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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met Monday with America's top diplomat, where he voiced solidarity with the U.S. amid global concerns over North Korea's nuclear program and angrily dismissed media questions about human rights abuses by his government....
The Synod of Bishops of the major archiepiscopal Syro-Malankara Church, after consulting the Apostolic See and receiving prior pontifical assent for the candidates to the episcopate, has made the following provisions: erection of the new eparchy or diocese of Parassala and election of the first bishop, H.E. Msgr. Thomas Mar Eusebios Naickamparambil, transferring him from the eparchial see of Saint Mary Queen of Peace of the Syro-Malankara faithful in the United States and Canada; election of the bishop of Puthur, Rev. Msgr. George Kalayil, currently protosyncellus of the same eparchy; election of the bishop of the major archiepiscopal Curia, Rev. Msgr. John Kochuthundil, assigning him the titular see of Tuburbo Maggiore.Unlike in the Latin-rite Church where the Pope directly appoints bishops, the synods of eastern-rite Catholic churches have the autonomy of appointing their own bishops, to which the Pope gives his assent.H.E. Msgr. Thomas Mar Eusebios Naickamparambil(Bishop of Par...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video message to Catholics in Peru, ahead of his planned pastoral visit there next January. The short video message was published on the website of the archdiocese of Lima by Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne.Listen to our report:  In the message Pope Francis talks about the wealth of human resources that characterize the past and present of the Church in the South American nation. Peru has many great saints, he says, who have contributed to the building up of the Church, helping it to move from fragmentation to unity.Saints work for unityA saint, the pope continues, is someone who always work to create unity, just as Jesus did, and a saint must always follow in his footsteps.In the video the pope invites all Peruvians to follow on this path and to work for unity, looking to the future with hope, rather than with bitterness or skepticism. A Christian always looks ahead with hope, he concludes, because he or she always hopes to see th...
(Vatican Radio) At least 11 people have been killed during an attack at a Church in southeastern Nigeria. 18 other people were wounded when gunmen opened fire on worshippers who had gathered early on Sunday at St Philip’s Catholic church in Ozubulu near the city of Onitsha.Police said they believe the attack may have been linked to drug trafficking and was carried out following a feud between local residents and member of the community living outside Nigeria.While the north of the country is wracked by an Islamist insurgency, attacks on places of worship are rare in the southeast of the country where the majority of the population is Christian.Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, in central Nigeria, is currently in Rome. He told Vatican Radio he was shocked and saddened to hear about this attack…Listen:  Archbishop Kaigama describes the attack as “terribly inhuman” and “barbaric”, targeted at people who’d assembled at 6am to worship G...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announced Sunday that they are separating after eight years of marriage, sparking a wave of shock and sadness online about the demise of one of Hollywood's most popular power couples....
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- President Donald Trump is insisting his support is stronger than ever, despite a report that some Republicans are weighing a 2020 presidential run without him....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea vowed Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and launch "thousands-fold" revenge against the United States in response to tough U.N. sanctions imposed after its recent intercontinental ballistic missile launches....
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis has sent a message to the 7th Asian Youth Day which took place in Indonesia, saying he prays that the young people of Asia "respond with faith and courage to their vocation".In the message, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the Pope greeted the young people of Asia gathered in Yogyakarta with "prayerful best wishes" as the event came to a close on Sunday.Pope Francis invited them "to look to the Mother of the Lord as a model of missionary discipleship, to speak to her as they would to a mother, and to trust always in her loving intercession.""In this way, as they seek to follow Christ Jesus more closely, they too, like the young woman of Nazareth, can truly 'improve the world and leave an imprint that makes a mark on history'".Finally, the Holy Father imparted his Apostolic Blessing "as a pledge of peace and joy in the Lord."Please find below the full message:His Ho...
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Sunday prayed at the tomb of Blessed Pope Paul VI on the 39th anniversary of his death.Blessed Paul VI is buried in the Vatican in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica.He was beatified by Pope Francis on 19 October 2014, and his liturgical feast is celebrated on the day of his birth (26 September).Born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini in 1897, he became Pope on 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Upon succeeding Pope St. John XXIII, he reigned over the Second Vatican Council until its close in 1965 and implemented its reforms, also fostering improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant Christians.Click here to find out more about the papacy of Paul VI in our feature programme on his life and legacy.
GENEVA (AP) -- Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte says she is resigning from the U.N.'s independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, decrying Security Council inaction to hold criminals accountable in the war-battered country where "everyone is bad."...
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