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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Latest on the massive suicide truck bombing that hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, during morning rush hour (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw the United States from a landmark global climate agreement, a White House official said Wednesday, though Trump and aides were looking for "caveats in the language" related to the exit and had not made a final decision....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has recalled the 75th anniversary of the Lidice massacre at the hands of the Nazi regime during his weekly General Audience on Wednesday.In a special Czech-language greeting to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father invited them to rely “with trust on the intercession of the Holy Virgin, whom you venerate in the icon of the Madonna of Lidice”.He prayed Our Lady help them “to be courageous witnesses of the Resurrection of Christ, especially in difficult or trying moments”.The group is participating in a national pilgrimage being led by Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague.The village of Lidice (then in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and now in the Czech Republic) was completely destroyed by Nazi troops in 1942.All 173 men over the age of 15 were killed in reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich.
In a video, a Catholic priest abducted by armed terrorists in southern Philippines, has appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to end every offensive against the abductors in order to free those kidnapped. Fr. Teresito “Chito” Suganob, the vicar general of Marawi Prelature, who was abducted on 24 May by the Maute group that owes allegiance to Islamic State terrorist group, was seen in a Facebook video on 30 May saying the militants are demanding a stop to the military offensive against them for the sake of the “prisoners of war”, according to CBCPNews of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Maute wants withdrawal of armed forces and an end to airstrikes‘Mr. President, …. from our heart, please consider us,” Fr. Suganob in mufti and a flowing white beard appealed in English. “They don’t ask for anything, they just ask that you leave this place peacefully.” “We are i...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has greeted young people in Poland gathered for an annual prayer meeting at Lake Lednica, where Poland was “baptized” and became a Christian country in the person of its pagan leader Mieszko in 966.During his General Audience, Pope Francis asked Mary to guide the Lednica Youth Meeting , which this year carries the motto “Go forth and love”.He said when Mary heard this call in her heart, she “went to Elizabeth to share the joy of her encounter and to offer her tangible aid.”The Holy Father went on to call Zacchaeus the “second patron” of the meeting.He said Jesus “wishes to come to send you to your brothers, so that you share His love. He knows it isn’t easy, so he sends the Holy Spirit who will fill you with His strength”.The Lednica Youth Movement is a youth ministry promoted by the Dominican friars of Poland.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his catechesis on Christian Hope at Wednesday’s General Audience, taking as his starting point a reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Romans:Rom 15, 13-14: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. I myself am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.The Holy Father said that in light of the upcoming feast of Pentecost, “we cannot fail to speak of the relationship between Christian hope and the Holy Spirit.” Hope, he said, quoting the Letter to the Hebrews, can be compared to an anchor, but also to a sail; like an anchor it gives us security, but like a sail it pushes us forward.Pope Francis focused on the words “God of hope,” saying that God is not simply the object of hope; He also makes us “joyful in hope,” givin...
New Delhi, India, May 31, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A member of India’s Legislative Assembly is encouraging the Church to raise money for the release of kidnapped priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, claiming a need for concrete action beyond prayer.Legislative member P.C. George expressed concern that prayer and words are the only action taken to release Fr. Tom, and said the terrorists only “want money.”“The Catholic Church should take initiative to raise the fund to pay as ransom to them,” he said, according to Manorama on May 27.The legislator said he would be willing to donate money, and suggested local churches set aside a particular collection to raise the money necessary for the freedom of priest, who was kidnapped last year by terrorists while serving the poor in Yemen.George’s words followed a similar call to action from Kerela chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan a day before. Vijayan emphasized the serious nature of kidnapping and the need...
Vatican City, May 31, 2017 / 05:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit has the power to fill us with the hope of Christ, in turn making us Christians vessels that bring hope to others, rather than bitterness or desperation.“The Holy Spirit makes us not only able to hope, but also to be sowers of hope, that we too are, like him and thanks to him – the “paraclete” – consolers and defenders of our brothers, sowers of hope,” Pope Francis said May 31.“A Christian can sow bitterness, can sow perplexity, and this is not Christian,” he said, adding: “whoever does this is not a good Christian. Sow hope: sow the oil of hope, sow the fragrance of hope, and not the vinegar of bitterness and hopelessness.” Francis continued his reflections on the virtue of hope during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, this time centering on the role of the Holy Spirit in anticipation of the Fea...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Megyn Kelly's debut on NBC News this Sunday is a real-life cliffhanger involving Russian President Vladimir Putin....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A midnight tweet from President Donald Trump has social media trying to find a meaning in the mysterious term "covfefe."...
