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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was released from prison and placed under house arrest Saturday after more than three years in military lockup, a shock reversal that fueled hopes for a broader amnesty for dozens of jailed activists as the country slides ever deeper into political turmoil....
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying Saturday he thinks Trump accepted his assurances that Russia didn't meddle in the U.S. presidential election and that their conversation could be a model for improving ties between the two countries....
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- President Donald Trump assailed North Korea as a "problem and menace" Saturday as he met with Asian allies on the sidelines of an international summit to find consensus on next steps after Pyongyang's recent test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile....
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- World powers lined up against U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change Saturday, reaffirming their support for international efforts to fight global warming....
(Vatican Radio) Sea Sunday is being  marked this 9th of July by Christian churches around the world. The day aims to highlight the challenges seafarers face every day, but it also serves as a time to pray for those at sea, their families and those who support them.John Green, is Director of Development for the Apostleship of the Sea UK. He spoke to Lydia O’Kane about the dangers seafarers face and the isolation they can feel while on board their vessels.Listen:  The mobile phone you make calls on, the clothes you wear; chances are that these important everyday items, that we take for granted, are in our possession because they have been shipped to us.Dangers at Sea“For most people shipping and seafarers are out of mind, yet 95% of world trade comes by sea”, explains John Green who adds that often seafarers have to make hazardous journeys in order to deliver their cargo on board. “Working at sea is dangerous in the first place just because of the s...
(Vatican Radio) At the request of Pope Francis, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is writing to Diocesan Bishops to remind them that it falls to them above all to duly provide for all that is required for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper.  Below find the English language translation of Circular letter to Bishops on the bread and wine for the Eucharist CONGREGATION FOR DIVINE WORSHIPAND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SACRAMENTS   Prot. N. 320/17  Circular letter to Bishopson the bread and wine for the Eucharist  At the request of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is writing to Diocesan Bishops (and to those who are their equivalents in law) to remind them that it falls to them above all to duly provide for all that is required for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper (cf. Lk 22: 8,13).  It is for the Bishop a...
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines on Saturday elected a new president, who will lead their conference for the coming two years.  Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao was elected the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) at the start of the 8-10 July plenary assembly at the Pope Piux XII Catholic Center in Manila.   He takes over from Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, who is finishing his second and final term.  Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan has been elected CBCP vice president.Outgoing president Arch. Villegas who delivered a keynote address to open the plenary session  said the Church must continue to reach out to people with open hands rather than clenched fists.  It is in that space that they will continue to meet the living Christ.  “Closed fists do not love; they hurt. Closed fists do not touch, they strike and injure. Closed fists and prayer do not match; open hands ...
Vatican City, Jul 8, 2017 / 04:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday Pope Francis said that just like the biblical tax collectors, despite our sinfulness, Jesus seeks us out to be near us and to heal us, as long as we have the humility to recognize that we need him."First of all we must recognize this: none of us, none of us here, can say, 'I am not a sinner.' The Pharisees said this. And Jesus condemns them," the Pope said July 7."They were proud, vain, they believed themselves to be superior to others. Instead, we are all sinners. It is our title and it is also the opportunity to attract Jesus to us. Jesus comes to us, comes to me, comes to me because I am a sinner."Francis spoke at a private Mass Friday morning for the maintenance staff of Vatican City. In his homily, he reflected on the day's Gospel from St. Matthew, which tells how Jesus called St. Matthew to follow him, dining with him and with other "tax collectors and sinners."This scene...
Vatican City, Jul 8, 2017 / 05:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a new letter to bishops, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments denounced abuses against the Eucharist and "lack of respect in the sacred sphere," and reiterated existing norms regarding the Eucharist at Mass.The letter, issued at the request of Pope Francis, reminds bishops of the norms concerning the Eucharist matter indicated in the Code of Canon Law and the Roman Missal, and explained in the Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum of this Congregation of March 25, 2004.According to those norms, "the bread used in the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist must be unleavened, of only wheat and made recently, so that there is no danger of it being corrupted." Therefore, "bread made with other substances" can not constitute the valid matter for the realization of the Sacrifice and the Eucharistic Sacrament.In addition, they emphasized that "it is a serious abuse to i...
BEIJING (AP) -- American and German specialists saw imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on Saturday and confirmed that he is in the final stages of terminal liver cancer, the hospital treating him said....
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