Church should not fear change, pope says at synod close
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday closed an assembly of Catholic bishops that revealed deep divisions on how to reach out to homosexuals and divorced people, saying the Church should not be afraid of change and new challenges.
EU’s Barroso warns against UK PM Cameron’s plan to change bloc’s migration rules
LONDON (Reuters) – Outgoing EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Sunday warned British Prime Minister David Cameron against trying to rewrite the European Union’s freedom of movement principle, saying it was essential to the bloc’s internal m…
Brazil’s Rousseff on the offensive a week from runoff vote
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Opposition candidate Aecio Neves is heading into the final week of Brazil’s presidential race with a razor-thin lead in polls, but it’s the incumbent Dilma Rousseff who appears to be gaining momentum in the homestretch.
Half-mumbled prayers and friction at Jerusalem’s holiest site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian police kept a tight watch over the al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday amid high tension between Muslims and Jewish visitors to the holy site and calls from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to defend it by…
Liberian leader say Ebola risks ‘lost generation’, urges action
DAKAR (Reuters) – The Ebola outbreak in West Africa risks unleashing an economic catastrophe that will leave a “lost generation” of young West Africans, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Sunday, urging stronger international action.
Hopes fade for 40 missing after Nepal blizzard
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Hopes faded on Sunday for survivors of one of Nepal’s worst mountain disasters as villagers joined an intensive search by troops and government officials for as many as 40 people missing after an unseasonal blizzard killed 39.
Hungary government to unveil 2015 draft budget on Monday: PM
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government will submit its 2015 draft budget to parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
South African hitman dies of brain tumor, was due to testify in Briton’s murder trial
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African hitman serving a life sentence for shooting dead the wife of British businessman Shrien Dewani has died of a brain tumor, the justice minister said, before he was due to testify in Dewani’s trial for plotting th…
Resignation of Japan minister over scandal seen imminent: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s new trade and industry minister will resign as soon as Sunday over allegations that groups backing her misused political funds, Japanese media said.
Chinese coastguard vessels patrol disputed waters
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sent coastguard vessels to disputed waters in the East China Sea after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angered Beijing by sending a ritual offering to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead from Japan’s wars.
