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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the staff and volunteers of the Telefono Amico Italia service on Saturday. Celebrating fifty years of activity this year, Telefono Amico is a volunteer service that makes itself available to anyone feeling lonely, depressed, anxious, or angry – or who simply wants to reach out and talk to a friendly person willing to listen.There are 700 volunteers staffing the organization’s telephones in 20 locations throughout Italy, from 10am to midnight every day.Click below to hear our report The Holy Father told his guests dialogue allows us to know and understand each other's needs.“First,” he said, “it shows a great deal of respect, because it places people in an attitude of openness to one another, in order for each to receive the best aspects of his interlocutor.”Dialogue is also an expression of charity, insofar as it can help people search out paths forward while respecting each other’s differences, al...
(Vatican Radio) The President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, has written to Pope Francis on behalf of the whole Conference, to offer congratulations on the fourth anniversary of the Holy Father's election to the See of Peter, which took place on march 13, 2013.Cardinal Nichols offers expressions of gratitude for the Holy Father's steadfast leadership. "Holy Father," writes Cardinal Nichols, "we thank you for the steadfast way in which you uphold the teachings of Christ and the Church, presenting them in deed and in word with a freshness and directness, which draws the attention of the world."The full text of the letter is available on the website of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, here.
(Vatican Radio)  Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Vatican representative to the United Nations in Geneva, on Friday addressed the Human Rights Council on the 'moral obligation' of universal access to medicines.He said policy coherence is necessary to achieve this goal. "In relation to pursuing of the double goals of access to medicines and necessary medical innovation, policy coherence is fundamental for effective, sustainable and equitable progress towards universal health coverage and improved health outcomes for all.""In order to promote human dignity and to adopt policies rooted in a human rights approach," Archbishop Jurkovic said, "we need to confront and remove barriers, such as monopolies and oligopolies, lack of access and affordability and, in particular, both overwhelming and unacceptable human greed."Please find below the full text of the address:Statement by H.E. Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Representative of the Holy Se...
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- The skeletal remains of 27 people were all that was left of a massacre, one of many in this West African nation's back-to-back civil wars more than a decade ago. When the United Nations handed over the bones to the government last month, it was an invitation to investigate. Instead the remains were buried quickly, without ceremony, in a site intended for victims of the Ebola virus....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Twin explosions Saturday near religious shrines frequented by Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus killed at least 40 people, Syria's interior minister and media reported....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A day after a court removed her from power over a corruption scandal, ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye maintained her silence on Saturday as her opponents and supporters divided the capital's streets with massive rallies that showed a nation deeply split over its future....
DETROIT (AP) -- On a milestone night for female boxers, Claressa Shields gave herself rave reviews....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Time marches on, with a bit more skip this weekend....
Muhammad Ali Jr. was detained and questioned at a Washington airport before being allowed to board a flight to Fort Lauderdale after meeting with lawmakers to discuss a separate airport detention incident last month, a lawyer for the late heavyweight champion's son said Friday....
BOSTON (AP) -- Organizers of the city's St. Patrick's Day parade reversed course on Friday and said they would allow a group of gay veterans to march in this year's parade....
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