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MANILA, Jan. 20, 2015—Pope Francis on Monday lambasted corruption as a “plague” that destroys both societal and ecclesiastical institutions, urging the faithful to pray for those who have fallen into the trap of corrupt acts and practices.

MANILA, Nov. 14, 2014–Pope Francis will celebrate Masses in Latin during his papal visit to the Philippines from January 15 to 19 next year. Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara, chairman of the CBCP Commission on Social Communications, said that all the responses, however, will be in English. “The Masses will be in Latin but the responses will be in English,” Vergara said during a press conference on Friday.

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2014 – The world economy is projected to strengthen this year, with growth picking up in developing countries and high-income economies appearing to be finally turning the corner five years after the global financial crisis, says the World Bank’s newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report.

WASHINGTON DC, June 29, 2013–Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, and Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, chairman of the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace, commended President Barack Obama for his leadership on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and Israeli-Palestinian peace, issues “of deep concern to the Catholic Church.”

LONDON (Xinhua) - British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her spokesman announced Monday.

The spokesman Lord Bell said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning."

Baroness Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the post, renowned for the nickname of "Iron Lady" worldwide.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama launched his second term as U.S. president by confronting conservative opponents in Congress, declaring in an inaugural address before nearly a million spectators that he will tackle climate change, protect America's social safety net and pursue other decidedly liberal goals.

SINGAPORE, December 19, 2012 - Economies of developing East Asia and Pacific remained resilient despite the lackluster performance of the global economy. The World Bank’s latest East Asia and Pacific Economic Update released today, projects the region will grow at 7.5 percent in 2012, lower than the 8.3 percent registered in 2011, but set to recover to 7.9 percent in 2013.

While Obama spent the final day of his final campaign in Chicago, Romney raced to Ohio and Pennsylvania for Election Day campaigning and projected confidence as he flew home to Massachusetts.

Even as counting of votes continues in Florida, Nevada, Virginia and Colorado, CNN has projected that President Barack Obama is re-elected after results from Ohio indicate that the president also carried the state.