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BEIRUT (AP) -- President Bashar Assad's government came under mounting international pressure Thursday after a chemical attack in northern Syria, with even key ally Russia saying its support is not unconditional....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump hinted at possible military action against Syria Thursday as his administration considered how to strike at President Bashar Assad after this week's chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people....
Should recess be mandatory for Florida public schools? It would be close to impossible to find a current student who thinks recess is a bad idea. However, things at the capitol are little more complicated.
(Vatican Radio) An Islamic religious leader from India was to be repatriated from Singapore on April 6 folowing offensive remarks he reportedly made against Christians and Jews during a Friday sermon. Imam Nalla Mohamed Abdul Jameel was handed a fine of S$ 4,000 at the State Courts on April 3 after he pleaded guilty to committing the offence in his sermon on Jan. 6 at the Jamae Chulia Mosque in Singapore, where he was chief imam. The 46-year old imam was reported to have recited a prayer in Arabic that said, "God help us against Jews and Christians", among other things. A video of the prayer was circulated online in February, causing concern in the Muslim community as well as the wider public, and prompting a police investigation. Under the Penal Code, Jameel could have been jailed for up to three years, fined or both. The court papers said: "The accused knew what the words meant and knew that the phrase may also be interpreted as asking God t...
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will wash the feet of drug addicts and policemen during the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony at the Manila Cathedral next week. In the past years, the Archbishop of Manila observed the Holy Thursday tradition washing the feet of the elderly, women, and people with disabilities. Father Roy Bellen, spokesman of the Archdiocese of Manila, said the 12 people selected for the Holy Week ritual include former drug addicts and relatives of victims of drug-related killings.The Holy Thursday ritual is the enactment of the gesture of Jesus at the Last Supper, before his passion and death, where he washed the feet of his apostles, as an example of humble service and love, asking them to do the same to others. The Holy Week which begins with Palm Sunday, is the most solemn period of the year for Christians that culminates into their greatest feast, Easter, the resurrection of Christ from death. Christians prepare themselves ...
Indonesian Muslim, Catholic and Protestant groups have pledged to join forces to stand up against slavery and human trafficking in Indonesia's maritime and fishing sector. They signed a joint declaration recently to end slavery at the vice president's office. The joint effort is "our effort to show that we want to work together with the government to end the problem," said Father Paulus Christian Siswantoko, executive secretary of the Indonesian bishops' Commission for Justice, Peace and Pastoral for Migrant People. Slavery, human rights violations and human trafficking are rife in the maritime and fishing sector that employs some 210,000 Indonesian people, according to the International Labor Organization. Furthermore, the 2014 Global Slavery Index ranked Indonesia 10th out of 167 countries on the number of people in modern slavery. With over 700,000 people trapped, Indonesia has the highest number of modern slaves in Southeast Asia, f...
As a way of responding to the three pillars that the Catholic faithful are encouraged to observe during the Lenten period, members of staff at Malawi’s Catholic Secretariat this Thursday took time off their busy schedule to interact with children at Tikondane Care for Children Centre in the capital, Lilongwe.During the visit, members of staff participated in the Holy Eucharist along with the children and later donated assorted items including a refrigerator, bags of Maize, Beans, Rice and bales of Sugar.During the Season of Lent, Catholics strive to observe periods of fasting; try to lead a more prayerful life and at the same time share what they have with those most in need.“It is for this reason that we, members of staff at the Catholic Secretariat decided to come here and of course to fulfill two of our obligations as Catholics which are: Praying along with you and at the same time sharing with you the little that we have,” said Fr. Regis Kamera, Deputy Secret...
(Vatican Radio) Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI turns 90 years of age on April 16th. To mark the occasion the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI has edited a special festschrift volume of essays by Ratzinger Prize-winning theologians, which was presented on Thursday afternoon at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute of Rome.Titled Cooperatores veritatis: Tributes to Pope emeritus Benedict XVI on his 90th Birthday, assembled under the editorship of Pierluca Azzaro and Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ and published by the Vatican Publishing House, the volume is at once a testament to the profound influence of the thought of the Pope emeritus across intellectual disciplines, and a genuine contribution to scholarship and intellectual endeavour.Its main title, Cooperatores veritatis is taken from Pope emeritus Benedict XVI’s episcopal motto.In remarks to Vatican Radio ahead of the presentation, the President of the Ratzinger Foundation, Fr. Federico Lombardi SJ, ex...
Vatican City, Apr 6, 2017 / 07:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has chosen Msgr. Daniel H. Mueggenborg, a priest of the Diocese of Tulsa, to be an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle.Over the course of his life, Msgr. Mueggenborg has met St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Calcutta, as well as served Mass for Fr. Stanley Rother, the first recognized martyr to have been born in the United States. The Vatican announced his appointment April 6. He will join Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, a fellow auxiliary bishop, under Archbishop of Seattle J. Peter Sartain.Bishop-elect Mueggenborg, 55, was born in Okarche, Okla. on April 15, 1962. Growing up he participated in Boy Scouts of America, eventually receiving the Eagle Scout Award.One early event in his life, which impacted him greatly, he said, was meeting Fr. Stanley Rother, a native of Oklahoma who was martyred while working as a missionary in Guatemala and will be beatified in Oklaho...
By MEDJUGORJE, Bosnia-Herzegovina (CNS) -- While he said he hadno authority or expertise to discuss the authenticity of the allegedapparitions of Mary at Medjugorje,Pope Francis' envoy to the town said it was clear "there is a specialspiritual climate here."Polish ArchbishopHenryk Hoser of Warsaw-Praga, named by Pope Francis in February to studythe pastoral situation in the small town and the needs of pilgrims, held a newsconference April 5 after a week in Medjugorje.The archbishop repeatedly told reporters he could notrespond to questions about the authenticity of the claims of six young peoplewho said Mary had appeared to them daily beginning in 1981. Some of the six sayMary still appears to them and gives them messages each day, while others saythey see her only once a year now."It is not my task to discuss whether these phenomenaare true or not, because the church has not yet defined them. This is the workof the commission," which now-retired Pope Benedict XVI established in2010...