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Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jun 20, 2017 / 04:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- More than 3,300 people have been killed since October alone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai region, said a report on recent violence by Catholic officials this week.The death toll includes civilians caught in the crossfire of a brutal fight between the Congolese army and an opposing militia group.A report was issued Tuesday by Catholic officials, who repeatedly appealed for both sides to embrace peaceful dialogue in order to facilitate the transition of power from President Joseph Kabila to his successor.In the central-southern province of Kasai, the report said, 14 villages have been destroyed thus far, totaling at least 3,383 deaths.Ten villages were destroyed by the central government’s army in an attempt to root out the opposition. Four more villages were demolished by the Kamuina Nsapu militia, killing hundreds of people and attacking church property while trying to dr...
By Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Just two years after being hired to help with the Vatican'sefforts in finance reform, LiberoMilone -- the Vatican's first independent auditor who answered only tothe pope -- handed a request for his resignation to Pope Francis.Thepope accepted Milone's request, the Vatican announced June 20, after Milonepersonally presented it to the pope a day earlier."Whilewishing Milone the best in his future endeavors, the Holy See wishes to inform(everyone) that the process of naming a new director of the auditor-general's officewill be underway as soon as possible," the Vatican's written statementsaid.PopeFrancis named Milone to fill the new position of auditor general in June 2015,more than a year after establishing special structures to oversee the Vatican'sfinances -- the Council forthe Economy and the Secretariatfor the Economy.Theauditor general has the power to audit the books of any Vatican office andreports directly to the pope. The auditing office c...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican campaign to roll back Barack Obama's health care law is colliding with America's opioid epidemic. Medicaid cutbacks would hit hard in states deeply affected by the addiction crisis and struggling to turn the corner, according to state data and concerned lawmakers in both parties....
Islamic leaders are questioning Virginia detectives' insistence that the beating death of a teenage Muslim girl appears to have been a case of road rage, saying the attack looks all too much like a hate crime....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's White House is putting the "brief" in press briefings....
LONDON (AP) -- The cars still zip over London Bridge at their typical fast clip, drawing little obvious attention....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans steered toward a potential showdown vote on their long-awaited health care bill next week, despite indications that they've yet to solidify the 50 GOP votes they'll need to avert an embarrassing defeat....
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazil's federal police said Tuesday that investigators have found evidence President Michel Temer received bribes to help businesses, raising a new threat that the embattled leader could be suspended from office pending a corruption trial....
PHOENIX (AP) -- The first day of summer brought some of the worst heat the Southwest U.S. has seen in years, forcing flights to be canceled, straining the power grid and making life miserable for workers toiling in temperatures that reached 120 degrees in some desert cities....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Belgian authorities said they foiled a "terror attack" Tuesday when soldiers shot and killed a suspect after a small explosion at a busy Brussels train station that continued a week of attacks in the capitals of Europe....
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