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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Latest on the Orlando gay nightclub massacre (all times local):...
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- As early as the third grade, the Florida nightclub shooter talked frequently about sex and violence and before finishing high school was suspended for a total of 48 days, including suspensions for fighting and hurting classmates, school records showed....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- His campaign riled by infighting and Republican revolt, Donald Trump is working to address a battleground state staffing shortage that highlights his reliance on a skeptical GOP establishment....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi special forces swept into Fallujah on Friday, recapturing most of the city as the Islamic State group's grip crumbled after weeks of fighting. Thousands of trapped residents took advantage of the militants' retreat to flee, some swimming across the Euphrates River to safety....
VIENNA (AP) -- The Latest on the IAAF's meeting on Russia (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for Saturday 18th of June, 2016 features our report on the weekly general audience of Pope Francis with pilgrims from across the world. This is followed by an interview to mark the ‘Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church’ currently taking place in Crete and an historical journey back in time focusing on relations between Canterbury and Rome. In the last part of the programme we share a tour of Christian and pagan Rome with Latinist Carmelite Father Reginald Foster. A programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, addressed the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council Thursday, drawing attention to the efforts of the Catholic Church in education on behalf of young women and girls.The 32nd session of the Human Rights Council has as its focus Women’s rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: delivery on the promise to leave no one behind. Archbishop Jurkovic said education "represents one of the most important determining factors for the promotion of women in society", empowering them in their role as protagonists in society in the face of inequality and violence. "Collaboration with and respect for women are fundamental in building a society based on real values, including those related to religious convictions."He noted that the Catholic Church sponsors around 400,000 elementary and secondary schools in all parts of t...
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for 19th of June 2016 features our weekly selection of readings and reflections on the Sunday gospel presented by Jill Bevilacqua and an interview focusing on ‘Chesterton & Eugenics: the challenge of our time’ with the President of the Chesterton Institute at Seton Hall and editor of the Chesterton Review, Fr. Ian Boyd, CSB along with his Seton Hall colleague and friend, Prof. Dermot Quinn.Listen to a programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
(Vatican Radio) A video message by Pope Francis was released on Friday to highlight an awareness and fund-raising initiative by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The charity’s “Be God’s Mercy” initiative marking the Jubilee Year of Mercy was formally launched at a press conference in the offices of Vatican Radio. Please click here to listen and watch Pope Francis' video message. In his video message the Pope urged people to “carry out works of mercy together with ACN in every corner of the world, in order to meet the many, many needs of today.”Please find below a full English translation of the Pope's video message on behalf of the charity, ACN:"I want to appeal to all men and women of good will all around the world for a work of mercy to be done in each town, in each diocese, in each association. We, men and women, need God’s mercy, but we also need each other’s mercy. We need to take each ...
(Vatican Radio) A group of nine Syrian refugees, including two Christians, arrived in Rome on Thursday from the Kara Tepe refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, following the visit of Pope Francis to the island on April 16, when he accompanied three families of refugees back to Rome.The Vatican Gendarmeria, with the help of Interior Ministry of Greece, the Greek Asylum Service, and the Community of Sant’Egidio, accompanied the refugees from Athens to Rome on Thursday. The Community of Sant’Egidio will provide for their housing, according to a statement from the Holy See Press Office.The refugees, six adults and three children, are all Syrian citizens who were in the Kara Tepe refugee camp. They had arrived in Lesbos from Turkey.
