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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rebellious Democrats shut down the House's legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures before lawmakers' weeklong break....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video message to the people of Armenia, ahead of his visit to the country this weekend. In the message – delivered in Italian – the Holy Father says, “[It is] as a servant of the Gospel and a messenger of peace [that] I desire to come among you, to support [your] every effort towards peace – and I would share our steps on the pathway of reconciliation, which generates hope.”https://youtu.be/GgjJB0hG6JwVatican Radio’s English translation of the full text of the video message is here below****************************************Dear Brothers and Sisters,In a few days I will have the joy to be with you, in Armenia. Even now, I invite you to pray for this Apostolic journey.With the help of God, I come among you to fulfil, as the motto of the trip says, a “visit to the first Christian country”. I come as a pilgrim, in this Jubilee Year, to draw on the ancient wisdom of your people and to steep mysel...
(Vatican Radio) Among the many thousands of pilgrims and visitors at Pope Francis’ general audience on Wednesday was a group of young students from The Unity of Faiths Foundation football club, or TUFF FC as it’s known.Started in London as a way of bringing together people of many different religious, ethnic and social backgrounds, the foundation began by organizing music festivals with the support of local community leaders. Following on from those successful events, the foundation developed education programmes for schools and then set up the football team as a way of offering kids from underprivileged backgrounds an alternative to the gang culture that many of them are lured into.British Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. President Barack Obama have already endorsed the project and, knowing the Pope’s passion for football, the group came to the Vatican this week to seek his blessing too.Accompanying the kids was one of The Unity of Faiths ...
Washington D.C., Jun 22, 2016 / 11:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With relics of two English martyrs currently touring the U.S., the Archbishop of Baltimore implored Catholics to follow their example by defending religious freedom.Speaking at the opening Mass of the annual “Fortnight for Freedom,” Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chair of the U.S. bishops’ ad hoc Committee on Religious Liberty, clarified that “we are not here tonight to argue a point of constitutional law nor are we here to re-argue what has already been persuasively argued in our courts.”“No, we are here to honor the martyrs, to celebrate the freedom to bear witness, beginning with Jesus Christ, ‘the faithful witness’ of the Father’s love, for Christ and his sacrificial love are the very heart of the Eucharist we celebrate.”The “Fortnight for Freedom” is an annual two-week period of prayer, fasting, and education for religious freedom, called for...
DETROIT (AP) -- Hailing a ride with a smartphone app in many U.S. cities is coming down to a fight over fingerprints....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- DNA test results show a Colorado prison inmate is not Prince's son, a person who has seen a sealed document said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of Social Security beneficiaries would get a tiny increase in monthly payments next year - less than $2.50, about enough to buy a gallon of gas....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rebellious Democrats shut down the House's legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures. Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off cameras that showed the protest....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Even as internationally backed forces chip away at Islamic State-held territory in Syria, Iraq and Libya, the militants have demonstrated a stubborn resilience this week in the face of recent losses....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton received a rousing reception from House Democrats on Wednesday, making her first stop on Capitol Hill since clinching the Democratic nomination....
