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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hacked emails show Hillary Clinton's campaign wrestled with how to announce her opposition to construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline without losing the support of labor unions that supported to project....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Hillary Clinton ramped up her pressure on Donald Trump in the election's most competitive states Friday with an emotional TV ad targeting his criticism of a Muslim-American family. Trump vowed to go all-out in the final three weeks so he'll have no regrets - even if he loses....
(Vatican Radio) The Papal residence at Castel Gandolfo has long been known as the summer retreat of Popes. But now in an historic first the Papal apartments will be open to the public from October 22nd.Lydia O’Kane went along to see the private living quarters of the Pontiffs.Listen:  The Papal residence at Castel Gandolfo in the Roman hills has been offering Pope’s down through the centuries rest and relaxation during the summer months from the official duties of office.The last Pope to reside here was Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, but now Pope Francis has given permission for the papal apartments themselves to be open to the public. This follows the success of visits to the Villa Barberini Gardens and the Portrait Gallery of the Popes.For tourists and those passionate about Church art and history, it’s a chance to walk in the footsteps of Pontiffs. There is the Swiss Hall, and the Throne Room with their impressive lakeside view. But it's the Pope’s...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesCASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- Pope Francis is throwingopen the doors to the papal apartment -- including the bedroom where popes haveslept -- in the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo.The palace was for centuries the summer residence of theRoman pontiffs, but Pope Francis has decided not to use it. Instead in 2014, heopened the palace gardens to the public and last year opened a portion of theApostolic Palace as a portrait gallery.Pope Francis "wanted this place -- so rich in historyand so significant -- to be a gift for the people," Antonio Paolucci,director of the Vatican Museums, said Oct. 20 at the grand opening of the papalapartment. "Whoever passes through the gate of the ApostolicPalace of Castel Gandolfo will find pure beauty," Paolucci said. Among the rooms open now to the public are the Room of the Throne,the Consistory Room, the pope's bedroom and private study. Unlike his predecessors, Pope Francis spends his summers inRom...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When a choir director and parish priestdiffer over liturgical music, the choir should follow in good faith the wishesof the priest for the sake of unity, said the papal liturgist.When it comes to celebrating the liturgy, "we shouldnever fight," Msgr. Guido Marini told choir members, directors and priests."Otherwise, we distort the very nature" of what the people of God shouldbe doing during the Mass, which is seeking to be "one body before theLord."The papal master of liturgical ceremonies spoke Oct. 21 at a conference openinga three-day jubilee for choirs. Hundreds of people involved in providingmusic for the liturgical celebrations in Italian dioceses and parishes -- suchas singers, organists and musicians -- attended, as did directors of diocesan liturgy offices andschools of sacred music.During a brief question-and-answer period after his talk on the role of thechoir, a participant asked Msgr. Marini what she termed "an ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations celebrated Wonder Woman's 75th birthday on Friday by naming the comic book character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls, despite frustration from both inside and outside the world organization that the spot should go to a real - and less sexualized - woman....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A cease-fire to allow wounded civilians and rebels to leave besieged parts of Aleppo has been extended into the weekend by Russia, but hoped-for medical evacuations didn't materialize by Friday evening because of a lack of security guarantees, officials and residents said....
BERLIN (AP) -- Europe's experimental Mars probe hit the right spot - but at the wrong speed - and may have ended up in a fiery ball of rocket fuel when it struck the surface, scientists said Friday....
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) -- Raeda Paulos could hardly conceal her joy when the television inside her cramped trailer showed Iraqi forces raising the national flag over a church in her hometown, a day after it was freed from Islamic State rule....
KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) -- Islamic State militants launched a wave of pre-dawn attacks in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, killing at least 14 people and setting off fierce clashes with Kurdish security forces that were still raging after sundown....
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