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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seawater - increasingly acidic due to global warming - is eating away the limestone framework for the coral reef of the upper Florida Keys, according to a new study. It's something that scientists had expected, but not so soon....
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter blasted what the U.S. and its allies see as Russian aggression in Europe, saying Tuesday that Moscow is "going backward in time" with warlike actions that compel an American military buildup on NATO's eastern flank....
DETROIT (AP) -- Michigan lawmakers moved swiftly Tuesday to advance a $500 million plan to restructure Detroit public schools by creating a new district - a proposal designed to ease the concerns of teachers who closed the district for a second consecutive day by calling out sick....
BOSTON (AP) -- After months of testing, many of the nation's big-city police forces are planning to expand their use of body cameras by the summer, but the number of officers with such gear will still be relatively small, an Associated Press review found....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A maternity hospital in a government-held section of Aleppo was struck by rocket fire Tuesday as battles killed 20 people and dragged the contested city in northern Syria deeper into chaos for a 12th straight day....
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) -- The combat death Tuesday of a U.S Navy SEAL who was advising Kurdish forces in Iraq coincides with a gradually deepening American role in fighting a resilient Islamic State, even as the Iraqis struggle to muster the military and political strength to defeat the militants....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Assailing each other with no letup, Republican front-runner Donald Trump and challenger Ted Cruz traded insults, charges and more Tuesday as Indiana voters went to the polls in what could be an all-but-decisive presidential primary election....
(Vatican Radio) Leicester City F.C. winning the Premier League title is a “fairy tale,” according to the local Catholic Bishop.Bishop Patrick McKinney of the Diocese of Nottingham (in which the city of Leicester is located) told Vatican Radio he was “delighted” for the football team, the morning after Monday evening’s 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur ensured Leicester City’s lead was insurmountable.Listen to the interview with Bishop Patrick McKinney: “It is a wonderful story of a small club with not a lot of money, and players that were rejected and came from lower divisions, moulded together into a fantastic team who have overcome the most powerful and affluent teams in the Premiership,” – Bishop McKinney – “It’s a great story, and I am delighted for the team. I’m delighted particularly for the supporters and all the people within the Nottingham Diocese who are supporters and who fo...
(Vatican Radio) Leicester City F.C. winning the Premier League title is a “fairy tale,” according to the local Catholic Bishop.
Bishop Patrick McKinney of the Diocese of Nottingham (in which the city of Leicester is located) told Vatican Radio he was “delighted” for the football team, the morning after Monday evening’s 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur ensured Leicester City’s lead was insurmountable.
Listen to the interview with Bishop Patrick McKinney:
“It is a wonderful story of a small club with not a lot of money, and players that were rejected and came from lower divisions, moulded together into a fantastic team who have overcome the most powerful and affluent teams in the Premiership,” – Bishop McKinney – “It’s a great story, and I am delighted for the team. I’m delighted particularly for the supporters and all the people within the Nottingham Diocese who are supporters and who follow Leicester City.”
The team had been 5000-1 underdogs after a relegation battle last season, and most pundits predicted they would once again find themselves in the second-tier Championship.
“I think so many people in the country are delighted that the underdog, the small team, the team that was expected to go down – to be relegated – this season have confounded all the experts, and are the champions,” Bishop McKinney said.
Although there are two games remaining in the 2015-2016 campaign, all eyes are fixed on next season, when Leicester City will not only be defending their Premier League title, but will also be competing for the first time in the UEFA Champions League.
“It is a wonderful story, but it would be shame if it was just a one-season story,” Bishop McKinney said. “I want to believe, and I want to pray, that they can build upon this and be successful for many years to come.”
The Diocese of Miao in north-east India’s Arunachal Pradesh state has started a Divine Mercy Prayer Chain, part of its programme during the current Jubilee Year of Mercy. “It is our way of participating in the Jubilee of Mercy event of the Universal Church,” said Fr. Jose Chemparathy, the Vicar General of Diocese. Miao Diocese has organized various spiritual events during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that Pope Francis has called for the universal Church from December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016. Salesian Bishop George Palipparambil of Miao has organized the Divine Mercy Prayer Chain across the diocese from April 1 to November 13, 2016, part of a series of initiatives to make the faithful experience God’s Mercy in a special way. The event was inaugurated in Miao with the special prayer and Divine Mercy chaplet in which many faithful participated. It included Ad...
The Diocese of Miao in north-east India’s Arunachal Pradesh state has started a Divine Mercy Prayer Chain, part of its programme during the current Jubilee Year of Mercy. “It is our way of participating in the Jubilee of Mercy event of the Universal Church,” said Fr. Jose Chemparathy, the Vicar General of Diocese. Miao Diocese has organized various spiritual events during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that Pope Francis has called for the universal Church from December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016.
