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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Opening his first official week in office, President Donald Trump warned business leaders Monday that he would impose a "substantial border tax" on companies that move their manufacturing out of the United States, while promising tax advantages to companies that produce products domestically....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has nominated Msgr. Michael J. Boulette as the new auxiliary bishop of San Antonio, Texas (USA), assigning him the titular see of Geron.He is the founder and director of ‘St. Peter upon the Water’, a center for spiritual direction and formation located in Ingram.Msgr. Boulette was born in Hudson Falls, New York to French Canadian and Italian parents on 4 June 1950. In 1959 his family moved to Fredericksburg, Texas.He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Saint Mary University in 1971 and his Master’s in Psychology from Trinity University in 1972.Joining the seminary for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Msgr. Boulette studied at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana (1972-1975).He was ordained a priest on 19 March 1976.Msgr. Boulette also received his Doctorate of Ministry from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1993.In 2005 he was named ‘Chaplain of His Holiness’.
Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria, Fr. Ibrahim Yakubu, has restated the Church’s position that the crisis in Southern Kaduna is being carried out by Fulani herdsmen who are on a Jihadi mission.Fr. Yakubu said events of the past years were enough confirmation that the herdsmen had an agenda.“First of all, all the villages that have suffered these attacks are villages that are either 100 or 90 per cent Christian”, he told New Telegraph.“Even where you have Muslim settlements, you will discover that their houses are never touched. In most cases, they will appear to have had foreknowledge of the attacks. I am saying this because before any attack occurs, they are seen moving out.“Second, the attackers while carrying out the attacks, would be shouting ‘Mu kashe arna’ (Kill the pagans). This leaves no one in doubt that the attackers are on a mission.“Why didn’t the so-called Jihadists wage war against Chri...
(Vatican Radio) The great wonders of the priesthood of Christ, who offered Himself, once for all, for the forgiveness of sins; and who now intercedes for us before the Father; and who will return to bring us with Him: those are the three stages of the priesthood of Christ highlighted by Pope Francis during his homily at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta. The Pope also warned of the “unforgivable blasphemy”: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.The priesthood of Christ was at the centre of the Pope’s homily on Monday. His reflection was taken from the day’s first Reading, from the Letter of Hebrews, which speaks about Christ as the Mediator of the Covenant God has made with human beings. Jesus is the High Priest, and the priesthood of Christ is the great wonder, the greatest wonder, which makes us sing a new song to the Lord, as the Responsorial Psalm says.The three stages of the priesthood of Christ: He offers Himself; He intercedes for us; He will retu...
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) -- The Great Mosque of Aleppo, a centuries-old treasure at the heart of one of the world's oldest cities, is today a grim testament to the ravages of Syria's war....
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) -- Syria's government envoy and a rebel leader traded barbs as talks between the Mideast country's warring sides got underway in Kazakhstan on Monday in the first face-to-face meeting between the Damascus government and rebel factions fighting to overthrow it....
ADEL, Ga. (AP) -- A vast storm system that kicked up apparent tornadoes, shredded mobile homes and left other destruction scattered around the Southeast has claimed at least 19 lives during its two-day assault on the region....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Businesses around the world bearing U.S. President Donald Trump's name face an increased risk now that he is in the White House, security experts warn, especially as several are in areas previously targeted by violence....
(Vatican Radio) Hungary held a day of national mourning for the 16 people who died when a bus carrying Hungarian secondary school students returning from a ski trip burst into flames late Friday after crashing in Italy. Hungary's visibly moved Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said there were 54 passengers and two Hungarian drivers on the bus which hit the pillar of an overpass on the Venice-Verona motorway. He warned it could take days before the victims are identified. Listen to Stefan Bos' report: At Budapest's Szinyei Merse Pál Gimnázium, where the victims attended class, elderly and younger people braved freezing temperatures to burn small candles and place flowers. Some could be seen saying prayers.The students returned from a skiing trip in France. One student told reporters that he was lucky to be alive, as at the last moment he didn't join them. Hungarians arrived at the Szinyei Merse Pál...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- All eyes are on Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as a Senate committee is poised to vote on President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of state....
