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MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin took a parting shot at the Obama administration Tuesday, accusing it of trying to undermine Donald Trump's legitimacy with fake allegations and "binding the president-elect hand and foot to prevent him from fulfilling his election promises."...
(Vatican Radio) The funeral Mass of Cardinal Gilberto Agustoni took place in St Peters Basilica at 10am, Tuesday 17 January. The Swiss Cardinal, who served as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992-1998, died on January 13, aged 94.The funeral Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the former Vatican secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals.Greeting all those present on behalf of Pope Francis, Cardinal Sodano often likened Christian faith to light during his homily."In the first reading is Job, who already many centuries before Christ, professed his faith in the final resurrection saying, 'I know that my Redeemer lives, and my eyes will behold him.'"Touching on Saint Paul's faith that Jesus will bring with him to God all those who have died, Cardinal Sodano then quoted the Gospel of Luke: "'Be ready, dressed for action with your lamps burning,' ready to open the door to the Lord, who comes to call us. This is the...
(Vatican Radio) As top political and business leaders gather in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, a report by Oxfam - the international aid and development agency – calls for their attention with its claim that the gap between the rich and the poor is far greater than feared.The World Economic Forum runs from Tuesday to Friday in Switzerland, and sees the participation of decision makers and world leaders – including Xi Jinping, the first Chinese President ever to attend the Forum.In its timely report, released one day before the start of the summit and based on data from Forbes and the annual Credit Suisse Global Wealth datebook, Oxfam calls for a crackdown on tax evasion and a shift away from shareholder capitalism that disproportionately favours the rich.It also echoes Pope Francis’ reiterated call for a global economic system that puts the human person at the center.Linda Bordoni spoke to Max Lawson, Head of Inequality Policy at Oxfam about the repor...
Vatican City, Jan 17, 2017 / 09:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In the latest development in an ongoing feud between the Vatican and the Knights of Malta, the Holy See has issued a statement affirming their support for the Order and their work, but saying they expect full cooperation with an investigation into the dismissal of the Knights’ former Grand Chancellor.“In relation to the events of recent weeks concerning the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Holy See wishes to reiterate its support and encouragement for the commendable work that members and volunteers carry out in various parts of the world,” a Jan. 17 statement from the Vatican read.However, it is for the “support and advancement” of the Order’s essential mission in service of the poor, sick, and the defense of the faith that the Holy See voiced a reaffirmation of “its confidence” in the five member group appointed by Pope Francis “to inform him about the present crisis...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Jonathan LuxmooreOXFORD, England (CNS) --Catholic and Orthodox leaders have pledged to stand together againstfundamentalism and terrorism, as well as resisting forces working to erode anddestroy religious belief in Europe."Terrorist violence againstpeople considered unbelievers or infidels is the extreme degree of religiousintolerance -- we unreservedly condemn it and deplore that such acts havedeveloped in the soil of a misguided religious culture," the churchrepresentatives said in a joint message Jan. 13."The constitutions of ourstates guarantee the fundamental rights of the human person. Nevertheless, inour societies, forces are always at work to marginalize or even erase religionsand their message from the public space. We believe Europe needs more than everthe breath of faith in Christ and the hope it provides."The 14-point message waspublished after a Jan. 9-12 meeting of the European Catholic-Orthodox Forum,co-chaired in Paris by Hungarian Cardinal ...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- The Vatican confirmed its trust in the papal commissioninvestigating the forced resignation of the Order of Malta's former grandchancellor following a letter by the order's grand master to discredit thegroup.Ina statement released Jan. 17, the Vatican said it "reaffirms itsconfidence" in the five-member group established by Pope Francis "toinform him about the present crisis of the central direction of theorder."TheVatican also rejected "any attempt to discredit these members of the group,"led by Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, former Vatican representative to U.N.agencies in Geneva.Othermembers of the commission are: Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a canonlawyer and former rector of Rome'sPontifical Gregorian University; Jacques de Liedekerke, former chancellor ofthe Order of Malta; Marc Odendall, counselor of the order; and Marwan Sehnaoui,president of the Order of Malta in Lebanon.In a letter to members, obtained and reportedJan. 16 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump's choice for interior secretary says the nation's vast federal lands should be used for a variety of purposes, from hiking, hunting, fishing and camping to harvesting timber and mining for coal and other energy sources....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu might be upbeat these days: The economy is growing, his opposition is weak and the incoming Trump administration seems friendly, even to the much-maligned Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Instead, the long-serving leader is mired in a series of eye-popping corruption investigations in a country that has already jailed a prime minister and president....
LONDON (AP) -- More than six months after Britain voted to leave the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May finally spelled out what it means: The U.K. will make a clean break from the EU and leave its single market of around 500 million people....
SYDNEY (AP) -- The nearly three-year search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended Tuesday, possibly forever - not because investigators have run out of leads, but because the countries involved in the expensive and vast deep-sea hunt have shown no appetite for opening another big phase....
