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NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants on Monday as they entered a town held by the Islamic State group east of Mosul, while troops advancing south of the city discovered a mass grave containing some 100 decapitated bodies....
NEW YORK (AP) -- More than one competition has tightened with the approach of Election Day....
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Straining toward the finish line of the wildly unpredictable White House race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump blitzed through battleground states Monday in a final bid to energize supporters. Clinton urged voters to embrace a "hopeful, inclusive, bighearted America," while Trump called for support to "beat the corrupt system."...
BEIJING (AP) -- The Latest on China's intervention in a Hong Kong political dispute (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) A week on from the Pope’s trip to Sweden for the Commemoration of the Protestant Reformation, theologians and the media are still assessing and discussing the impact of this historic visit. But what was it like to view the Pope’s journey as a Swedish Catholic journalist?Charlotta Smeds is head of Vatican Radio’s Scandinavian service. She gave us her perspective.Listen:
(Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, has clarified the Vatican has not authorised any episcopal ordinations in Continental China.“Should such episcopal ordinations have occurred, they would constitute a grave violation of canonical norms,” Burke said in a statement.He reiterated “it is not licit to proceed with any episcopal ordination without the necessary Papal Mandate, even by appealing to particular personal beliefs.” Declaration of the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, concerning the purported episcopal ordinations without the Pontifical Mandate in Continental China: “In recent weeks, there has been a series of reports regarding some episcopal ordinationsconferred without Papal Mandate of priests of the unofficial community of the Catholic Churchin Continental China. The Holy See has not authorised any ordination, nor has it been officially informed of such events. Sho...
Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni has concluded his visit to Malawi during which period he consecrated the Cathedral of St. Joseph, the worker on Saturday. Cardinal Filoni who was in the Diocese of Karonga as a special envoy of Pope Francis spoke of his joy at the growth of the Church in the new diocese. “Today we conclude the initial phase in the development of this young Diocese, which started just six years ago with its creation and the naming of its first Diocesan Bishop, all in response to the steady growth of the Church in this part of Malawi. I am happy to see that, since then, growth has continued, particularly in the number of baptisms and seminarians. This is the result of your dedication to the work of evangelization and your care for the youth and the poor," the Cardinal said. President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa of Blantyre Archdiocese used the occasion ...
(Vatican Radio) A Vatican conference this week aims to show solidarity for persons affected by rare diseases and highlight the plight of poor and vulnerable populations afflicted by neglected diseases, many of whom live in the most remote rural areas of the world. The conference, hosted by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers takes take place from 10 to 12 November, and is entitled “Towards a Culture of Health that is Welcoming and Supportive at the Service of People with Rare and Neglected Pathologies.” Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: Illustrating the three day event, the Secretary of the Council Monsignor Jean-Marie Mupendawatu, said the conference comes to life within the spirit of the Holy Year of Mercy. He pointed out that thanks to the Church’s 2000 year old mission to serve the sick - which has made it the world’s largest provider of healthcare services – it is in a unique position to be able to offer significa...
Five Faith-Based Organisations in the network of Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim affiliated health facilities met recently in Nairobi to review their performance in the fight against HIV/AIDS.The forum held at a Nairobi hotel under theme “Joining together to celebrate our successes in the fight against HIV in Kenya,” discussed the contribution of Faith-based organisations (FBOs) to the HIV response in the country.They included the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK), Coptic Mission Hospital, Eastern Deanery Aids Relief Program (EDARP) and BOMU Medical Center.“We renew our commitment to support all efforts already undertaken by the national government, county governments and other non-governmental organisations to alleviate the human suffering caused by the pandemic and to prevent it from further spreading and if possible to eliminate it completely in human history,” said Bishop Peter Kihara Kar...
(Vatican Radio) In his address to Catholic charities, MPs and supporters at the annual Caritas Social Action Network parliamentary reception, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, focused on the soaring number of homeless people in England and, in particular, the rise in what he termed 'hidden homelessness.' Official figures have revealed that the number of people sleeping rough in England has doubled since 2010 and rose by 30 percent in the last year alone. An estimated 3,569 people sleep on the streets on any one night according to these figures.Cardinal Nichols described the hidden homeless as "under the radar," saying these are people who may have a job but are sleeping on sofas or spare rooms or in Bed and Breakfast accommodation. Young people in this position may stay with a different friend each night or go to all-night parties to avoid sleeping on the street.Homelessness charities called the figures "scandalous" and "sh...
