Bishops call for three-day fasting after Duterte says God stupid
MANILA, July 09: Philippine Catholic bishops have called for fasting and prayers after the president called God "stupid" and questioned God's existence in profane remarks that set the foul-mouthed leader on a collision course with Asia's largest Catholic church. Archbishop Romulo Valles, who heads the country's association of bishops, called for a day of prayers Monday on July 16 to invoke "God's mercy and justice on those who have blasphemed God's holy name, those who slander and bear false witness and those who commit murder or justify murder as a means for fighting criminality." — AP
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Monsoon rains disrupt traffic, schools in Mumbai
MUMBAI, July 09: A third straight day of heavy monsoon rains disrupted trains and traffic in India's financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, with flooding in several areas prompting the government to declare a holiday for schools and colleges. Weather officials warned that heavy rainfall was expected for the next four days, in a statement on the website of the meteorological bureau. "Heavy rains forecast, everyone is advised to stay safe," Vinod Tawde, the education minister of the western state of Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located, said in a message on social network Twitter. — Reuters