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By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on Catholics and Orthodox Christians to prayfor children in Syria who are suffering because of the ongoing conflict in thecountry. "The children of Syria invite children from all overthe world to join in theirprayer for peace" on International Children's Day June 1, he said.Before praying the Angelus May 29, thepope said Catholicand Orthodox Christians would be taking part together in the special prayer forpeace and that the children were "the protagonists" by inviting allthe world's children to unite with them in prayer. Thejoint Day of Prayer for Peace, sponsored by the Catholic charity Aid to theChurch in Need, is one of several initiatives meant to promote peace in Syria. Thepope's invitation echoes that of Catholic leaders and Orthodox patriarchs inthe country, who signed a joint message inviting Christians around the world tojoin them in praying for peace. Themessage says: "We pray to him -- the Christ, the king ...
By Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Help wipe out bullying and aggression by being better listeners andoffering concrete gestures of tolerance and patience, Pope Francis told a groupof top YouTubers from around the world."Thelevel of aggressiveness in our world needs to be dialed down. (The world) needstenderness, meekness, (people) listening and walking together," he told themand others taking part in a world congress sponsored by Scholas Occurrentes."Pride,arrogance -- eradicate them. Because pride and arrogance always have a badending," he said May 29 at the close of the three-day meeting at theVatican.Thepope met privately -- for an informal closed-door Q-and-A session -- with a dozen youngYouTubers, people who create their own videos or vlogs, or video blogs, and share them onYouTube. The YouTube "celebrities" who were invited to meet the popehave, when tallied together, about 25 million subscribers.Thepope also met privately with U.S. film stars, Richard Gere, Salma Hayek andG...
BANGKOK (AP) -- Wildlife officials have removed more of the 137 tigers kept in a Buddhist temple that operated as an admission-charging zoo and is suspected of illegally trafficking in the animals, Thai authorities said Tuesday....
VERONA, Italy (AP) -- Adele wants concertgoers to look at her with their own eyes instead of through a camera lens....
TVER, Russia (AP) -- Anastasia Bubeyeva shows a screenshot on her computer of a picture of a toothpaste tube with the words: "Squeeze Russia out of yourself!" For sharing this picture on a social media site with his 12 friends, her husband was sentenced this month to more than two years in prison....
CINCINNATI (AP) -- An animal protection watchdog group Tuesday called on federal authorities to hold the Cincinnati Zoo responsible for the death of an endangered western lowland gorilla....
SHENZHEN, China (AP) -- Zhong Guoyan sifted through piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, one of China's largest cities. She studied the fins, to make sure they were bright red and firm. She peered at the eyeballs - were they bulging?...
GENEVA (AP) -- Survivors' accounts now indicate the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy claimed at least 880 lives in the last week as unseaworthy, overcrowded smuggling boats capsized and sank under the weight of their human cargo, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump provided details Tuesday of the charities that received millions of dollars from a veterans' fundraiser he held earlier this year following sustained pressure from media outlets trying to account for the promised funds....
CAMP TARIQ, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi forces battling their way into Fallujah repelled a four-hour counterattack by the Islamic State group on Tuesday, a day after entering the southern part of the militant-held city with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes....
