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From southern India to Canada's far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics

As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.

Little did he know that this dedication would take him halfway around the world on a vast cross-cultural journey — ministering among Canada’s Indigenous Catholics, learning their language, culture and historical traumas. He hosted Pope Francis at his Edmonton parish when the late pontiff visited Canada in 2022 to apologize for the Catholic Church’s... Read More

Iran summons EU ambassadors to protest Revolutionary Guard being listed as a terror group

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Monday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group.

The move came as Turkey tried to organize a meeting between the U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials, seeking to jump-start talks to ease the threat of U.S. military action against the Islamic Republic, two Turkish officials said.

The American military has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers into the... Read More

Groundhog Day puts Punxsutawney Phil's forecast about winter's length in the spotlight

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — It's already been a long, cold winter across much of the United States, and on Monday, Punxsutawney Phil's handlers were poised to announce whether the weather-predicting groundhog says there's more of the same to come.

When Phil is said to have seen his shadow upon emergence from a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, that's considered a forecast for six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow, an early spring is said to be on the way.

Tens of thousands of people were on hand at Gobbler's Knob for the annual ritual that goes back more... Read More

A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line fighting and deadly long-range attacks on rear areas.

The trilateral talks will take place on Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi, where a previous meeting was held last month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he would be sending a delegation... Read More

The Latest: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will predict winter's end or 6 more weeks of cold

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are gathering for Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that lives in a tree stump, to predict if the already long and cold winter across much of the United States will go on for another six weeks or if an early spring is around the corner.

The meteorological marmot's predictions on Monday are pretty straightforward, although his top-hatted handlers in the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club insist Phil’s “groundhogese” of winks, purrs, chatters and nods are also being interpreted.

When Phil is said to have seen his shadow... Read More

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From southern India to Canada's far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics

Iran summons EU ambassadors to protest Revolutionary Guard being listed as a terror group

Groundhog Day puts Punxsutawney Phil's forecast about winter's length in the spotlight

A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week

The Latest: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will predict winter's end or 6 more weeks of cold

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