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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Monday evening over the Islamic State in Mosul after nearly nine months of grueling combat to drive the militants out of Iraq's second-largest city....
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Bishops should look at ways to helpverify and guarantee the validity and worthiness of the bread and wine used forthe celebration of the Eucharist, the Vatican said in a recent document.Because bread and wine for the Eucharist are no longersupplied just by religious communities, but "are also sold in supermarketsand other stores and even over the internet," bishops should set upguidelines, an oversight body and/or even a form of certification to help"remove any doubt about the validity of the matter for theEucharist," the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and theSacraments said.The recommendations came in a circular letter, "Onthe bread and wine for the Eucharist," sent to diocesan bishops "atthe request of the Holy Father, Pope Francis." Dated June 15 -- the feastof the Body and Blood of Christ -- the letter was made public by the VaticanJuly 8. The letter was signed by Cardinal Robert Sarah, congregation prefe...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Men andwomen who carry the heavy burden of life's troubles can find relief in Christ,who does not take away the load, but carries it as well, Pope Francis said. "He waits for us, healways waits for us, not to resolve our problems magically, but to make usstrong in our problems. Jesus does not remove the burdens of life, but rather theanguish of heart; he does not take the cross away from us, but carries it withus," the pope said before praying the Angelus July 9 with people gatheredin St. Peter's Square.The pope's reflectioncentered on the Sunday reading from the Gospel of St. Matthew, in which Jesusinvites all those who "labor and are burdened" to come to him forrest."Take my yoke upon youand learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find restfor yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light," Jesus said. The pope said Christ excludesno one from this invitation and knows "th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump pressed Congress on Monday to get health care done before leaving for its long August recess, even as Republican senators say the GOP effort so far to repeal and replace the nation's health law is probably dead....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of commuters heading into New York on Monday faced adjustments - some annoying, some time consuming - on the first day of two months of repairs at the country's busiest train station, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo had predicted will make for a "summer of hell."...
LONDON (AP) -- A British court on Monday gave the parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard a chance to present fresh evidence that their terminally ill son should receive experimental treatment....
THERESA, N.Y. (AP) -- An Army soldier killed his wife and a state police trooper who had responded to reports of shots fired at the couple's rural upstate property, authorities said Monday....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi forces were still battling Islamic State militants in a small area of Mosul on Monday, a day after the prime minister visited to congratulate the troops on retaking nearly all of Iraq's second largest city....
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Russian lawyer who has been thrust into the spotlight following reports of her meeting with President Donald Trump's eldest son was a largely unknown figure until she began to represent the son of a Russian official in a major money-laundering trial....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the probes into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia (all times local):...
