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By Deborah GyapongOTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) -- When nopriests were available, the bishop of the Quebec Diocese of Rouyn-Norandasought and received Vatican permission for a local nun to officiate at a recentwedding.While the story has beenportrayed around the world as a sign that Pope Francis is changing therole of women in the church, Bishop Dorylas Moreau said the wedding was carried out according to a long-established provision of canon law.It allows an exception for a laypersonto be permitted to officiate at a wedding when a bishop, priest or deacon isunavailable. That layperson can be a man or a woman."It is an exceptionalsituation, not something habitual," Bishop Moreau said in French.The bishop said he has only 16priests for 35 parishes in a diocese that covers nearly 9,300 square miles of rugged territory. The diocese has morethan 75 nuns, but no deacons, although three are currently in formation.This priest shortage, especiallyacute in the summer, led the bishop to make a reques...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Archdiocese of IrbilBy Josephine von DohlenWASHINGTON(CNS) -- In 2014, the Islamic State removed hundreds of families of religiousminorities from their homes in Karamdes, a mostly Christian town on the NinevahPlain in Iraq. Just over two years later, the town, also known as Karemlash,was liberated. TheKnights of Columbus will raise $2 million to assist these families inreturning to their homes, according to Knights CEO Carl Anderson, who announcedtheir pledge at the Knights' 135th annual Supreme Convention being held Aug. 1-3 inSt. Louis. "Theterrorists desecrated churches and graves and looted and destroyed homes,"Anderson said in his annual report, which was livestreamed from the convention."Now we will ensure that hundreds of Christian families driven from their homescan return to these two locations and help to ensure a pluralistic future forIraq."The Knights are following theexample of the Hungarian government, whose new spending bill allowed for $2million to b...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis and the dispute over a rewrite of its constitution (all times local):...
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A U.S. Supreme Court decision triggering new sentences for inmates serving mandatory life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles has had a far greater effect: The ruling is prompting lawyers to apply its fundamental logic - that it's cruel and unusual to lock teens up for life - to a larger population, those whose sentences include a parole provision but who stand little chance of getting out....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the door to the secure room at the White House burst open....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- It had all the ingredients of a political brawl: a Jordanian and an Israeli lawmaker, both known for attention-seeking bluster, challenged each other to a showdown Wednesday on the border between their two countries....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing attack on a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday left two American service members dead, a Pentagon spokesman said, despite repeated refusals by the U.S. military in Afghanistan to say whether there were any deaths in the assault claimed by the Taliban....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killing young athletes - a big step toward one day preventing a list of inherited diseases....
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis met briefly with the managers and players of the German “Borussia Mönchengladbach” soccer team on Wednesday, inviting them to be “athletes for peace”.The Holy Father met with them ahead of his weekly General Audience.He thanked the team for the “friendly relations” built up through the years between the team and the Vatican Employees’ Athletic Association. The teams sometimes face off on the field in Rome and in Mönchengladbach.The Pope said the club “distinguishes itself by being a team ‘at the human level’, in a manner of speaking, and a team which promotes the family.”Pope Francis said he enjoyed seeing “how families live in your Borussia Park and how many athletic and educative initiatives are held to promote young people, in particular the less fortunate,” he said.Finally, the Pope invited those sportsmen present to “be athletes for good and for pea...
(Vatican Radio)  The 7th Asian Youth Day (AYD7) kicked off with a colourful concelebrated Mass Wednesday evening ‎in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in a colourful and festive show of unity around Christ and his Gospel ‎amidst the continent's diverse cultures and peoples.After four days of the preliminary ‘Days in the Dioceses’ (DID) live-in programme in 11 Indonesian ‎dioceses, July 30- August 2, the over 2000 young Catholics from 21 countries converged in Yogyakarta, the cultural ‎and intellectual heartland of Indonesia.  The 7th Asian Youth Day on the theme “Joyful Asian Youth! ‎Living the Gospel in Multicultural Asia,” will conclude on Aug. 6. ‎Youth participants had begun pouring in at Yogyakarta’s government facility, Jogja Expo Centre (JEC), ‎since early morning, August 2.  After lunch the various national contingents began celebrating with ‎songs and performances and shared their DID experien...
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