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IMAGE: CNS photo/Nikos Arvantidis, pool via EPABy Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Assist and accompany refugees while working to build peace in theworld, Pope Francis urged on the eve of World Refugee Day."Refugeesare people like everyone, but war took away their home, work, relatives andfriends," he said in the run-up to the United Nations-sponsored day June20.Seeingthe faces and hearing the stories of refugees should lead Christians "to renew ourobligation to build peace through justice," he said after praying theAngelus with people gathered in St. Peter's Square June 19."Thisis why we want to stand with them -- to encounter them, welcome them, listen tothem -- in order to become together with them artisans of peace, according toGod's will," the pope said, referring to the day's theme, "We Stand#WithRefugees." Thepope's appeal followed a joint effort by the Vatican police, the Greekgovernment and Rome's Sant'Egidio Community to bring a group of Syrian refugeesto Italy.TheVatican ...
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LONDON (AP) -- The raucous business of Britain's House of Commons was replaced by somber silence and heartfelt tributes Monday for slain lawmaker Jo Cox, while the man charged with her slaying made a brief appearance in court by video link from prison....
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Through his death in a gun battle with police, the Orlando nightclub gunman deprived his victims' families of the chance for a trial that could have helped to channel grief, offer a sense of justice or provide answers for the bloodshed....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. "stop bombing Syria and Iraq," according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has forced out his hard-charging campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, in a dramatic shakeup designed to calm panicked Republican leaders and reverse one of the most tumultuous stretches of Trump's unconventional White House bid....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to Catholic Churches in the UK that marked the annual Day for Life on Sunday, dedicated to raising awareness about the value of human life at every stage and in every condition. The theme for this year’s event is ‘The Wonder of Human Life in Our Common Home’, clearly referencing Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ which was published one year ago.To find out more about the event and about the way it’s being celebrated in parishes across the country, Philippa Hitchen spoke to Bishop John Sherrington, auxiliary of Westminster diocese, who deals with life issues for the Catholic bishops conference of England and WalesListen: Bishop Sherrington says the Day for Life 2016 is focused on the interconnectedness of life, from the dignity of the human person, created in the image and likeness of God, to the world around us.Cards have been produced for every parish in the country telling the sto...
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Bishops' Conference is this week holding its plenary session. The Bishops hope, this week, to officially launch the campaign for voter and civic education. The campaign aims to encourage citizens to be more involved in affairs of the country. The nationwide campaign will see 10 000 trainers sent to 47 dioceses of Congo DR.In particular, the campaign wants young people and women to take charge of their destiny, especially in view of general elections due in November. The Church has committed itself to train people not to be passive but to participate in building a nation guided by the rule of law. Earlier this month, the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu (comprising the Dioceses of Butembo-Beni, Goma, Kasongo, Kindu and Uvira) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo urged President Joseph Kabila to come clean and resolve the political impasse in the electoral process of the country.The Democratic Republic of Congo'...
(Vatican Radio) Four people have been detained after a doomed boating expedition took the lives of more than a dozen children in northern Russia this weekend. Some 37 people are said to have survived the tragedy, which happened despite warning of a storm.Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Distraught parents began searching for answers as to why despite repeated warnings of an advancing Atlantic cyclone, organizers took their children with them in boats. Russian officials said several boats overturned Saturday on a lake in bad weather in Russia's northwestern region of Syamozero, 120 kilometers east of the border with Finland. Russia's main state investigative agency said that of 47 children and four adult instructors in the boats, at least 14 children died. No life jackets were reportedly found among the dead. Survivors who managed to reach the coast in freezing waters cried for help, but by than it was too late for many of their friends, explained A...
(Vatican Radio) More than 20 people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, including at least 14 when a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying Nepalese security contractors.Hours later, a bomb planted in a motorbike reportedly killed at least eight civilians and wounded another 18 in a crowded market in the northern province of Badakhshan.Officials say the casualty count could rise.The attacks are the latest in a recent surge of violence that highlights the challenges faced by the Afghan government in Kabul and its Western backers as Washington slowly draws down its remaining troops despite a persistent insurgency.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack in a statement from the Islamist group's main spokesman.Another explosion in Kabul later on Monday morning wounded a provincial council member and at least three of his bodyguards. A police spokesman said. It was thought a bomb had been attached to the lawmaker's car.The attacks und...
