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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans overwhelmingly want lawmakers of both parties to work out health care changes, with only 13 percent supporting Republican moves to repeal "Obamacare" absent a replacement, according to a new poll....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lecturing fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump summoned GOP senators to the White House Wednesday and told them face-to-face they must not leave town for their August recess without sending him an "Obamacare" repeal bill to sign....
The Asian Youth Day (AYD), a major event of the Catholic Church in the continent, is taking centre stage in 2 weeks time in Yogyakarta ‎ in the Archdiocese of Semarang, Indonesia.   Over 2000 ‎‎young people from ‎‏‎21 ‎Asian countries are gathering in the central Javanese city‎, ‎ August 2-6,  for the ‎‏‎7th ‎Asian Youth Day (AYD7) on the theme, “Joyful Asian Youth: Living the Gospel ‎in Multicultural Asia‎!”‎The Youth Desk under the Office of Laity and Family of the Federation of Asian ‎Bishops’ ‎Conferences (FABC) in collaboration with the bishops’ conference of host country organizes the meet.  AYD7 is an outcome ‎of ‎the World Youth Day that was instituted by Pope St. John Paul II in 1985.   The first AYD was  ‎held ‎in Hua Hin, Thailand in 1999.  Since then the continent-level event has been held in intervals of 2, ‎‎3...
Archbishop Telesphore-George Mpundu, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka and President of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), over the weekend, congratulated the Zambian Church on the occasion marking the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the arrival of Catholic Christianity in Zambia.Addressing a huge outdoor Mass in the Zambian capital of Lusaka held at the city’s Showgrounds, Archbishop Mpundu noted that after 125 years of her existence, the Zambian Catholic Church is no longer missionary but has grown to be a Church on mission. As such, the Archbishop encouraged the vibrant, mature and dynamic Church to soldier on in her faith, especially by sharing it with others.“Share your faith with other people, members of your extended families, and with other Zambians. Faith that is not shared remains small and is infantile. Faith shared is multiplied,” stated the Archbishop.Reflecting further on the 125 years existence of the Catholic Church in Z...
(Vatican Radio) Father Hans Zollner, SJ says a new report on abuse at a prestigious German musical institution is an “important step forward.” Father Zollner is President of the Centre for Child Protection of the Pontifical Gregorian University, and a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.The report identified hundreds of instances of physical abuse, as well as dozens of cases of sexual abuse of members of the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir in Germany. Forty-nine members of the Church are accused of abusing the children, including nine persons accused of carrying out sexual violence against children.In an interview with Vatican Radio, Fr Zollner said the report shows that Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg “has taken seriously all the allegations, that he did not shy away from all that would ensue.”The fact that the investigation was carried out independently, and conducted to the highest scientific standards, all with th...
(Vatican Radio) An interfaith forum took place in Jerusalem on Wednesday exploring the importance of that holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.Entitled ‘Jerusalem and the monotheistic religions; symbols, attitudes, real life”, the forum was organised by the Pontifical Notre Dame Center there, together with the  European University of Rome.Among the keynote speakers at the event was Rabbi David Rosen, honourary president of the International Council of Christians and Jews, and a well-known voice for improving interreligious relations.He spoke to Philippa Hitchen about the timely nature of this interfaith encounter….Listen:  Rabbi Rosen believes that the key mesesage of the conference is that "Jerusalem can never be anybody’s exclusive embrace, and we will only truly succeed in seeking the peace of Jerusalem, to use the phrase of the psalmist, when we can recognize, and respect, and even embrace the attachments of others to the city&rdqu...
Denver, Colo., Jul 19, 2017 / 08:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Facebook has restored more than 20 Catholic pages in Portuguese and English that were blocked yesterday, citing a malfunction in the system.In a statement to ACI Prensa, a Facebook spokesperson said, "The pages were reestablished. The incident was a malfunction of the spam detection mechanism in our platform. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."Between the night of July 17 and the morning of July 18, Facebook unpublished at least 25 pages - 21 in Portuguese and four in English - without giving an initial explanation to page administrators.The blocked Catholic pages each had between hundreds of thousands and 6 million followers.Hours after CNA and other media published a story about the blocked pages, around 1 a.m. in the morning July 19, all blocked pages had been returned to normal.In statements collected by ChurchPop.com, Carlos René, administrator of the page "Papa Franci...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Armin Weigel, EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than 500 boys suffered abuseat the hands of dozens of teachers and priests at the school that trains the prestigiousboys choir of the Regensburg Cathedral in Germany, said an independentinvestigator.Former students of the Domspatzen choir reported that thephysical, emotional and even sexual abuse at the school made life there like "aprison, hell and a concentration camp," said Ulrich Weber, the lawyerleading the investigation of claims of abuse at the choir and two associatedboarding schools.A "culture of silence" among church leaders andmembers allowed such abuse to continue for decades, Weber said as he presentedthe final report on his findings during a press conference in Regensburg July18.The investigation, commissioned by the Diocese ofRegensburg, found that at least 547 former members of the Regensburg Domspatzenboys choir in Germany were subjected to some form of abuse, according toVatican Radio. Of t...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire lobsterman has joined an elite club after catching a rare blue lobster....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Discovery Channel wants Shark Week viewers to be donors as well....
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