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What Pope Francis told young immigrants in Texas

Jul 28, 2016

As thousands of youth gather in Krakow this week for World Youth Day with Pope Francis, hundreds of undocumented immigrants in Texas who couldn't make it got a special message from the pontiff.
The Grand Imam of Al Azhar condemns the killing of Fr. Jacques Hamel in France

Jul 28, 2016

Ahmad Al Tayyeb offers condolences to the French president, the archbishop of Rouen, the victims' families and to the whole of France. The assailants "devoid of any sense of humanity." In Islam "there is the order to respect the sacred places of worship and the sanctity of non-Muslims”.
Stethoscope Pope: Listens to what makes youth tick

Jul 28, 2016

Pope Francis is in Karakow, Poland to meet with an expected 2 million young people from around the world. He has a firm idea of the dreams, fears and challenges so many of them face.
Muslims grieve murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel, denounce

Jul 28, 2016

French Muslims condemn the "cowardly and barbaric" murder of the priest of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, and call for vigilance so that Islam is not taken "hostage" of Islamism. Daesh have long preached the destruction of those "gray areas" where Muslims encounter Westerners, denying the possibility of any dialogue and coexistence between Islam and the West and between Islam and Christians.
Even a former Obama staffer thinks the Democratic platform is extreme

Jul 28, 2016

The Democratic Party platform has drawn the ire of critics – including a member of Barack Obama’s former campaign – who say its extreme positions on abortion shut out millions of pro-life voters.
Nun who escaped with her life talks about ISIS attack in France

Jul 28, 2016

Sister Danielle, one of the religious who was held hostage by ISIS at a church in France, was able to escape in a moment of inattention by the terrorists and alert the police.
Pope Francis pays tribute to WYD volunteer

Jul 28, 2016

Pop spoke to them about a 22 year old WYD volunteer who died on the 2nd of July of cancer having been diagnosed in November of last year.
Pope Francis holds private meeting with Poland's Bishops

Jul 28, 2016

Pope Francis then went to the chapel behind the main altar to venerate the Blessed Sacrament before holding a private meeting with the country’s 130 b
WYD 2016: ‘Spread message of divine mercy,’ Krakow cardinal says at opening Mass

Jul 28, 2016

St John Paul II's former secretary preached to more than 200,000 pilgrims on Tuesday
Interfaith prayers held during Martyrs’ Day in Myanmar

Jul 28, 2016

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon and various religious leaders in Myanmar have joined Aung San Suu Kyi in praying for the country’s fallen heroes including her father, General Aung San.