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(Vatican Radio) The Holy See has confirmed that the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will travel to Moscow in September.Parolin’s journey to Russia comes in the wake of his visits to Belarus and to Ukraine in the past two years signaling the Vatican’s continuing engagement with eastern Europe and its desire to continue supporting the Christians in the region.Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: In an exclusive interview with the Italian newspaper “Il Sole 24 ore”, Cardinal Parolin pointed out that the Holy See’s support for Christians in Eastern Europe has never waned, not even in the darkest of years.Holy See's historical relationship with RussiaHe said the Vatican has always given great value to its relationship with Eastern Europe and with Russia and he recalled the Tsar, Nicholas I’s two meetings with Pope Gregorius XVI in 1845, and how the the Pontificate of Pius IX began in 1847 with an agreement by which both the...
(Vatican Radio) Egypt's president and its highest religious authority have announced new measures to tackle terrorism and combat radicalisation.President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday announced the formation of a new National Council to Confront Terrorism and Extremism. It will be comprised of 10 government ministers, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the Coptic Pope Tawadros II, Egypt's former Grand Mufti and the parliamentary speaker. It will be chaired by President el-Sissi himself.Listen to Philippa Hitchen's report:  Egypt’s new national council is tasked with drawing up a strategy, in coordination with religious institutions and security authorities, to promote moderate religious discourse, as well as studying and proposing amendments to terrorism-related legislation.President el-Sissi ordered its formation following the Palm Sunday bombings of two churches, back in April, that left at least 45 people dead and more than 100 injured.Al-Azhar kiosk in Met...
Washington D.C., Jul 27, 2017 / 08:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas (R) on Wednesday was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next Ambassador at-Large for International Religious Freedom.Dr. Tom Farr, president of the Religious Freedom Institute, hailed the choice as “excellent.”Farr explained that “because of his experience,” Brownback “fully meets the two qualifications critical for this position: first, a vigorous understanding of the meaning and value of religious freedom for all, and the ability to communicate that understanding, both as a universal moral value and as a political institution that can serve the interests of every society.”The religious freedom ambassador position was created through the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act. That law established the Office of International Religious Freedom at the State Department, which is tasked with “promoting religious freedom as a core objective of U....
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert DuncanBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- No matter the position one takes on nationalmigration policy, Pope Francis, Caritas Internationalis and national Catholiccharities across the globe want Catholics to meet a migrant or refugee andlisten to his or her story.In late September, Pope Francis will launch the "Sharethe Journey" campaign, a two-year program of Caritas Internationalis topromote encounters between people on the move and people living in thecountries they are leaving, passing through or arriving in.Meeting migrants and refugees and listening to their stories-- and having them listen to the stories of people in their host communities -- mean the walls peoplehave erected in their minds and hearts should begin to fall, said Michel Roy,secretary general of Caritas Internationalis."You may be afraid of migrants as a large group ofpeople coming in, but when you meet a migrant, then you have a differentvision," he said July 27. Listening to their sto...
DETROIT (AP) -- On any given day this summer, you might find 97-year-old Lennart Ribring driving his 2016 Ford Mustang GT on a winding road near his home in Sweden. Or you might see Chris Fitzpatrick polishing his 1967 Mustang convertible in Auckland, New Zealand. Guo Xin might be working on a Mustang in his car repair shop in Beijing, while in England, a happy bride and groom drive off in a Mustang GT California Special....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After wrongly asserting that someone "leaked" information about his finances, newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is talking tough about cracking down on Trump administration leaks and threatening to get federal investigators involved....
For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human embryos, a controversial step toward someday helping babies avoid inherited diseases....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio State Fair opened Thursday but its amusement rides remained closed one day after a man was killed and seven other people were injured when a thrill ride broke apart and flung people into the air....
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Though his future may be in doubt, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions forged ahead Thursday with a tough-on-crime agenda that once endeared him to President Donald Trump, opening a mission in El Salvador to step up international cooperation against the violent street gang MS-13....
LONDON (AP) -- A British judge ordered Thursday that critically ill infant Charlie Gard should be moved from a hospital to a hospice, where he will "inevitably" die within a short time....
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