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(Vatican Radio) Outgoing US President Barack Obama and European Union leaders have met to reaffirm their commitment to the unity of the NATO military alliance and sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. They made the announcement amid concerns about the future of European-American relations when Donald Trump takes over the US presidency in January.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Obama met the leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain in Berlin at a time of uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations.It was their first summit since Donald Trump won the US presidential elections following a controversial campaign. Trump has criticized the NATO military alliance and said he hoped for warmer ties with Russia despite international outrage over its military role in Ukraine and Syria.And in comments that have worried especially some of Russia's neighbors, Trump called the 70-year-old alliance “obsolete” and said the US might only d...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's 17 new cardinalsmust dedicate their lives to being ministers of forgiveness and reconciliationin a world -- and sometimes a church -- often marked by hostility and division,Pope Francis said.Even Catholics are not immune from "the virus ofpolarization and animosity," the pope told the new cardinals, and "weneed to take care lest such attitudes find a place in our hearts."Creating 17 new cardinals from 14 nations Nov. 19, the popesaid the College of Cardinals -- and the Catholic Church itself -- must be asign for the world that differences of nationality, skin color, language andsocial class do not make people enemies, but brothers and sisters withdifferent gifts to offer.Three of the new cardinals created during the prayer servicein St. Peter's Basilica were from the United States: Cardinals Blase J. Cupichof Chicago; Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the new Vatican office for laity,family and life; and Jo...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the "Hamilton" cast member who gave Mike Pence an onstage earful about equality....
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis, in his homily at the Consistory which took place in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, reflected on the Lord’s “Sermon on the Plain,” found in the Gospel of St Luke.The Holy Father said that, by taking the Apostles down from the mountaintop and setting them in the midst of the people on the plain, our Lord “shows the Apostles, and ourselves, that the true heights are reached on the plain, while the plain reminds us that the heights are found in a gaze and above all in a call: ‘Be merciful as the Father is merciful’.”Speaking to the newly created Cardinals, Pope Francis said, “Today each of you, dear brothers, is asked to cherish in your own heart, and in the heart, this summons to be merciful like the Father.”Read the full text of the Pope’s homily, as prepared:Homily of His Holiness Pope FrancisConsistory for the Creation of New Cardinals19 November 2016 The Gospel passage we have j...
