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March 31, 2019

Teens hailed as heroes in boy’s rescue

Young skiers Gabriel Neilson, second from left, and four friends have been hailed as heroes after they helped rescue an eight-year-old boy dangling from a chairlift on Grouse Mountain. The drama was caught on video by another skier, Carolina Akoglu, as the boy fell.

VANCOUVER - It was a day of skiing Grade 8 student Gabriel Neilson won’t soon forget.

Published in Canada
April 9, 2018

Prayers and tears for victims of Humboldt Broncos tragedy

Mourners embrace during an April 8 vigil at Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, to honor members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team who were killed in a fatal bus accident.

Crying, hugging and shaking their heads in disbelief, the people of Humboldt, Sask. gathered at the local hockey arena April 8 for an inter-faith service to mourn 15 people who died after the bus carrying the town’s junior hockey team collided with a truck.

Published in Canada
September 11, 2017

Bruised, not broken: Pope encourages Colombians to pursue peace

Pope Francis greets people as he arrives to bless a house in Cartagena, Colombia, Sept. 10.

CARTAGENA, Colombia – Pope Francis said he had no magic words or special recipes for Colombians seeking peace, but rather he wanted to listen to them, learn from them and travel a bit of the road with them.

Published in International
July 19, 2017

Pope Francis calls up garbage collector who lost legs in accident

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his general audience June 14 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that left him without legs.

Published in International
August 20, 2014

Pope Francis thanks people for prayers after deadly crash kills relatives

The caskets containing the bodies of the wife and children of Emanuel Bergoglio, a nephew of Pope Francis, are loaded on a plane Aug. 19 in Cordoba, Argentina, to be flown to Buenos Aires. The pope asked people to join him in prayer after he learned that two of his little great-nephews and their mother had died in a car crash in Argentina and his nephew was in critical condition.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in mourning for the deaths of his nephew's wife and two small children, thanked people at his weekly general audience Aug. 20 for their prayers.

Published in Vatican
August 14, 2014

Families of Korean ferry accident appeal to Pope for justice

Family members of the 304 South Korean ferry victims send Pope Francis a message from Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 13. The pope is scheduled to be in the country for a five-day Asian Youth Day event.

SEOUL, South Korea - Families of the victims of the April Sewol ferry accident appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice on the eve of his Aug. 14-18 Korean visit.

Published in International