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CNA Newsroom, Nov 3, 2022 / 15:02 pm The economic crisis in Cuba continues to impact the population, this time affecting Catholics specifically because the lack of wheat flour has meant that no more Communion hosts can be made. The St. Teresa Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Havana announced the news Wednesday. “We inform all the dioceses that there are no longer hosts for sale. We have been working with the little flour that was left and what was in reserve has already run out,” the nuns reported in a statement shared by the Catholic publication Vida Cristiana. “We hope and...

President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's vote totals are "inconsistent with our democratic process," Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowki said on Sunday, emphasizing that "it is time to begin the full and formal transition process," Axios reported.The Alaska senator became one of the few congressional Republicans to acknowledge Biden as the "president-elect," as the Trump campaign continues its legal efforts to challenge the results in key swing states that gave the former vice president the victory in the election.

Michelle Obama Speaks To Camp Pendleton Troops By JULIE WATSON CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – First lady Michelle Obama is challenging Americans to come up with ways to show support for U.S. troops and their families. Obama spoke Sunday to about 3,500 service members and their families at Camp Pendleton, which has lost five Marines in the war in Afghanistan in the past week. Obama says Camp Pendleton and its neighboring Southern California communities are a model for the nation in terms of showing support for the military. She says communities can do things such as offer free museum passes, discounts...

Censor comments on Islam to avoid violence: Muslim expert 20th September 2006, 11:00 WST Non-Muslims should practise selfcensorship to avoid triggering violent reactions, a prominent Perth Muslim says. In the wake of violent attacks over a speech by Pope Benedict XVI that linked the Prophet Mohammed’s teachings to violence, Perth academic Samina Yasmeen said religious and community leaders should stop speaking about Islamic icons to avoid causing offence. Associate Professor Yasmeen, director of the University of WA’s centre for Muslim states and societies, accused the Pope of deliberately provoking the aggression by inviting criticism of Mohammed. She said the Pope...