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BERLIN (AP) -- The German newspaper that first obtained the so-called Panama Papers, a vast trove of documents on offshore companies, said Thursday that it won't publish all the files, arguing that not all are of public interest....
(Vatican Radio) The so-called “Vatileaks II” trial resumed on Wednesday in Vatican City, with all five defendants present.During the days proceedings were largely dedicated to the interrogation of Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, a former PR consultant accused of divulging confidential documents and other information to the press.The next hearing is scheduled for Monday 11 April.
(Vatican Radio) The so-called “Vatileaks II” trial resumed on Wednesday in Vatican City, with all five defendants present.
During the days proceedings were largely dedicated to the interrogation of Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, a former PR consultant accused of divulging confidential documents and other information to the press.
The next hearing is scheduled for Monday 11 April.
Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (KCCB) Pontifical Missionary Society (PMS) National Director, Fr. Celestino Bundi has said the Catholic Church has elaborate structures and capacity to play a part in human existence-food security. Following this realisation, 40 pilot agricultural projects in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya have been launched. The idea of the projects is to improve the lives of parishioners and communities through successful agricultural enterprise. The Church intends to produce food on its farms to bridge the food deficit in the world.Fr. Bundi says this initiative stems from a commitment of the universal Church to improve food security in Africa and the world. The commitment will be put into action through the promotion of agricultural projects that make the best use of available, idle or underutilised Church-owned land. The income generated from these projects will support the work of evangelization in the Church.Fr...
Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (KCCB) Pontifical Missionary Society (PMS) National Director, Fr. Celestino Bundi has said the Catholic Church has elaborate structures and capacity to play a part in human existence-food security. Following this realisation, 40 pilot agricultural projects in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya have been launched.
The idea of the projects is to improve the lives of parishioners and communities through successful agricultural enterprise. The Church intends to produce food on its farms to bridge the food deficit in the world.
Fr. Bundi says this initiative stems from a commitment of the universal Church to improve food security in Africa and the world. The commitment will be put into action through the promotion of agricultural projects that make the best use of available, idle or underutilised Church-owned land. The income generated from these projects will support the work of evangelization in the Church.
Fr. Bundi also said the time was now ripe for Kenyans to embrace diversification of food crops to reduce over-reliance on Maize that only grows in certain parts of the country. He called for the use of Irrigation in arid and semi-arid areas.
Several women religious congregations, seminaries, as well as Caritas programmes, are already participating in the Kenyan roll-out of the PMS agricultural pilot project.
The whole initiative was conceived by an Oblate of Mary Immaculate priest, Fr. Andrew Small, who is the National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in the USA. He was inspired by the 2013 address of Pope Francis to the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) delegates in Rome.
(By Rose Achiego in Nairobi)
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A novelist who last week posted an open letter saying the gang rape her character endured in the best-selling "Luckiest Girl Alive" was based on her own experience in high school said Wednesday that the past few days have been a "whirlwind."...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The stalled nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court is giving President Barack Obama a chance to do what he says he's missed: go back to school....
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Offshore accounts conjure images of bad behavior by the rich and shady, and for good reason: they have been used to dodge taxes, fund organized crime and facilitate corruption. But many people use offshore accounts for more than just hiding bribes and laundering money....
BEIJING (AP) -- The Panama Papers document leak reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists names family members of eight present or past members of China's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, including the brother-in-law of president and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and a distant relative of the founder of the communist state, Mao Zedong....
BEIJING (AP) -- For graft-busting Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, the Panama Papers revelations that show his brother-in-law and relatives of two other members of the party's elite inner circle owned offshore companies, often referred to as tax havens, might have been highly damaging....
