2013年7月22日星期一

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Huge crowds in Brazil welcome pope back to home continent

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 04:38 PM PDT

Pope Francis looks through the window of his helicopter before boarding a plane at Fiumicino airport in RomeBy Paulo Prada and Philip Pullella RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Pope Francis arrived in Brazil on Monday on his first foreign trip as pontiff and was swarmed by well-wishers as he drove into Rio de Janeiro, where more than one million people are expected to gather to see the first Latin American to head the Roman Catholic Church. ...


Frenzied crowds greet Pope Francis in Brazil

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 04:25 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Frenzied crowds of Roman Catholics mobbed the car carrying Pope Francis on Monday when he returned to his home continent for the first time as pontiff, embarking on a seven-day visit meant to fan the fervor of the faithful around the globe.

Wrong turn in pope's car leads to Brazil mob scene

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 04:20 PM PDT

In this image from video, a crowd mobs the silver Fiat carrying Pope Francis through Rio de Janeiro on Monday, July 22, 2013. Ecstatic believers forced the closed Fiat to stop several times as they swarmed around during the drive from the airport to an official opening ceremony in the center of the city. (AP Photo)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The mob scene witnessed as Pope Francis arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Monday took place because his driver made a wrong turn, church and Brazilian authorities said.


Church, junior high help out Moore, Okla., schools

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:45 PM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — School officials in the Oklahoma city of Moore say students whose schools were destroyed in the deadly May tornado will attend classes next month in a refurbished junior high school building and a local church.

Small explosive found near Brazilian sanctuary before pope's visit

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:01 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian police found a small homemade explosive in a parking garage near a Catholic sanctuary in the city of Aparecida where Pope Francis is scheduled to visit later this week, a state news service said on Monday. The explosive, made with a plastic pipe wrapped in tape, was safely detonated by a police bomb squad. The device was found in the bathroom of a parking structure in Aparecida, a city in Sao Paulo state whose sanctuary honors the patroness of Brazil, Our Lady of Aparecida. It was unclear if the device was related to the pope's visit. ...

Man accused in church shooting felt 'disrespected'

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 02:00 PM PDT

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A man accused of shooting and nearly killing his father-in-law during a crowded Father's Day church service in northern Utah told authorities he pulled the trigger because he felt "disrespected," prosecutors said Monday.

Woman sexually assaulted during Seattle church service

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:09 PM PDT

By Elaine Porterfield SEATTLE (Reuters) - A registered sex offender has been jailed on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman as she was in the midst of prayer during Sunday church services in Seattle, police said on Monday. The suspect was subdued inside the sanctuary by several of the victim's relatives, who restrained the man until police arrived on the scene of what officers called one of the most outrageous sexual assault cases they had ever encountered, Seattle Police spokeswoman detective Renee Witt said. "We've all seen and heard some pretty bizarre and egregious things, but this ... ...

Pope Francis arrives to Brazil's warm embrace

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Pope Francis deplanes upon his arrival at the international airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 22, 2013. During his seven-day visit, Francis will meet with legions of young Roman Catholics converging on Rio for the church's World Youth Day festival.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A smiling Pope Francis stepped off a plane and into the warm embrace of his native Latin America Monday, landing in Brazil for the start of a seven-day trip meant to fan the fervor of the faithful across the globe.


Pope Francis makes 1st international trip, returning to warm embrace of Latin America

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:51 AM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO - Pope Francis has returned to the warm embrace of Latin America, landing in Brazil to begin his first international trip as pontiff.

Pope Francis arrives in Brazil on 1st international visit

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Pope Francis arrives in Brazil on 1st international visit.

Anticipation for Pope Francis trip grows in Brazil

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:45 AM PDT

A sand sculpture that resembles Pope Francis sits on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Pope Francis, the 76-year-old Argentine who became the church's first pontiff from the Americas in March, will return Monday to the embrace of Latin America to preside over the Roman Catholic Church's World Youth Day festival.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis flew toward the warm embrace of his home continent on Monday while expressing concern for a generation of youth growing up jobless as the world economy sputters.


Brazil buzzing with anticipation for Pope Francis

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:11 AM PDT

A sand sculpture that resembles Pope Francis sits on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Pope Francis, the 76-year-old Argentine who became the church's first pontiff from the Americas in March, will return Monday to the embrace of Latin America to preside over the Roman Catholic Church's World Youth Day festival.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis flew toward the warm embrace of his home continent on Monday while expressing concern for a generation of youth growing up jobless as the world economy sputters.


Pope fears lost generation of young unemployed

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 06:08 AM PDT

Pope Francis gestures as he talks with Italy's Prime Minister Letta before boarding a plane at Fiumicino airport in RomeBy Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday the world risks losing a generation of young people to unemployment and called for a more inclusive culture, as he headed to Brazil on his first trip outside Italy. Speaking to journalists on board his plane, Francis expressed concern about how many young people have no jobs and condemned a "disposable" culture which also hurt the elderly. "The world crisis is not treating young people well ... We are running the risk of having a generation that does not work. ...


Bag in hand, pope takes off on flight to Brazil

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:54 AM PDT

Pope Francis boards a plane at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Monday, July 22, 2013. It's wheels up on Pope Francis' first trip abroad as pontiff. A special Alitalia flight carrying Francis, his entourage and journalists who will cover him on his week-long visit to Brazil took off 10 minutes behind schedule Monday from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport. Keeping to his example that the Catholic church must be humble, Francis carried his own black hand luggage. He even kept holding it with his left hand while he used his left to shake hands with some of the VIPs who turned out to wish him well and while he climbed the stairs to the jet's entrance. Among the dignitaries was Italian Premier Enrico Letta. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)ROME (AP) — It's wheels up on Pope Francis' first trip abroad as pontiff.


Brazil buzzing with anticipation ahead of Pope Francis' return to Latin America as pontiff

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:31 AM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO - Pope Francis lands Monday in a Brazil electric with anticipation for the pontiff's first international trip, heading into the open arms of his home continent where mammoth crowds are expected to celebrate Mass on Rio's Copacabana beach.

Man fires shots into floor of southern Mo. church

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 05:35 PM PDT

NORWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a gunman walked into a southern Missouri church service and fired two shots into the floor.

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