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(1 Aug 08 - RV) Millions of North Koreans are facing famine, the World Food Programme has warned. Kelsea Brenann Wessels has more on the story: ...»

(1 Aug 08 - RV) Security was stepped up in the Sri Lankan capital Columbo today ahead of a weekend summit.

The South Asian Association for ...»

(1 Aug 08 - RV) The foreign minister of Burkino Faso, Djibril Bassole, assumed his post as Darfur's new chief mediator for the peace processes in ...»

This is a vacation week for the CWN editorial staff, and-- barring an unexpected development-- we won't be posting headline stories again until August 11. You can still check the CWN home ...

A top Islamic leader has issued an invitation for Pope Benedict XVI to visit Syria during the current Pauline year, the Italian Apcom news agency reports. Sheik Ahmad Badereddine ...

Dramatic changes within the Anglican communion have seriously damaged their relations with the Catholic Church, Cardinal Walter Kasper warned in a blunt address to the Anglican prelates ...

An Anglican prelate from Africa has accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of betraying fundamental Christian principles, and questioned why the leader of the Anglican communion is chosen by ...

The annual report of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is devoted almost exclusively to "reproductive health," the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) reports. The UNFPA ...

The National AIDS Control Organization-- India's federal HIV/AIDS monitoring agency-- has unveiled a new AIDS-awareness curriculum that will focus on abstinence instead of condoms and ...

St. Nicodemus was a secret disciple of Jesus. A member of the Sanhedrin, he would meet Jesus by night. Eventually, it was Nicodemus who reminded the Sanhedrin that Jesus had the right to a trial. With St. Joseph of Arimathea, he prepared Jesus' body and placed him in the tomb. Tradition holds that St. Nicodemus was martyred, though no record remains.

(03 Aug 08 - RV) One of the many consequences of the ongoing Gaza blockade is that young students have virtually been cut off from all access to education. We spoke to Dina Awaad public affairs and development officer for Bethlehem University... 00:02:44:90

Vatican City, Aug 3, 2008 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- Sheik Ahmad Badereddine Hassoun, Syria?s grand mufti and top Sunni Muslim religious authority, has said he would like to meet Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican and persuade him to visit Syria.

(03 Aug 08 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI sent his greetings to the organizers and participants of the Beijing Olympics during his Sunday Angelus from Bressanone. We have this report... 00:01:48:31 Just days before the 29th Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, China, Pope Benedict said he hopes the games may offer to the international community a valid example of coexistence among people of different background in the respect of common dignity. He said he will be following the games, and asks that sports once again be a pledge of fraternity and peace among peoples. He sent his cordial greeting. to the host country, to the organizers and participants, and most importantly, to the athletes. The Pope was speaking after reciting the angelus from Bressanone, where he has been vacationing since July 28th. He spoke to the people gathered in the square of the city's cathedral in three languages - Italian, German, and Ladin. Before reciting the marian prayer, he spoke of Pope Paul VI, who died