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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Several states around the country on Saturday asked cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility's laptop was found to contain malware that U.S. officials say is linked to Russian hackers....
Revelers around the world have been welcoming 2017 with crackling fireworks displays and loud cheering, saying goodbye to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts and the deaths of several beloved performers....
As 2016 draws to a close, revelers around the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts, deadly attacks at gatherings and deaths of legendary celebrities....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 40 others in what the city's governor described as a terror attack....
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s draft political agreement is said to be ready but last-minute demands by political parties, relating to the inclusion of some details in the accord, have emerged. Mediators still hope that an agreement can be reached.If the accord is signed, Congolese President Joseph Kabila will step down after elections to be held by the end of 2017. This is according to the principal mediator of the talks, President of the Congolese Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa of Kisangani. Initially, Archbishop Utembi Tapa was confident of a breakthrough until political parties started to introduce new details into the agreement.Earlier, the Archbishop told the media that, "The government is asked to take all steps so that elections are organised by the end of 2017 at the latest." The Archbishop said. Under the deal, Kabila will be unable to change the constitution to allow him to stay in power for a third term. The d...
The Bishops of the Republic of the Congo also known as Congo -Brazzaville have used their Christmas and New Year message to call for the protection and respect of the environment. In a pastoral statement addressed to the faithful and made available to the media, the Bishops decry the fast-disappearing forests.“At the beginning of the Christmas season and for this New Year, we invite you to respect the environment, the magnificent nature that God has given us. ‘Save our common home,' as Pope Francis reminds us. Indeed, we are blessed by God. He gave us a beautiful country, with incredible riches: A fertile land that is rich and endowed with raw material, forests and savannahs, the sea and rivers that crisscross our country. All these are an expression of God’s goodness to us,” the Bishops write.They add, “In general, we can see the misuse of the benefits of nature and the degradation of it: Forests are disappearing little by little because of ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday celebrated First Vespers for the Solemnity of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God.In his homily, the Holy Father reflected on a passage from St Paul’s letter to the Galatians: “But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.”These words, the Pope said, “introduce us to God’s plan for us: He wants us to live as His sons and daughters.” Pope Francis said the “logic of the manger” is a logic of “encounter and closeness” that leaves no room for exclusion and division.Pope Francis invited us all “to contemplate how God has been present throughout this year and to remind ourselves that every age, every moment is the bearer of graces and blessings.”The ceremony also included the chanting of the Te Deum, traditionally sung at the end of the civil year ...
Vatican City, Dec 31, 2016 / 10:15 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During a prayer service for the close of 2016, Pope Francis said the arrival of a new year should serve as an opportunity to toss out attitudes of selfishness and exclusion, focusing instead on how to imitate God’s closeness to each person through his incarnation.“We cannot allow ourselves to be naïve. We know that we are tempted in various ways to adopt the logic of privilege that separates, excludes and closes us off, while separating, excluding and closing off the dreams and lives of so many of our brothers and sisters,” the Pope said Dec. 31.In looking to the infant born in Bethlehem, “we should acknowledge that we need the Lord to enlighten us, because all too often we end up being narrow-minded or prisoners of all-or-nothing attitude that would force others to conform to our own ideas,” he said.“We need this light, which helps us learn from our mistakes and failed attempts in order...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Recovery efforts are expected to begin Sunday for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland's shores....
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump to reach a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel....
