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LONDON (AP) -- Britain's shocking decision to remove itself from the European Union brought more political turmoil Sunday as Scotland's leader threatened to block the move and the opposition Labour Party's leader faced a coup attempt from his own legislators....
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Pope Francis says gays - and all the other people the church has marginalized, such as the poor and the exploited - deserve an apology....
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for June 26, 2015 features the last leg of the apostolic journey of Pope Francis to Armenia, the first country ever to adopt Christianity as a state religion. This is followed by our weekly selection of readings and reflections on the Sunday Gospel in a programme by the title of 'There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye" presented by Jill Bevilacqua.A programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
(Vatican Radio) Scotland's first minister says she believes the Scottish parliament could veto Britain's planned exit from the European Union. Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement Sunday just days after a slight majority of British voters backed a Brexit in a nationwide referendum, a move that sent jitters through former Communist countries on EU's fringe, including Ukraine.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Sturgeon confirmed that she would consider asking Scottish legislators not to back a motion of legislative consent to Britain's exit from the European Union. The bombshell announcement by the pro-EU leader would effectively amount to a Scottish veto of Brexit.She told the BBC network, however, that the Scottish parliament is entitled to make such decisions. "The issue you are talking about is would there have to be a legislative consent motion or motions for the legislation that extricates the UK from the European U...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVAGHARSHAPAT, Armenia (CNS) -- Recognizing that the churchof Christ is one and that Christian divisions are a "scandal" to theworld, Pope Francis and Armenian Apostolic Catholicos Karekin II offered theirfaithful the example of praying and working together.Approaching the end of his three-day trip to Armenia, PopeFrancis attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated June 26 by the patriarch atEtchmiadzin, the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church. To accommodate thecrowd, the liturgy was held outdoors at a towering stone sanctuary used formajor celebrations.Under a gold-trimmed red canopy, the patriarch and popeprocessed to the sanctuary together before the pope bowed to the patriarch andmoved to the side. He used a small booklet to follow the liturgy, which iscelebrated in "grabar," as ancient liturgical Armenian is called.In his homily, Catholicos Karekin told his faithful and hisguests, "During these days together with our spiritual brother, PopeFra...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Pedro Sandoval stopped celebrating Mother's Day, Father's Day and even his own birthday after he found out the truth: The mom and dad he knew growing up had stolen him from his biological parents, who were kidnapped, tortured and never heard from again during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship....
NEW YORK (AP) -- With a moment of silence followed by the roar of motorcycles, New York City's gay pride parade kicked off Sunday, a celebration of barriers breached and a remembrance of the lives lost in the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Five weeks after a military operation began, a senior Iraqi commander declared Sunday that the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group, giving a major boost to the country's security and political leadership in its fight against the extremists....
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's shocking decision to remove itself from the European Union brought more political turmoil Sunday as Scotland's leader threatened to block the move and the Labour Party's leader veered dangerously close to losing his post....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis and Catholicos Karekin II, leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Sunday signed a common declaration, giving thanks for the progress towards Christian unity, and appealing for peace in the Middle East and other regions torn apart by conflict, terrorism and religious persecution.At the conclusion of a three day pastoral visit to Armenia, the first country to embrace the Christian faith, the Pope joined the Patriarch in calling for a peaceful resolution in neighbouring Nagorno-Karabakh. The declaration also recalls “the extermination of a million and a half Armenian Christians, in what is generally referred to as the first genocide of the twentieth century”.In the statement the two religious leaders pray for a change of heart in all who commit violence, as well as imploring leaders of nations to hear the cry of those people “who have urgent need of bread, not guns”.They acknowledge all that is already being done to support vic...
