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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) message at end of the Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The pope tempered his Easter Sunday message of Christian hope with a denunciation of terrorism, recalling victims of attacks in Europe, Africa and elsewhere, as well as expressing dismay that people fleeing war or poverty are being denied welcome as European countries squabble over the refugee crisis. (Photo: L'Osservatore Romano pool photo via AP)
Pope releases key text on family matters
Pope Francis<span style="color: Red;">*</span>released a document Friday that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>paves the way for new integration into the Roman<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Catholic<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Church<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for divorced Catholics, but does<span style="color: Red;">*</span>little to soften the church’s strict views on hot-button topics like gay marriage, abortion<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and contraception. The 256-page apostolic exhortation called “Amoris Laetitia,” Latin for “The Joy of Love,”<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is the product of a wide-ranging two-year process that included two high-level church councils called synods, and discussions at tens of thousands of local churches where<span style="color: Red;">*</span>detailed questionnaires for Catholics were used<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to gauge<span style="color: Red;">*</span>their views on family issues.
Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives on his pope-mobile for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 6, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Andrew Medichini, AP)
Argentine president tied to Panama Papers<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to go before judge<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Argentine President Mauricio Macri, who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has been linked to two offshore companies identified in the Panama<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Papers leak, will appear before a judge Friday to address his role in the businesses. Macri,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a wealthy<span style="color: Red;">*</span>conservative who promised to crack down on corruption,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has also said he intends to set up a blind trust to manage his accounts without his input for the rest of his time in office. Even as Macri tries to stave off the potential political fallout, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>federal prosecutor has asked a judge for permission to investigate whether the president failed to disclose his role in the companies in his tax filings.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has put the odds of Macri being the next world leader forced out by the Panama Papers at 8-1.
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Irish bookmaker Paddy Power released the odds for various world leaders to resign as a result of the Panama Papers in light of Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson's decision to step down. USA TODAY
Space station astronauts are getting an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>inflatable room<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— a first in space
Forget blowup air mattresses. Space station astronauts are getting an inflatable room.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>An unmanned SpaceX Falcon rocket is set to launch from Cape Canaveral on Friday, carrying<span style="color: Red;">*</span>supplies and the pioneering pod. It will be SpaceX’s first station delivery since a launch accident halted shipments in June.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>It'll also be the first time an astronaut steps into an expandable habitat structure in space.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Once attached to the station, the soft-sided compartment<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will be inflated to the size of a small bedroom. It will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>remain in place for two years as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>part of an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>experiment meant to pave the way for moon bases and Mars expeditions.
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The International Space Station is getting its first inflatable room, a technology demo packed aboard a SpaceX rocket due to lift off Friday afternoon. (April 7) AP
After three decades Virginia to release innocent man
Keith Allen Harward, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>former sailor convicted of rape and murder in Virginia, will be released from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Nottoway Correctional Center<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Friday after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>new DNA tests failed to identify his genetic profile in sperm left at the crime scene.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Harward has been serving a life sentence for the 1982 killing of Jesse Perron and the rape of his wife in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Newport News, where Harward's ship was docked. His conviction primarily hinged on the testimony of experts who said his teeth matched a mark left on the female victim's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>leg.
This April 30, 2013 photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Keith Allen Haward, convicted in 1982 of rape and murder in Newport News and serving a life sentence.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Virginia Department of Corrections/AP)
NCAA champs Villanova get victory parade in Philly
Kris Jenkins' jumper at the buzzer earned slight underdog Villanova a hard-fought<span style="color: Red;">*</span>victory against North Carolina for the school's second national title and first in 31 years. The win<span style="color: Red;">*</span>set off<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a raucous celebration, which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>continues Friday with a championship parade in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Philadelphia. (The team actually plays outside city limits.) The route goes along<span style="color: Red;">*</span>five blocks of Market Street and ends outside City Hall.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Phillies were the last major championship team to have a parade in the city, in 2008.
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Stocks: Global markets diverged Friday; Wall Street stock futures pointed higher.
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