguese correspondent, Anastacio Sasembele reports this weekend, from Luanda that the Bishop of Caxito, António Jaka, met with the media in Luanda and briefed them on Angola’s readiness to host the SECAM Assembly from 18 July to 24 July 2016. Bishop Jaka is also the Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST).The press briefing held at the Aníbal de Melo centre was also fronted by Fr. Apolonio Graciano, who said that the over 100 Bishops expected from the continent of Africa would find that Angolans are a hospitable people with a confident and thriving Church. The Catholic Church in Angola has come a long way and is rooted in solid tradition, Fr. Graciano said.Fr. Graciano explained that the Plenary Assembl...
Norfolk, Va., Jul 4, 2016 / 04:41 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An immigrant parish, burnt down, with only the crucifix remaining. A parish rebuilt, transformed and a key part in giving back to the community. In a sense, one parish’s story of struggle, pressure and rebirth is metaphor for the American Catholic experience.St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk, Virginia, is the only black Catholic church in the United States that is also a basilica. Its dramatic history captures both the broader American Catholic history of persecution, growth and acceptance, but also a witness to the unique challenges faced by black Catholics over the centuries.Founded originally as St. Patrick’s Parish in 1791, it is the oldest Catholic parish in the Diocese of Richmond, predating the foundation of the diocese by nearly 30 years.“Catholicism was not legal to practice” in Virginia when the colony was founded, said Fr. Jim Curran, rector of the basilica. In much of Colonial A...
Ten years later, Carmelo Anthony still remembers where he stood....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Kelly Vega says she lost 30 pounds in three months as she focused on feeding her 6-year-old daughter rather than herself....
