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The Holy Father has appointed two Auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Bombay, India, Fr. Allwyn D'Silva and Fr. Barthol Barretto.Fr. Allwyn D'Silva, Episcopal Vicar of Bombay who was born on April 20, 1948 and ordained to priesthood on April 19, 1975 and Fr. Barthol Barretto, parish priest and Vicar Forane of the Archdiocese of Bombay who was born on September 16, 1961 and ordained on April 8, 1989.Fr. Allwyn D'Silva, is assigned the titular see of Dura and Fr. Barthol Barretto is assigned the titular see of Strongoli.
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the President of COMECE and of the German Bishops' Conference, expresses his compassion for the victims and calls for unity after yesterday's act of violence against the Christmas market in Berlin (19 December 2016): "The news from Berlin have deeply shocked me. The violence on the Christmas market is the opposite of what visitors were seeking. My compassion goes to the relatives of the dead and injured. For all of them I will pray. In these difficult hours for the city of Berlin and for our country, it is important for us to hold together and stand united as society. "
Vatican City, Dec 20, 2016 / 01:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After 12 people were killed when a truck rammed into crowds at a Berlin Christmas market, the German bishops have voiced their sorrow, and have invited people to join them in praying for the victims and their families.“The news from Berlin has deeply shaken me,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the German Bishops Conference, said in a Dec. 20 statement following the incident.“The violence on the Christmas market is the opposite of what the visitors wanted, and my sympathy goes to the relatives of the dead and the injured, for whom I will pray,” he said, adding that in this “difficult time for the city of Berlin and our country, we must stand together as a society.”According to CNN, the truck barreled into crowds of Christmas shoppers at a Christmas market near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin’s western Breitscheidplatz neighborhood around 8p.m. local time Dec. 19, going ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama tells Oprah Winfrey that this past election was "painful."...
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on the development in the Syrian civil war and the aftermath of the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey (all times local):...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Russian investigators worked Tuesday to determine whether the assassination of their ambassador to Turkey was the work of a lone gunman or part of a wider conspiracy as the two countries, which have backed opposing sides in the Syrian war, said they would not let the killing disrupt efforts to repair their relationship....
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany must assume a truck plowing through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was a "terrorist attack," Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, while authorities expressed uncertainty over whether they had arrested the correct suspect....
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) -- All of a sudden the Washington Redskins need help to return to the playoffs....
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The goal has been to erect the world's tallest artificial Christmas tree, but Sri Lankan organizers now say they'll be lucky to get the tree up in time for the holiday....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Charlotte City Councilwoman Claire Green Fallon planned on a quick breakfast with legislative leaders before heading off to a doctor's appointment. Then the mayor told her to stay; it was important....
