... Bethlehem “is a place of sorrow and silence” this year. Francis’ annual “Urbi et Orbi” ("To the City and the World") speech typically offers a lament of all the misery facing the world, and this year’s edition was no different. From Armenia and Azerbaijan to Syria and Yemen, Ukraine ...
... given to prosecutors, which he said resulted in an investigation and trial that were “well distant from those adopted in a state of law.” He lamented that the defense wasn't allowed to call the pope or the Vatican secretary of state as witnesses, even though other testimony and documentation ...
Martin Griffiths, the U.N. humanitarian affairs chief, lamented the world’s inaction. “That such a brutal conflict has been allowed to continue and for this long — despite the widespread condemnation, the physical and mental toll and the massive destruction — is an indelible stain on our collective conscience,” he wrote ...
... signed by several Christian pastoral leaders in Bethlehem. Addressed to President Joe Biden, it asked him to help stop the war. The signatories said they lamented all deaths, Palestinian and Israeli. “We want a constant and comprehensive ceasefire. Enough death. Enough destruction. ... This is our call and prayer this Christmas ...
... evidence, that they bring crime and potentially disease with them. "They come from Africa, they come from Asia, they come from South America," he said, lamenting what he said was a "border catastrophe." Trump made no mention of the Colorado Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to disqualify him from the ...
... a defense agreement with Finland, Pope Francis approved a policy change allowing priests to bless same-sex couples and a trial for democracy activist Jimmy Lye opened in Hong Kong as part of China's campaign to crush dissidents. ... Geoff Bennett: In the day's other headlines: A front-line ...
... been staying with her sister and two young nieces for the past four months. “They are going to leave me out in the cold,” Vasquez lamented in Spanish one chilly morning this month outside the hotel. “We don’t have an escape plan. The situation is difficult, even more so ...
... fair trial. The defense attorneys did praise Judge Giuseppe Pignatone's even-handedness and said they were able to present their arguments amply. But they lamented the Vatican’s outdated procedural norms gave prosecutors enormous leeway to withhold evidence and otherwise pursue their investigation nearly unimpeded. Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican ...
... don't know anyone that doesn't want everybody to live into what they believe God is calling them to do." Bickerton said he particularly laments the departure of many churches that are longtime, rural-area fixtures. "When Methodism came to the United States, it went to where the people ...
... of supporters in the capital, Buenos Aires. “We don’t desire the hard decisions that will be need to be made in coming weeks, but lamentably they didn't leave us any option.” South America's second largest economy is suffering 143 percent annual inflation, the currency has plunged and ...
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