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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress edged closer to delivering relief to debt-stricken Puerto Rico as the Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for passage of a last-minute financial rescue package for the territory of 3.5 million Americans....
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- The Latest on U.S. President Barack Obama's summit Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is wrestling with an unenviable, arguably impossible task this election year: protecting Senate Republicans from the political upheaval caused by Donald Trump's presidential candidacy....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union leaders drew a stark line along the British Channel on Wednesday, telling the U.K. that it cannot keep valuable business links with its former continental partners in a seamless single EU market, if it doesn't also accept European workers....
BEIRUT (AP) -- International terror attacks seemingly inspired by the Islamic State group are increasing as its fortunes fall in Syria and Iraq....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 42 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul's busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey's crucial tourism industry. The government blamed the attack on Islamic State extremists but there was no immediate confirmation from the group....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- The Latest on the explosions at Istanbul's Ataturk airport (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) On Wednesday, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica for the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, during which he said prayer is the “way out” when we become closed in on ourselves.Listen to Ann Scheible's report: Pope Francis centred his June 29 homily on the day’s Gospel reading, and reflected on the themes of being opened and closed, as demonstrated by the lives of Saints Peter and Paul.Drawing from examples from the life of Peter, such as when he was imprisoned, the Holy Father said “prayer appears as the main way out. It is a way out for the community, which risks closing in on itself out of persecution and fear.”“Prayer, as humble entrustment to God and his holy will, is always the way out of our becoming 'closed', as individuals and as a community.”Likewise, this theme of going out in service of the Gospel is seen in the writings of St Paul.“Paul’s life was utterly project...
Catholic Church leaders in South Africa have called for an end to pre-election violence and criticised politicians for fuelling it.In a 27th June statement by Bishop Abel Gabuza of Kimberley, who chairs the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference justice and peace commission, the Church leaders said they are disappointed that politicians have not been “visible and loud enough in their condemnation of the recent factional violence and political assassinations.”At least three people have been killed in recent violence in the Tshwane area around South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, triggered by the ruling party’s choice of a mayoral candidate for municipal elections, scheduled for the 3rd August.After criticizing politicians who are mobilising especially unemployed youth to engage in the violence, Bishop Gabuza, on behalf of the conference urged young South Africans “not to allow themselves to be used by politicians who show signs that their pri...
Pope Francis on Wednesday (29th June) appointed Salesian Fr. Roberto Bergamaschi, as Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa in Ethiopia and at the same time assigned him the titular see of Ambia.Fr. Bergamaschi was born at San Donato Milanese in the Province of Milan, Italy on 17 December 1954. He made the first religious profession in the Salesians of Don Bosco Congregation on 8 September 1975 and the final profession in 1981.After his studies in philosophy and theology, he was ordained a priest on the 2 October 1982 in Brescia Italy, by Bishop Armido Gasparini, the first Vicar Apostolic of Awasa.Fr. Roberto Bergamaschi started his work as a Salesian missionary in Dilla, Ethiopia after his ordination in 1982 and has served in various capacities in several dioceses or eparchies in Ethiopia.
