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BERLIN (AP) -- A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing at least nine people as it tore through tables and wooden stands. Police said the driver was arrested nearby....
Indonesian police said Monday that they will take action against groups that use violence to enforce an edict from the country's leading Islamic body forbidding Muslims from wearing Christmas attire.  National police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said the edict is not a law in Indonesia and that he has reprimanded police who circulated leaflets based on the edict from the Indonesian Ulema Council.  Karnavian's remarks came after reports that members of the Islamic Defenders Front, a vigilante group, went to shopping malls in Surabaya, East Java province's capital, to remind businesses not to require Muslim employees to wear Christmas attire such as Santa hats. They were accompanied by about 200 police officers.  Surabaya police chief Col. Muhammad Iqbal said they escorted the group in order to prevent any violence.  ``Although it is a peaceful action, we keep guard to anticipate undesired things,'' Iqbal said on Sunday. ``They are not allowed to...
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Monday welcomed to the Vatican South Korea’s new ambassador to the Holy See, ‎Jonghyu Jeong.  At a formal ceremony in the Vatican, Jeong presened his credentials to Pope Francis at ‎the start of his diplomatic mission with the Holy See.    The 66-year old father of 3 children is a law ‎graduate and holds a doctorate in law from Kyoto University, Japan.   An academic linked with several ‎universities in Korea, Japan, Germany and the US, Jeong has served in the Korean Catholic Bishops ‎Conference’s bioethics committee,  has been president of the Korean Association for Legal History, and ‎the Korean Civil Law Association and special envoy of the Korean president to the Holy See.  Besides ‎his native Korean, he speaks Esperanto, Japanese, English and German.   ‎
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paulo Chunho, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Portugal in2017 to mark the 100thanniversary of the Marian apparitions of Fatima.Thepope, who accepted the invitation made by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the bishopsof Portugal, "will go on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatimafrom May 12-13," the Vatican announced Dec. 17.Thepilgrimage will mark the anniversary of the Marian apparitions, which firstbegan on May 13, 1917, when three shepherd children reported seeing the Virgin Mary.The apparitions continued once a monthuntil Oct. 13, 1917, and later were declared worthy of belief by the CatholicChurch.Followingthe announcement, FatherCarlos Cabecinhas, rectorof the Fatima shrine told Agencia Ecclesia, the news agency of the Portuguesebishops' conference, that the visit was a "cause for joy" for theshrine."Forthe shrine ofFatima, it is a great joy to receive this confirmation of Pope F...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout via EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- People from around the world,especially the poor and the homeless, had a chance to send their good wishesfor Pope Francis' 80th birthday.Eight homeless people -- two women and six men -- madetheir way to the pope's residence at Domus Sanctae Marthae for an earlybirthday breakfast, the Vatican said Dec. 17.The people, who hailed from Italy, Moldova, Romania andPeru, were accompanied by ArchbishopKonrad Krajewski, papalalmoner."Pope Francis met with the them, greeting themaffectionately one by one. The homeless gave the Holy Father three bouquets ofsunflowers," which he immediately placed in the residence's chapel, theVatican said Dec. 17.People from around the world also tweeted messages using thehashtag #Pontifex80 or sent email's according to their preferred language,including Latin.According to the Vatican press office, more than 70,000birthday emails were sent to Pope Francis, the ...
Fifth Harmony has announced that Camila Cabello has decided to leave the girl group....
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Tourists from Canada, Britain and Malaysia were hiding inside a Crusader castle during armed clashes between Jordan troops and gunmen at the site, Jordan's interior minister said Monday, denying that foreigners had been held hostage at any point....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pregnancy affects not only a woman's body: It changes parts of her brain too, a new study says....
BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. assertions that China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the U.S. and Canada are unsubstantiated, Chinese officials told the Associated Press....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina legislators will repeal the contentious HB2 law that limited protections for LGBT people and led to an economic backlash, the state's incoming governor said Monday....
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