Salesian Bishop George Palipparambil of Miao has organized the Divine Mercy Prayer Chain across the diocese from April 1 to November 13, 2016, part of a series of initiatives to make the faithful experience God’s Mercy in a special way. The event was inaugurated in Miao with the special prayer and Divine Mercy chaplet in which many faithful participated. It included Adoration and Divine Mercy prayer in Neotan Parish and several other centres. Divine Mercy Chaplets will be recited in every centre of the 28 Parishes in the Diocese on different dates.
Bishop George offered a special prayer for the success of the Divine Mercy Prayer Chain. “We feel specially blessed by God as this year coincides with 10th Anniversary of the Diocese of Miao. We pray for God’s Mercy and blessings on all of us in the Diocese throughout this Jubilee,” he said.
Miao Diocese that is marking its 10th anniversary, has organized several Year of Mercy events. A retreat for catechists was organized from 25 to 29 April 2016 at Divine Renewal Retreat Centre, Margehrita, in which 350 catechists, woman leaders and youth leaders participated. Earlier, a retreat for priests, held at Bishop’s House in Miao from 29 February to 5 March, was preached by Fr. Panneer Selvam, one of the 762 Missionaries of Mercy from around the world officially commissioned by Pope Francis to forgive even the sins that are reserved for the Holy See to pardon. Another retreat for nuns working in Miao Diocese was held from 6 to 12 March.
Kiev, Ukraine, May 3, 2016 / 06:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “I want to go back home.” This is the most common phrase uttered by internally displaced persons in Ukraine, says Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, Secretary of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.Msgr. Dal Toso visited Ukraine Apr. 24-27, following the extraordinary collection for the country launched by Pope Francis. As the Pontifical Council Cor Unum has been entrusted by the Pope to deliver the money, Msgr. Dal Toso traveled to Ukraine to get acquainted with the situation.During his the days in Kiev, Msgr. Dal Toso met with the top officials of the Greek Catholic and Latin Church in Ukraine, but also with the representatives of other Christian denominations, including the Russian Patriarchate. He also had meetings with officials of the United Nations and was able to visit a place where internal displaced people are gathered.He recounted to CNA that “there is an incredible number of people who fled their homes: 3 mill...
Kiev, Ukraine, May 3, 2016 / 06:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “I want to go back home.” This is the most common phrase uttered by internally displaced persons in Ukraine, says Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, Secretary of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.
Msgr. Dal Toso visited Ukraine Apr. 24-27, following the extraordinary collection for the country launched by Pope Francis. As the Pontifical Council Cor Unum has been entrusted by the Pope to deliver the money, Msgr. Dal Toso traveled to Ukraine to get acquainted with the situation.
During his the days in Kiev, Msgr. Dal Toso met with the top officials of the Greek Catholic and Latin Church in Ukraine, but also with the representatives of other Christian denominations, including the Russian Patriarchate. He also had meetings with officials of the United Nations and was able to visit a place where internal displaced people are gathered.
He recounted to CNA that “there is an incredible number of people who fled their homes: 3 million people are living in disadvantaged conditions, while there are 1.5 million internally displaced persons.”
Those who are internally displaced are mostly settled in the areas surrounding the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, but also in Kiev, the capital.
In Kiev, Msgr. Dal Toso visited a center that hosts some 150 refugees.
“I was mostly shocked by the fact that these people had a regular life before: they are middle class people, they had a house, a job and a dignified life. Suddenly, they had to leave everything,” he said.
In his view, “it is terrible that there is no future for most of them. None of them know how long they will be refugees. There are sometimes four people in one room, and they know nothing about what is going to be of them tomorrow.”
Msgr. Dal Toso added that “there are places where electricity is granted only for two hours per day, and there is no gas heating.”
“I asked some of them: what is your hope? They answered me: we hope to go back home.”
According to the monsignor, “there is a humanitarian side in the Ukraine crisis. This side is not very much considered, but it is the most painful one.”
The major success of the Pope’s initiative, he said, is the fact that “now the crisis in Ukraine is in the spotlight again. The Pope succeeded in making the public aware of the fact that there is a conflict at the heart of Europe, which has produced a number of internally displaced persons that is the same or even more than the number of refugees coming from the Middle East to Europe.”
He added, “This is the way Pope Francis has shed light on a dramatic humanitarian crisis.”
The aid sent by the Church through the extraordinary collection will not solve the problems in Ukraine, Msgr. Dal Toso acknowledged. “But it is however important…this way, the Church can reach out to so many people in need.”
“The Pope’s initiative also showed what the Church wants,” he said. “The Church has no interest in power. It has interest in showing God’s freely-given love. In addition, this is also an ecumenical initiative, which implies a cooperation among Catholic Churches and other Christian denominations, like the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and also the Moscow Patriarchate.”
The secretary of the Pontifical Council said that “a technical committee will be established. This committee will be based in Ukraine, and will manage and deliver the aid.”
The money collected from around the globe will be delivered from the parishes to the bishops, and from the parishes to the Holy See, and this means that the official amount of money collected will not be known for three months.
Msgr. Dal Toso wanted to specify that “although the channels through which we will deliver aid will be Catholic associations and labels, every person in need will benefit from the aid, regardless of their religious, cultural or ethnic background.”
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