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LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire (AP) -- A $35,000 payment for "web advertising" in Donald Trump's most recent campaign finance filings is turning heads because of the firm's name: Draper Sterling....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Republican rival Donald Trump would send the U.S. economy back into recession, warning his "reckless" approach would hurt workers still trying to recover from the 2008 economic turbulence....
About 150 Catholic bishops, priests, nuns and lay leaders are attending a five day workshop from June 20-24, in Beijing conducted by the Chinese central government.The Chinese central government has begun a five-day workshop run by the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) at a training center in Beijing, which has forced a seminar to commemorate the birth centenary of the late Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai to be postponed.With five members picked from each province, about 150 Catholic bishops, priests, nuns and lay leaders are attending the SARA workshop that runs from June 20-24, according to those attending the workshop. They are there to learn the "spirit" of the National Conference of Religious Work held in April.China observers believe the workshop is a further sign of the party inserting itself into church's affairs after the National Conference of Religious Work's and the SARA's response to an inspection by the party's anti-co...
(Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See’s Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, on Tuesday briefed journalists on Pope Francis’ 3-day visit to Armenia taking place from 24-26th of June. He said the papal visit underlines the Pope’s desire to show his closeness to the entire nation of Armenia, whose people who have suffered so much during their long history and who shares their desire for peace.Father Lombardi noted that the Pope’s visit to Armenia should be considered as the first part of a trip that will take him to three nations in the Caucus region in 2016. The second leg will take place from September 30th to October 2nd when the Pope will travel to Azerbaijan and Georgia.Armenia has a population of 3.3 million but the diaspora is far larger with up to 10 million people of Armenian descent living outside the country, mainly in Russia and the United States. Just over 9 percent of Armenia’s population is Catholic.Ecumenism is a key focus of t...
Juba, South Sudan, Jun 21, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Reconciliation and work for the common good, not assumptions of perpetual doom, are necessary to overcome the problems facing South Sudan, the country’s bishops have said.“We regret the amount of negativity and pessimism that we hear – from South Sudanese who are still steeped in the old ways of power and tribalism; from the international community; on the internet; in the media; on social media; within the diaspora. We say very clearly: No More Negativity!” the bishops wrote in a June 16 pastoral statement.They said constant negativity can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, citing St. Paul’s remarks against unwholesome words and his praise for edification.“Stop assuming that South Sudan and South Sudanese are doomed always to fail, and instead give support and encouragement. Stop disseminating hate speech and tribalism on the internet and social media, and instead spread constructive peacef...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri's priesthood always has had amusical soundtrack. In fact, he bought a piano while living in Haiti andshipped it to his new posts first in Paraguay, then India, Brazil and on to hisVatican apartment.The well-traveled piano is still in his apartment. Another mediumgrand Yamaha sits in a large reception room next to the chapel in the Vaticanoffices of the Synod of Bishops, where the Italian cardinal serves as secretarygeneral.In an interview June 15, not long after the Italian releaseof his third CD, Cardinal Baldisseri said he began playing the piano at the ageof 10. Sixty-five yearslater, he still tries to play at least two hours a day, "maybethree." Although when the Synod of Bishops is in session, that's obviouslyimpossible.Born in Barga,a town in Tuscany, he entered the minor seminary in nearby Pisa at the age of12. He said he was convinced even then that he was called to priesthood.Before his ...
By Cindy WoodenROME (CNS) -- Marking the first anniversary of Pope Francis'encyclical on the environment, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peacelaunched a new website dedicated to the document and efforts around the worldto put its teaching into practice.The site -- www.laudatosi.va-- "witnesses not only to the impact of the encyclical, but also thecreativity and generosity of the people of God everywhere in the world,"said Cardinal Peter Turkson,council president.The council celebrated the first anniversary of thedocument, "Laudato Si'," June 20 with a small conference at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary inMontesanto.ChristianaFigueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, in avideo message, said that as scientists, governments, economists and concernedcitizens were pushing for an international agreement to combat climate change,Pope Francis' encyclical provided the "moral imperative to take boldaction."Published six months before the Paris summ...
PARIS (AP) -- While fans from other countries have damaged their reputations amid ugly scenes at the European Championship, Irish supporters have been winning friends across France with their antics and goodwill....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air "expressing the airline's intent" to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and America since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran....
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- A suicide attacker driving a truck packed with explosives barreled through Syria's border with Jordan on Tuesday, setting off a blast that killed six members of the Jordanian security forces and wounded 14....
