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IMAGE: CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis ReviewBy Carol ZimmermannST. LOUIS (CNS) -- In today'sage of cyberbullying and online vitriol, be sure to take the high road andbuild people up rather than tear them down, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne ofBurlington, Vermont, told Catholic communicators attending the Catholic MediaConference."What can I say to makethings better? What are the words that may impart grace to those whohear?" the bishop, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications,asked the group to consider June 2.He said he knew the journalistsin the room were "acutely aware of the significant decline in the tenor ofpublic discourse" during the last few years, a fact that is readily apparentin publications' comment boxes and social media.In such an environment, thebishop urged communicators to lift up good examples of humanity, charity andgrace and if possible, "engage in some form of active ministry to others:feeding, housing, counseling, visiting or praying.""We h...
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- President Barack Obama implored the next generation of U.S. military leaders Thursday not to give in to isolationism or pull back from U.S. leadership in the world, drawing a contrast with a foreign policy vision laid out by Donald Trump....
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Three soldiers were killed and six were missing after a military truck was swept away in a rain-swollen creek on Thursday at Fort Hood, the Army said....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Previewing a rancorous fall campaign, Hillary Clinton assailed Donald Trump on Thursday as a potential president who would lead America toward war and economic crisis. She portrayed her own foreign policy as optimistic, inclusive and diplomatic, born from long experience in public life....
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed Donald Trump's bid for president on Thursday, bringing an end to the extraordinary public split between the GOP's presumptive White House nominee and the nation's top Republican in office....
(Vatican Radio) French President Francois Hollande has declared a state of emergency in areas worst affected by deadly flooding that also impacted other areas in Europe killing at least 10 people, most of them in Germany.Holland announced the emergency Thursday as torrential rains across France forced thousands of people from their homes. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Stranded motorists were rescued by soldiers as flood waters rose, while in the capital Paris a metro line was shut and staff at the famed Louvre museum were told the venue was likely to close.Amid the misery an 86-year old woman was found dead in her flooded house in a small town southwest of Paris late Wednesday, apparently the first casualty from the heavy rains that caused several rivers to burst their banks. Many others died across Europe especially in Germany. In the town of Triftern in Germany's flood-stricken Bavaria region houses have been partly submerged. Flooding blocked roads a...
(Vatican Radio) Pushing its agenda to step into situations where conflict threatens to break out and prevent disasters before they happen, a small NGO was present at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul last week telling world leaders to focus more on prevention.The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, established in 2008 to promote acceptance and effective operational implementation of the norm of the "Responsibility to Protect" populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, was represented by its Executive Director, Dr Simon Adams, who also met with the Vatican Delegation present at the Summit.He spoke to Linda Bordoni about the contribution the Global Centre has to make in preventing humanitarian disasters as well as about his meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin and the rest of the Vatican Delegation at the Istanbul Summit:Listen: Pointing out that he had many values and ideals in common with the Holy See d...
