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Washington D.C., Mar 17, 2017 / 02:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Last year, in a nearly unprecedented event, the United States declared that Christians, Yezidis, Shi’a Muslims, and other religious and ethnic minorities are victims of ISIS genocide.It was only the second time the State Department has used the label to describe ongoing atrocities committed by a state or non-state actor. Genocide is the “crime of crimes,” according to the United Nations, because it involves the intentional destruction, “in whole or in part,” of an entire people.Marking the one-year anniversary of that declaration, the Knights of Columbus are continuing their work to assist persecuted Christians in the region by contributing nearly $2 million in new assistance.In a statement announcing the new aid, the fraternal organization’s CEO Carl Anderson said that “words are not enough” to protect Christians and other targeted populations.“Those targeted for genocid...
Washington D.C., Mar 17, 2017 / 03:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Following recent attempts at brokering peace between the government and political opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Catholic priests and religious are facing violent backlash around the country.According to Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic aid society that works in the country, Catholics have experienced a slew attacks on churches and convents. In particular, a Carmelite Convent and a Dominican Church were both ransacked in late February.Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, the Archbishop of Kinshasa, told the organization that the incidents “lead one to believe that the Catholic Church is being targeted deliberately, in order to sabotage her mission of peace and reconciliation.”“Along with all bishops, we denounce these acts of violence, which are likely to plunge our country further into unspeakable chaos,” he said.The attacks follow recent attempts by the Catholi...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Alexander, Georgia BulletinBy Andrew NelsonJACKSON,Ga. (CNS) -- As a kid, Richard McPhee played the clarinet. But when hisfirefighter father asked for "Amazing Grace" at his funeral with the skirl ofthe pipes, McPhee pledged to his father, he'd take care of it.Nowthe family does not take a trip without the bagpipes. From national parks andMount Vesuvius in Pompeii to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the pipeshave made an appearance.Duringa recent morning at their parish church, St. Mary, Mother of God in Jackson,the boom of the drum and the pipes could be heard from the parking lot. It wasMissy McPhee swinging the mallets with a flourish, keeping the beat to Rich's pipesfor "Scotland the Brave."Thiswas a rare unscheduled morning for the McPhees, especially in March. The couplehas plenty of performances on and before St. Patrick's Day -- in Atlanta andoutside the city.TheMcPhees are members of the Atholl Highlanders Pipes and Drums USA. The band perfo...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande has been credited withinspiring Blessed Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, toward a journey of defendingthe poor that led to his martyrdom in 1980. But now, Father Grande's life seemsto have inspired the current archbishop of San Salvador, who issued a pastoral letter remembering,praising and apologizing for the long-overdue recognition of Catholics,including U.S. church members, who suffered persecution and death during CentralAmerica's armed conflicts."In my capacity as pastor of this church, I have to acknowledge withhumility that we have committed many mistakes," Archbishop Jose LuisEscobar Alas said in the letter issued March12, the 40th anniversary of Father Grande's killing. "We have crossed the threshold of the thirdmillennium in the Salvadoran archdiocese without having pronounced a word ofrecognition for all the men and women who were victims of persecution, torture,repression" and who ult...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Matthew Muller was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for a kidnapping so elaborate and outlandish that investigators first thought his victims were carrying out a bizarre hoax....
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A man found dead inside a burned home in southern Illinois had been shot in the head, and a gun was found in his ex-wife's SUV after she drove into a nearby lake and died shortly after the fire was reported, authorities said Friday....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida prosecutor who thrust herself into the forefront of the anti-death penalty movement is a political novice who was elected just seven months ago....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A veteran social worker accused of coaching congregants and their children on what to say during a 2015 child abuse investigation of her secretive religious sect has resigned, an attorney for a child welfare agency said Friday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump defiantly refused to back down Friday from his explosive claim that Barack Obama wiretapped his phones, and sidestepped any blame for the White House decision to highlight an unverified report that Britain helped carry out the alleged surveillance....
