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IMAGE: CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The martyrdom of a French priestkilled a year ago while celebrating Mass was an event that "hastransformed me as a bishop," Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen said. FatherJacques Hamel's life -- "simple and exemplary -- questions me as apastor and shepherd on how to consider the life of priests, on what I expect fromthem in terms of efficiency. I must tirelessly convert, to pass from thisrequest for efficiencyto admiration for their fruitfulness," the archbishop said in an interview with theVatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. FatherHamel was murdered July 26, 2016, when two men claiming allegiance tothe Islamic State stormed his parish church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray nearRouen.After taking several hostages, the attackers slit FatherHamel's throat and seriously injured another parishioner. Witnesses say that inhis final moments, the beloved 85-year-old parish priest tried to push away hi...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- It was a woolly ride, but three wild rabbits managed to escape rising floodwaters in New Zealand by clambering aboard sheep and surfing to safety on their backs....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to papayas from Mexico that has killed a person in New York City and sickened another 46 people in 12 states....
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio put a child killer to death Wednesday, carrying out the state's first execution after a 3½-year delay and signaling the possible resumption of capital punishment in the state....
LONDON (AP) -- The parents of critically ill infant Charlie Gard conceded Wednesday that he will die in a hospice and not at home as they had previously wished....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has fired an information technology staffer following his arrest on a bank fraud charge at a Virginia airport where he was attempting to fly to Pakistan....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Criminal prosecutions are rare for people who fail to register as foreign agents, according to a top Justice Department official who testified Wednesday about an obscure law receiving new attention amid investigations into contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump accused Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow Republican, of disappointing the country by opposing the GOP effort to demolish the Obama health care law, after initial votes demonstrated the party will be hard pressed to make any sweeping changes in the statute....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is barring transgender people from serving in the military "in any capacity," citing "tremendous medical costs and disruption."...
(Vatican Radio) Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan is in Japan this week to receive the 34th Niwano Peace Prize for his tireless interfaith work in the Middle East and around the world.A ceremony takes place in Tokyo on Thursday to present the award, which was established by the Niwano Peace Foundation to honour and encourage individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to inter-religious cooperation. Recipients are drawn from countries across the globe and from all different faith communities.In announcing the award, the Foundation cited the Lutheran leader’s “perseverance and compassion in his work to encourage dialogue between interreligious groups in the Holy Land”.During his visit to Tokyo, Bishop Younan, former president of the Lutheran World Federation, also met on Monday with local Catholic and Lutheran communities to speak about his most recent meeting with Pope Francis last October. Their encounter came during a joint commemoration ...
