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BAGHDAD (AP) -- A senior Iraqi commander declared that the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from Islamic State group militants on Sunday, after a more than monthlong military operation....
LONDON (AP) -- Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing an open revolt as political turmoil continues to grip Britain after the country voted to leave the European Union....
LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union (all times local):...
Pope Francis made an appointment on Saturday in Vietnam. He nominated Fr. Joseph Do Manh Hung, the chancellor and secretary of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City as Auxiliary Bishop of the same archdiocese. The 58-year old priest will be assisting Archbishop Paul Bùi Van Ð?c. Fr. Joseph was born on Sept 15, 1957, in Saigon in what is today Ho Chi Minh City. After attending St. Joseph’s minor seminary of Ho Chi Minh City (1968-1976), he continued his studies at St. Joseph’s major seminary (1976-1982). From 1993 to 1998, he was in Paris, France, studying theology at the Institut Catholique, from where he obtained a doctorate.Following his priestly ordination on Aug. 30, 1990, Fr. Joseph he was assigned several responsibilities, among them, assistant parish priest and professor at the major seminary (1998 – 2011), and vice rector of the major seminary (2011-2014). From 2001 he has been in charge of the Associ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis began his day Sunday with a private Mass in a chapel prepared for the occasion in the Apostolic Palace of Etchmiadzin where the Holy Father has been residing on his three day pastoral visit to Armenia. Sunday is the last day of his visit to the very first nation to adopt Christianity as the state religion.Following Mass, the Pope was to meet privately with Armenia’s 14 Catholic bishops and 12 priests before heading to San Tiridate Square to participate in the the Divine Liturgy celebrated by his Eastern Orthodox hosts. The Holy Father is expected to deliver a discourse following an address by the Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II. Pope Francis will wrap up the day with a visit to Khor Virap monastery which lies in the shadow of Mount Ararat, where tradition holds that Noah landed his ark. One of Armenia’s most sacred sites, Khor Virap is not far from the country’s closed border with Turkey. The H...
(Vatican Radio) In a symbolic gesture, Pope Francis and the Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II watered a tree symbolizing Armenia’s many Christians living in the diaspora so that they may bear fruit, signifying new life. The two Church leaders took up amphoras at the end of Saturday’s ecumenical prayer for peace in Yerevan and poured water over the earth which had been gathered by children residents of Armenia and elsewhere across the world and placed in a vessel resembling Noah’s Ark.Armenia is home to Mount Ararat where, according to legend, Noah landed his Ark after the Great Floods.Tens of thousands of Armenia’s Christians fled the country in the 1900s during Ottoman massacres. On Saturday, Francis paid his respects at Armenia's imposing genocide memorial and greeted descendants of survivors of the 1915 slaughter.In the memorial’s guest book, the Pope wrote: ``Here I pray with sorrow in my heart, so that a tragedy l...
(Vatican Radio) At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the apostolic Cathedral in Etchmiadzin, Armenia, the Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II thanked Pope Francis for his “brotherly visit” to the country and prayed that the Lord “keep firm our Churches in love and collaboration” and “grant us new opportunities for witness of brotherhood.”Pope Francis has been the guest of the Eastern Orthodox Catholicos during his three day pastoral visit to Armenia and participated in Sunday’s celebration.In a reflection on the miracle of the multiplication of bread, the day’s reading of the Scripture, the Catholicos recalled that Christ performed the miracle in order to feed the hungry crowds. “The essence of this miracle, which became one of the important mission’s of Christ’s Holy Church,” he said, “is the satisfaction of empty spirits” by the Gospel teachings and “the supp...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Another year, another final for Lionel Messi and Argentina....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A year after New York City's jubilant pride parade celebrated a high point for gay Americans with the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage, the atmosphere surrounding the annual march couldn't be more different....
PANAMA CITY (AP) -- Authorities are hosting a big bash Sunday to inaugurate newly expanded locks that will double the Panama Canal's capacity in a multibillion-dollar bet on a bright economic future despite tough times for international shipping....
