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A leading Catholic Church authority in Bangladesh has condemned Friday’s terror attack in the capital, Dhaka, as an “unjustified Barbarous act”, saying, “God cannot tolerate this massacre.” “God’s name cannot and must not be mixed up with such acts. Now Muslim believers must stand up and intervene to save their religion,” Bishop Gervas Rozario of Rajshahi, the president of the Commission for Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB), told AsiaNews in comments on the terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery café. Bishop Rozario demanded “unanimous condemnation, saying, “No one, of any religion, can justify killing. It is sad to realize that the hostages died in this way… Peace must prevail upon all of us. " He said the Bangladeshi Church "is praying for the victims of Islamic terrorism. May God grant eternal peace to the departed sou...
(Vatican Radio) The Franciscans and the Bishop of the Italian hill town of Assisi, Domenico Sorrentino announced on Monday that Pope Francis will visit the Umbrian village on Thursday August 4th. During the afternoon visit to the Porziuncola inside the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, the Pope will officially mark the 8th centenary of the event known as the “Pardon of Assisi.”The papal trip to Assisi is being described as a private pilgrimage to the tiny chapel which St Francis built and where he founded the Franciscan order at the beginning of the 13th century.Listen to the report by Tracey McClure: Over the centuries the simple stone hut has been beautifully decorated by artists depicting events from the life of the ‘poor man’ of Assisi, as St Francis is known here in Italy. The frescos include scenes portraying the origins of the Pardon, or Indulgence, which is celebrated at the beginning of August each year.According to tradition, on August 1st 1216, ...
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's raid on Uganda's Entebbe airport 40 years ago, in which his brother was killed, "changed the course" of his life....
LONDON (AP) -- The head of the U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, resigned Monday as party leader, the latest British political chief to tumble amid the political turmoil following the country's vote to leave the European Union....
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NEW DELHI (AP) -- The young men had been missing for months. Their families sensed something was wrong. Some had come from privileged backgrounds, had grown up loved and were educated in top schools. They had bright futures....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The death toll from the truck bombing at a bustling Baghdad commercial street rose to 157 on Monday, Iraqi authorities said, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered new security measures in the capital....
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People has called for the respect and protection of the human and labor rights of seafarers.In a message for Sea Sunday, marked on July 10, Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò and Joseph Kalathiparambil, President and Secretary of the Council expressed gratitude for the far-reaching work of seafarers in many different fields and spheres of society.The message also highlights the precious contribution of seafarers in the recent humanitarian emergency in the Mediterranean Sea where “crews of merchant vessels have been in the front line to intervene and rescue thousands of people trying to sail to Europe on board of overcrowded and unseaworthy vessels, inflatable rafts”.Please find the full text of the message below:Message for Sea Sunday 2016(10th July 2016) Seated comfortably on the sofa in our living room, we find it difficult to understand how much our daily...
Over the weekend, Catholic communities in Nigeria’s Enugu, Awgu and Nsukka Dioceses have held simultaneous peaceful processions and prayers to protest growing violent activities and killings attributed to Fulani herdsmen in their areas.Nigerian media quoted the Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Callistus Valentine Onaga calling upon the federal and state governments to put in place adequate security measures and protect innocent lives.Nigeria’s Sun news online reports that the Catholic faithful in Enugu braved morning rains to join the procession which culminated in prayers at the Holy Ghost Cathedral. At the Cathedral, Bishop Onaga read a pastoral statement co-authored with his two brother-Bishops of Awgu and Nsukka Dioceses.“For decades our people here in Enugu State – a peaceful and God-fearing population of predominantly peasant farmers, traders and civil servants – have played hosts, not without some difficulties, to a succession of Fulani herdsmen ...
