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By Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will set up a panel of legal experts to help him indeciding whether to remove a religious superior or bishop from office forfailing to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse.Vaticanoffices will continue to investigate claims of negligence on the part ofbishops, ordinaries or religious superiors under their jurisdiction. But thepope -- who makes the final decision about a bishop's removal from office --will now be assisted by a papally appointed "college of jurists,"according to procedures that take effect Sept. 5.Inan apostolic letter given "motu proprio" (on his own initiative),dated June 4, the pope reaffirmed that bishops of a diocese or eparchy andthose responsible for other kinds of particular churches can be"legitimately removed" for negligence. Inorder for it to be grounds for removal, such negligence -- either throughomission or commission -- will have had to cause "serious harm toothers," including individuals or...
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Frenchman who amassed an arsenal of weapons, explosives and tactical gear was plotting to attack the European Championship soccer tournament and was arrested trying to cross into the European Union from Ukraine, officials said Monday....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Millions of Muslims around the world on Monday marked the start of Ramadan, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Others will begin fasting a day later, Tuesday, due to a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the start of Ramadan a day or two apart....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Colin was gaining speed and strength Monday on its way to strike Florida, threatening rains forecasters said could cause some serious flooding along much of the state's Gulf coast....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump said Monday it was "inappropriate" for Newt Gingrich to demand he drop the subject of an American judge's ethnicity and start acting like "a potential leader of the United States." But Trump let stand widespread scolding from other Republican leaders who want him to lay off the jurist - a sign that the GOP presidential candidate doesn't want to blow up the fragile truce he has struck with the party establishment....
Superiors of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin of the Eastern African Capuchin Conference (EACC) gathered recently in Lusaka for their annual general meeting. Meanwhile the Provincial Custos for Zambia, Fr. Thomas Zulu, OFM Cap., has expressed pleasure at the many young people that have shown interest in joining the order. “We have seen a rise in young people joining our Order. At St. Bonaventure University College in Lusaka we have 50 brothers this year, and next year we shall have 70 brothers,” He said. Fr. Zulu said this in an interview at the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) Kapingila house where the annual general meeting took place.Fr. Zulu has disclosed that one of the issues discussed by the Capuchin Superiors was that of the financial crisis the provinces and custodies are facing in the region.“We have been dependent on the mother provinces for finances, but as you know funds in Europe are dwindling, so our meeting is trying to see how ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has urged Christians to follow the indications provided in the Beatitudes in order to avoid taking the path of greed, vanity and egoism.Speaking on Monday morning during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta the Pope drew inspiration from the Gospel of Matthew and said the Beatitudes can be used as “navigators” that shine the light on the pathway of Christian life. Reflecting on the famous Sermon on the Mount, Pope Francis said Jesus’ teaching on that occasion did not erase the old law; rather it ‘perfected’ it bringing it to its fullness: "This is the new law, the one we call ‘the Beatitudes’. It’s the Lord’s new law for us”.He described it as the roadmap for Christian life which gives us the indications to move forward on the right path.The Pope continued his homily commenting on the words of the evangelist Luke who also speaks of the Beatitudes and lists what he calls the ...
MOSCOW (AP) -- Ukraine's intelligence agency SBU said on Monday it has thwarted a plot to attack soccer's European Championships in France by arresting a Frenchman who wanted to cross from Ukraine into the European Union armed to the teeth....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan president on Monday condemned the killing of David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and an Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, who died in an insurgent ambush the day before while on assignment in southern Afghanistan....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two months before Joe Clark died of colon cancer at age 31, a doctor gently told him it was time to stop treatment....
