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Vatican City, Feb 9, 2017 / 03:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After a conference on organ trafficking at the Vatican Feb. 7-8, participants signed a statement agreeing to unite in fighting the crime of organ trafficking – submitting 11 proposals for implementation by healthcare and law enforcement professionals around the world.The creation of the statement was one of the main objectives of the Summit on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.Participants in the summit included nearly 80 doctors, law enforcement officials and representatives of health and non-government organizations from around the world, who gave reports on the issue and how it is currently being combated in their respective countries.“...we the undersigned pledge our commitment to combat these illicit and immoral practices as a community of stakeholders fulfilling the directive of Pope Francis to combat human trafficking and organ trafficking in all their con...
New Orleans, La., Feb 9, 2017 / 04:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s a scene all too unfortunately familiar for many in the city of New Orleans - that of devastation in the wake of a natural disaster.On Tuesday, at least seven tornadoes ripped through the state of Louisiana, wiping out homes and leaving a trail of damage in areas of New Orleans that were hard hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.An estimated 250-400 homes were either destroyed or heavily damaged by the storm, and about two dozen people were injured, some of them seriously.However, “the Lord has blessed us with not a single fatality at this time,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a news conference following the tornadoes.Tom Costanza with Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of New Orleans was on the scene with aid workers soon after the tornadoes. He told CNA that they are beginning the “long process” of cleaning up and rebuilding.Catholic Charities and local parishes have been providin...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ed Langlois, Catholic SentinelBy Ed LangloisNEWBERG, Ore. (CNS) -- A common faith,thinking as a team, being flexible and arguing candidly but respectfully describe some of the keys to a strong marriage for Claude and Yvette Arrington, named Oregon's longest married couple by WorldwideMarriage Encounter."We'vehad a super life," said Claude, 95. "We'vealways had God at the top and we let him decide," added Yvette, 93.Thecouple was married May 23, 1942, at St. Elizabeth Church in Van Nuys,California. Claude, who was raised Baptist, became Catholic before the weddingand says his faith provided a foundation for a good, long marriage.He was born in Los Angeles, and Yvette was born in a small town near Winnipeg, Manitoba. By 1940, they were both at Van Nuys High School. They met there and married soon after graduating when it became clearClaude should join the Navy.Duringhis 20-month tour, the couple only corresponded with occasional letters.Yvette,home with a baby girl, d...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Many people have heard of Twitter. Not enough of them are signing up to use it....
PHOENIX (AP) -- An immigrant mother in Phoenix granted leniency during the Obama administration was deported to Mexico Thursday in what activists said was an early example of how President Donald Trump plans to carry through on his vow to crack down on illegal immigration....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump lobbied Democrats and Republicans to back his Supreme Court nominee on Thursday even as he escalated his attacks against one of their Senate colleagues for disclosing that Judge Neil Gorsuch found the president's criticism of the judiciary "demoralizing and disheartening."...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, unanimously rejecting the administration's claim of presidential authority and questioning its motives....
The Loreto Sisters of South Asia, headquartered in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, are currently marking 175 years of their presence in the region. “Remember, Reimage, Renew,” is the theme of the year-long jubilee celebration that officially kicked off with a Thanksgiving Mass on December 30, in Kolkata’s Science City auditorium. Last week, in the first of a 2-part telephone interview with the superior of the Loreto Sisters of South Asia, Indian Sister Anita Braganza, we came to know a lot about her order. She narrated how a young group of 7 sisters and 5 postulants belonging to the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM), better known as the Loreto Sisters, landed in Calcutta, on Dec. 30, 1841, four months after setting sail from Ireland, never to return home. This intrepid band of women was commissioned by their Superior in Dublin, Mother Teresa Ball who appointed the eldest of them all, Sr. Delphine Hart, ...
The Pakistani National Assembly on Monday, passed a law amending some criminal laws. The bill awaits the president’s approval and then for the first time, sectarianism, mass lynching and forced conversions will be punished. The explicit aim of the legislation is to improve the conditions of the country’s religious minorities.Speaking to AsiaNews, some activists expressed their satisfaction with the initiative, which, however, needs the final signature of the president."These measures were crucial to save our country,” said Samuel Pyara, a Christian, president of Bright Future Society. “Mob justice has become a part of people's mind-set. There was a great need to make it a punishable offence and we appreciate the government’s action.”The Parliament on Monday passed the bill, titled the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act 2016, and now requires formal assent of the president to become an act of the parliament. It amends the Pakistan Penal ...
The just-ended 1st Luanda International Theological Week in Angola has been described as a success. The event which brought together theologians from around the world was in particular attended by Rectors of Theological Seminaries in Angola, Professors of the Faculty of Theology at the Universidade Católica de Angola (UCAN), priests, pastors of Christian Churches in Angola, academicians and researchers. Also in attendance were senior seminarians in their 4th year of Theology,The theme of the Theological Week was, "Theology in the face of today's challenges in Africa."During discussions and presentations, Theologians sought to reflect on what Theology has to say about some challenges facing the continent of Africa today such as, wars, hunger, disease and youth unemployment.One of the keynote speakers at the event was Diocesan priest from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Father Bénézet Bujo. Fr. Bujo is a leading Theologian and a Profess...
