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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The American-led U.N. command on Saturday dismissed as unsubstantiated accusations from North Korea that U.S. troops at a border village tried to provoke its frontline troops with "disgusting acts."...
(Vatican Radio) The Centesimus annus – pro Pontifice Foundation has organized a major international conference to take place May 12-14, to mark the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s watershed encyclical on politics, economics, and society one hundred years after his predecessor, Leo XIII’s seminal social encyclical, Rerum novarum.The gathering of leaders in commerce, industry, charity, relief, reconciliation, and peacebuilding will be exploring the theme: “Business Initiative in the Fight Against Poverty: The Refugee Emergency, our Challenge” in the Vatican for three days starting May 12th.Below, please find the full text of the CAPP Foundation’s Press Release announcing the conference.***************************************PRESS RELEASELOOKING IN TO THE FUTURECENTESIMUS ANNUS ENCYCLICAL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS On May 1, 1991, 100 years after the Rerum Novarum encyclical by Leon XIII, Saint John Paul II published his Centesimus Annus ...
(Vatican Radio) The Centesimus annus – pro Pontifice Foundation has organized a major international conference to take place May 12-14, to mark the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s watershed encyclical on politics, economics, and society one hundred years after his predecessor, Leo XIII’s seminal social encyclical, Rerum novarum.
The gathering of leaders in commerce, industry, charity, relief, reconciliation, and peacebuilding will be exploring the theme: “Business Initiative in the Fight Against Poverty: The Refugee Emergency, our Challenge” in the Vatican for three days starting May 12th.
Below, please find the full text of the CAPP Foundation’s Press Release announcing the conference.
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PRESS RELEASE
LOOKING IN TO THE FUTURE
CENTESIMUS ANNUS ENCYCLICAL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
On May 1, 1991, 100 years after the Rerum Novarum encyclical by Leon XIII, Saint John Paul II published his Centesimus Annus encyclical. On June 5, 1993, the same Pope established the Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation, a lay-led, Vatican based organization to promote informed knowledge of the social teachings of the Church among qualified and socially motivated business and professional leaders. “The Centesimus Annus encyclical is a ground-breaking document which opened a new age in Catholic thinking about the market economy at the service of human development”, said Domingo Sugranyes Bickel, Chairman of the Centesimus Annus pro Pontifice Foundation on the occasion of the encyclical’s 25th anniversary; and he added “This encyclical has looked at the past, but above all it was directed to the future, as written at the end of the document by Saint John Paul II, who considered the Church’s social teachings as a form of evangelization”.
“The work of the Foundation is a service to the Church which we try to perform as lay people, essentially through a demanding and realistic dialogue among specialists in Catholic teaching, economists, social science specialists and professional people from the real economic world. We always try to understand how to apply Church teachings, not just in business firms, but also in the economy as a whole” Domingo Sugranyes Bickel added.
To reach this aim the CAPP Foundation organizes a variety of conferences and learning activities with one common denominator: it is a meeting place for Catholic Doctrine specialists, economic and social scientists, and people from business. These meetings offer opportunities to walk on a road towards personal reflection and conversion.
Following Pope Francis’ call, the forthcoming international CAPP Conference (Vatican, May 12-14 2016) will draw on “Business Initiative in the Fight Against Poverty. The Refugee Emergency, our Challenge”. All details on the Foundation’s activities can be found on websites www.centesimusannus.org and www.capp-usa.org.
(Vatican Radio) Nearly 9.000 Rotary members are attending the Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Francis. A delegation is to greet the Pope at the end of the Audience.Rotary, which brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian issues, kicked off the Rotarian Jubilee on Friday afternoon, with a conference on the challenges refugees are facing worldwide.The conference organized by the Jesuit Refugee Service - in partnership with Rotary, UNHCR and WFP - and entitled “Helping Refugees to Start Over”, focused on the work that can be done to give millions of refugees dignity and quality education – the best possible tool for them to be able to shape their lives, not lose hope, dream of a future. Linda Bordoni spoke to Ravi Ravindran, President of Rotary International about the Jubilee Audience with the Pope and about Rotary’s commi...
(Vatican Radio) Nearly 9.000 Rotary members are attending the Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Francis. A delegation is to greet the Pope at the end of the Audience.
Rotary, which brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian issues, kicked off the Rotarian Jubilee on Friday afternoon, with a conference on the challenges refugees are facing worldwide.
The conference organized by the Jesuit Refugee Service - in partnership with Rotary, UNHCR and WFP - and entitled “Helping Refugees to Start Over”, focused on the work that can be done to give millions of refugees dignity and quality education – the best possible tool for them to be able to shape their lives, not lose hope, dream of a future.
Linda Bordoni spoke to Ravi Ravindran, President of Rotary International about the Jubilee Audience with the Pope and about Rotary’s commitment to improve the lives of refugees.
Listen to the full interview:
Mr. Ravindran called Pope Francis a model for Rotarians, saying "he is doing exactly what every Rotarian should be doing. So we see a great synergy of thought with this Pope, and being here, receiving his blessing, I think is something quite wonderful for us."
"We are all very excited; we are passionate about this. We have Rotarians who have come from 80 countries to be present, so you can imagine the excitement."
Mr. Ravindran compared the conference on giving refugees a new start to lighting a candle in the darkness. "I realize that trying to take on this whole problem is beyond us. I have to be honest and say that Rotary cannot solve this problem, but rather than cursing the darkness, we can light a candle. I definitely know of many, many Rotary Clubs who in their own small way are doing what they can to give refuge, to educate, to take care, to nurse refugees. So if many of us do what we are doing, then to a large extent the problem gets alleviated."
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A judge sentenced a Colorado woman who cut a baby from a stranger's womb to 100 years in prison, including the maximum penalties for attempted murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy....
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- Victims confronted a former Roman Catholic priest in court Friday as he was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for sexually abusing students at a Michigan high school in the 1980s....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's moderate-reformist bloc secured more than 30 more seats in parliamentary runoff elections, according to a Saturday report on state TV....
BEIJING (AP) -- China portrayed the visit Saturday by the Japanese foreign minister as an act of outreach to an angry Beijing, as the two sides try to repair relations bedeviled by disputes over territory, history and competition for influence in East Asia....
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Seven people were killed and at least 121 others were injured in the collapse of a residential building in Nairobi during heavy rains, Kenyan officials said Saturday....
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A solid majority of Pennsylvania Republicans elected as delegates to the GOP's presidential nominating convention in Cleveland say they intend to vote for the candidate who won a thumping primary victory in their state - Donald Trump....
BOSTON (AP) -- First the 2024 Olympics. Now an IndyCar race is pulling out of Boston before it even began....
