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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Their health care bill teetering on the brink, House Republican leaders and President Donald Trump intensified their already-fierce lobbying Wednesday to save the long-promised legislation, agreeing to changes that brought two pivotal Republicans back on board....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis reflected on last weekend’s Apostolic Voyage to Egypt during his weekly General Audience, recalling the various stages of his trip.The Holy Father thanked the people of Egypt for their warm welcome, and noted the “extraordinary commitment” of the Egyptian authorities to ensure his visit went off without a hitch.He spoke of his visit to the Al-Azhar University, which was focused on both “dialogue between Christians and Muslims” and “the promotion of peace” in the world. Pope Francis summarized his address at the International Conference for peace, emphasizing Egypt’s history as a “land of civility” and a “land of covenant.” Egypt, he said, echoing the speech of the Grand Imam, “reminds us that peace is built through education, formation in wisdom, a humanism that includes the religious dimension, the relationship with God, as an integral part.” He continued, saying peace...
(Vatican Radio)  The Archdiocese of Bombay is very concerned about the demolition of the cross in Bandra, said the archdiocesan spokesman Fr. Nigel Barrett expressing the Catholic community’s sentiments follwoing the demolition of a century-old cross on Saturday in the Western Indian city of Mumbai.  “In fact, the Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Oswald Gracias described the destruction of this historic roadside cross ‘deeply disturbing’”, Fr. Barrett told Vatican Radio. “Officials of the ‎Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body that governs Mumbai, the capital city of ‎Maharashtra state, pulled down a cross near Bazar Road in Bandra on April 29, on directives from Bombay High Court.  Not long after, local Catholics put up a ‎makeshift cross amid the rubble to “reassure” the community. The removal of the cross was part of the directive of Bombay High Court asking BMC to demolish all &lrm...
(Vatican Radio) Kenyan bishops are “very worried” that widespread violence will flare up in the country as tensions mount before this summer’s general elections.In a wide ranging statement, the Kenyan Bishops Conference attacked political parties for being unable to conduct “clean and transparent” primaries to nominate their candidates ahead of the August 8 election.Chairman of the Conference, Bishop Philip Anyolo: “The fear of widespread violence erupting cannot be ignored.“We are already witnessing that communities are beginning to be suspicious of one another, investors are wary of investing in Kenya, foreign tourists and other visitors are cancelling their visits to the country due to security uncertainties, lenders employ a wait and see attitude, and the general economy of our country has stalled.“Many Kenyans seem to have lost confidence in the capacity of institutions, bodies, individuals and even their own leaders.“Let ...
Dr. Celcio Dias of World Apostolate of Fatima, India speaks about the preparations  of the Centenary of Fatima apparitions, which will be celebrated by Pope Francis on May 13.Dr. Celcio Dias, a medical doctor by profession,  is the International secretary and vice chairman of the Indian centre and Goa unit of the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF). He spoke on length on WAF association, its purpose, the relevance of the message at Fatima and the  elaborate programmes designed by the Indian Board for a fruitful celebration of the Fatima Centenary in the parishes, chapels, Institutions and houses. The National Ecclesiastical Adviser  of WAF India is Bishop Peter Machado of Belgaum diocese who is  appointed by the  Conference of Catholic Bishops of India.Listen to the full interview with Dr. Celcio Dias For Online Fatima Formation Platform   in India visit : www.WorldFatimaTv.org  or  whatsapp on 0091 9822981418 The World...
A Catholic village in northern Sri Lanka celebrated a thanksgiving Mass after the military promised to return church premises and some of the land and property wrested from them during the island nation's civil war.  Villagers from Mullikulam in Mannar Diocese had been protesting ever since their homes, agricultural lands and a church were forcibly taken away by the Sri Lankan Navy in 2007 two years before the country's civil war ended in 2009.  On April 30, after decades of protest, some of their properties were returned.Sri Lankan Navy Commander Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne met the villagers, three priests and representatives from the Catholic lawyers association on April 29, over a month after their latest occupy-style protest began on March 23. Father Anton Thavaraja, parish priest of Our Lady of Assumption in Mullikulam, said the military official promised to release the church building and premises, 27 houses and some farmland.  The navy officia...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just as it had been for centuries, Egypt can be a sign of hope forthose who long for peace,Pope Francis said. During hisweekly general audience May 3, the pope reflected on his recent visit to Egyptand said that because of its religious and cultural heritage as well as itsrole in the Middle East, Egypt has the task of promoting a lasting peace that"rests not on the law of force but on the force of law.""For us, Egypt has been a sign of hope, refuge andhelp. When that part of the world suffered famine, Jacob and his sons went there. Then whenJesus was persecuted, he went there," he said. " Egypt, for us, is that sign of hopeboth in history and for today, this brotherhood."The pope's April 28-29 visit to Cairo began with a gatheringorganized by Egypt's al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest institute of learning. Thevisit to the university, he said, had the twofold purpose of promoting Christian-Muslimdialogue and...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Julien Warnand, EPABy Simon CaldwellMANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- Agroup of psychiatric care centers run by a Catholic religious order in Belgiumhas announced it will permit doctors to undertake the euthanasia of "nonterminal"mentally ill patients on its premises.In a nine-page document, theBrothers of Charity Group stated that it would allow doctors to performeuthanasia in any of its 15 centers, which provide care to more than 5,000patients a year, subject to carefully stipulated criteria.Brother Rene Stockman, thesuperior general, has distanced himself from the decision of the group'slargely lay board of directors, however, and has told Belgian media that thepolicy was a tragedy."We cannot accept thateuthanasia is carried out within the walls of our institutions," saidBrother Stockman, a specialist in psychiatric care, in an April 27 interviewwith De Morgen newspaper in Brussels.He told the newspaper that heintended to raise the matter with Catholic authorities in ...
HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (AP) -- After the Islamic State group swept into his town nearly three years ago, Mustafa al-Taee resolved to bear witness to the militants' brutal rule by secretly painting what he had seen with his own eyes....
LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister Theresa May signaled the official start of Britain's Brexit-dominated election campaign Wednesday with a visit to Queen Elizabeth II - followed by an attack on European Union officials she accused of trying to influence the outcome....
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