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The Latest: Death toll rises to 281 in Italian earthquake

Edit Orange County Register 27 Aug 2016
The Latest ... News Topics ... Pope Francis, Jamie Oliver, Sergio Mattarella, Matteo Renzi, Andrew Cuomo, Italy, Romania ... ....

Don Bosco Prep, Pope John scrap football scrimmage due to virus outbreak, report says

Edit NJ dot com 27 Aug 2016
Don Bosco Prep cancelled its scrimmage against Pope John on Friday due to an outbreak of the Coxsackie virus within its team. cancelled its scrimmage against on Friday due to an outbreak of coxsackievirus within its team. About 15 Ironmen have been infected by the virus, according to NorthJersey.com ... WATCH ... ....

Refugee artist detained on Manus Island wins international cartooning award

Edit The Guardian 27 Aug 2016
Cartoonist Rights Network International says Mr Eaten Fish’s work pushes through secrecy surrounding detention centre. @heldavidson ... Nauru files. leaked reports read aloud in 10-hour vigil outside Australia House in London ... More than 30 Australian cartoonists, including the Guardian’s First Dog on the Moon and David Squires, as well as David Rowe, Jon Kudelka, David Pope, Fiona Katauskas and Cathy Wilcox, drew cartoons in support of Ali....

Donald Trump and Ryan Lochte Don’t Know How to Apologize

Edit The Daily Beast 27 Aug 2016
Public apologies are always difficult, and nothing makes that clearer than the fundamentally unapologetic apologies that Donald Trump and Olympic, gold-medal swimmer Ryan Lochte have issued recently ... His apology was unambiguous ... In 1998 Pope John Paul II made an equally memorable apology in a letter he wrote approving a Vatican document that spoke openly of the failures of the “sons and daughters of the church” during the Holocaust ... 1 ... ....

How the Seahawks roster may shape up

Edit The Spokesman-Review 27 Aug 2016
SEATTLE – Here we go with the first of our Seahawks projected rosters in which we will get some immediate feedback. After defeating Dallas 27-17 in their third preseason game Thursday, the Seahawks now have until Tuesday at 1 p.m. to pare their roster from 90 to 75. They will then have to make another cut to 53 by Sept. 3 ... This is based solely on the 90-man roster as it stands now ... Zac Brooks, George Farmer, Troymaine Pope, Kyle Coleman ... ....

Chris Hicks: TV shows on Blu-ray and DVD this week include a remake of ‘Roots’

Edit Deseret News 27 Aug 2016
A lot of TV series season sets are on DVD and Blu-ray this week, led by the History Channel remake of “Roots.”. “Roots” (History, 2016, three discs, four episodes, documentary) ... “Superstore ... (Season 2 begins on CBS Sept ... Kerry Washington returns as Olivia Pope, again involved with President Fitzgerald (Tony Goldwyn), but it won’t last long as Olivia’s power-hungry instincts get the best of her ... ....

Pope Francis’ “Amoris Laetitia” is Authoritative Doctrine, Writes Theologian (New Ways Ministry)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Aug 2016
Pope Francis signing his exhortation on family life. Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the family released in April, is an exercise of the Magisterium, said a new column in the Vatican's official newspaper ... Salvador Pie-Ninot wrote a column in suggesting that, while Pope Francis failed to identify the text as an exercise of his teaching authority, it should be nonetheless read as such....

For 2017 World Peace Day, pope asks to focus on nonviolence (Diocese of Allentown)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Aug 2016
1 celebration of World Peace Day, Pope Francis will offer reflections on the importance of nonviolence as a political choice, the Vatican said in a statement Aug ... A style of politics for peace' is the theme the pope chose for World Peace Day 2017, the Vatican said ... Pope Francis' frequent references to a 'third world war in pieces' highlight the 'serious negative social consequences' of violence, the Vatican statement said....

Judging denied us three medals in Rio, Irish boxing psychologist says

Edit The Irish Times 26 Aug 2016
Of Conlan, he said ... We can’t be using that as an excuse.” ... The event will feature speakers including mental health campaigner Niall “Bressie” Breslin and rugby pundit Brent Pope. Pope has been candid about his own battles with depression. “I felt ashamed that I could have handled anything on the rugby field that anybody threw at me… but the problem wasn’t my ability physically it was my ability to handle stress and anxiety,” Pope said ... ....

US Weapons Sales Are Drenched in Yemeni Blood

Edit Antiwar 26 Aug 2016
When Pope Francis visited the US Congress in September 2015, he boldly posed a moral challenge to his American hosts, asking ... “In the face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to confront the problem and stop the arms trade,” Pope Francis said. Our lawmakers have failed miserably at heeding the Pope’s call....

Invitation to pray a rosary for lives lost in Italian earthquakes (Catholic Diocese of Buffalo)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Aug 2016
(Source ... Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), invited all Catholics to unite in prayers with Pope Francis for the victims of the earthquakes in Italy and for those suffering due to natural disasters ... This morning, Pope Francis prayed the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary with pilgrims in St....

Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us to Enact a Culture of Encounter, Welcome and Acceptance (Archdiocese of Sydney)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Aug 2016
Speaking ahead of Migrant and Refugee Sunday on 28 August 2016, the Bishops Delegate for Migrants and Refugees drew attention to the example set by Pope Francis on his way back to the Vatican from the Greek Island of Lesbos in April this year, 'he brought with him 12 Syrian refugees, all of whom are Muslim and had their homes destroyed by war'....

Life-size statue of Mother Teresa unveiled

Edit The Hindu 26 Aug 2016
Standing next to the statue of Pope John Paul, now Saint John Paul, the 5 feet 2 inches tall statue of Mother Teresa shows her bowing slightly with clasped palms, in the traditional gesture of greeting people ... During his visit to Kolkata, Pope John Paul has stayed at this historic house in February 1986.” ... Mother Teresa will be declared a saint on September 4. Keywords....
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