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Vatican City, May 4, 2017 / 01:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a meeting Thursday between Pope Francis and Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, the two cemented their diplomatic relationship, agreeing to send ambassadors to each other's countries.“The Holy See and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, keen to promote bonds of mutual friendship, have jointly agreed to establish diplomatic relations at the level of Apostolic Nunciature, on behalf of the Holy See, and Embassy, on the part of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.”Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese diplomat, politician and author who currently serves as the State Counsellor and Foreign Minister of Myanmar.Before her rise to power, she spent much of her career under house arrest due to her push for human rights and democracy, which contradicted the military rule at the time.She first met with Pope Francis in October 2013 when she came to Rome to pick up an honorary citizenship she'd been awarded in 1...
By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Many religious leaders viewed PresidentDonald Trump's executive order on religious freedom, which he signed in a WhiteHouse Rose Garden ceremony May 4, as a step in the right direction.In theceremony for National Day of Prayer prior to signing the executive order, Trumptold the assembled religious leaders: "We're taking big steps to protectreligious liberty" and he assured them the government "won't standfor religious discrimination."Threereligious leaders, including Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, offeredprayers during the ceremony. Just prior to the event, Cardinal Wuerl and CardinalDaniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops, met with Trump about the order.In astatement issued after the order was signed, Cardinal DiNardo said theexecutive order "begins the process of alleviating the serious burden ofthe HHS mandate," referring to the mandate issued by the federalDepartment of Health and H...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The call of the wild is getting harder to hear....
DALLAS (AP) -- A California family says they were forced off a Delta plane and threatened with jail after refusing to give up one of their children's seats on a crowded flight....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air travel in the United States has become a combustible mix in which passengers aren't the only ones treated unfairly, senators were told Thursday. Travelers all too frequently take out their frustrations on airline employees, including flight attendants and gate agents, speakers said at a Senate hearing....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- It's being called "gray death" - a new and dangerous opioid combo that underscores the ever-changing nature of the U.S. addiction crisis....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Determined to exert greater economic pressure on North Korea, the Republican-led House on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang targeting its shipping industry and use of slave labor....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has delivered to President Donald Trump the first significant legislation of his presidency, a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would keep the government running through September - putting off, for now, battles over Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall and his promised military buildup....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump on Thursday delayed his first trip home to New York as president to celebrate House passage of legislation undoing much of former President Barack Obama's health law, a long-sought GOP goal and top Trump campaign promise....
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