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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- His voice breaking with emotion, the father of Reeva Steenkamp testified in a South African court on Tuesday that her fatal shooting by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius "devastated" his family and that he thinks of her constantly, even trying to imagine the horrific moment of her death....
PARIS (AP) -- A Frenchman once convicted of recruiting jihadi fighters stabbed a police commander to death outside his suburban Paris home, recording the attack and posting it on Facebook Live, French officials said Tuesday. The commander's partner and the attacker were found dead inside the home after a three-hour standoff with police....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats hope to use the worst mass shooting in U.S. history to force Republicans to either curb gun sales to known or suspected terrorists or take what could be politically damaging votes in an election year....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- As thousands in Orlando turned out to mourn 49 people killed inside a gay nightclub, federal investigators examined possible motives for the gunman who committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history....
(Vatican Radio) A consistory was announced Monday to vote on the causes of five Blessed of the Church: Blessed Salomone LeClercq, a French priest martyred for his refusal to swear an oath of allegiance to the French revolutionary government over his allegiance to the Church. Blessed Manuel González García, Bishop of Palencia and founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth, who also established the Disciples of Saint John and the Children of Reparation. Blessed Ludovico Pavoni, priest and founder of the Sons of Mary Immaculate. Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco, Priest and founder of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist. Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, French Discalced Carmelite nun and mystic.The Ordinary Public Consistory for the Causes of Canonization is scheduled for Monday, June 20th.
The Pan-African Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) meeting held in Accra, Ghana last week concluded with a call to Catholic media professionals and practitioners in Africa to promote values for which Africa is known and cherished.In a keynote address, Nigeria’s Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Oyo Diocese, who is the Bishop-President for CEPACS told the meeting that Church media in Africa must take the bull by the horns and recount the African story around long cherished Christian values and worldview common to all Africans.“There is so much demand out there for the African voice to help promote the sense of the sacred, the culture of life, social justice, peace, reconciliation, solidarity, family, and so on as values for which Africa is known and cherished…The prerogative is ours to make a difference,” Bishop Badejo said.Known by its French acronym, CEPACS is the Comité Episcopal Panafricain pour les Communications Sociales or its English equiva...
Zambia’s Post newspaper reported recently that a UK court had allowed poor Zambian villagers a legal claim against the mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc and its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines.A Zambian man, Dominic Lungowe and 1,812 others are suing Vedanta and Konkola over “serious environmental pollution” in their area.The UK ruling comes close on the heels of the Zambian Catholic Bishops’ call for mining companies and those in the agricultural sector to be more responsive to the needs of the environment and accountable to local communities affected by their activities.“Recognising that mining contributes to job and wealth creation of the country, we, however, challenge the mining sector to begin to practice responsible mining that takes into account the needs of the environment,” the Bishops said in a communiqué issued at the end of a national environmental conference held in Lusaka last month. The meeting was attended by Pr...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Abandoned by family and mocked by their society, the life of a Pakistani transgender is lonely....
RAWABI, West Bank (AP) -- After years of setbacks, Palestinians are proudly starting to move into their first planned city being built in the West Bank - a move that isn't just about real estate but also a symbol of their quest for statehood after nearly 50 years of Israeli military occupation....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are ending the primary calendar with a face-to-face meeting on Tuesday that could set the tone for Democratic unity and next month's party convention in Philadelphia....
