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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Aug 11, 2017 / 04:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A deadly cholera outbreak in Yemen could continue indefinitely without an end to the civil war, says a bishop in the region who has pleaded for the faithful to pray and for an end to arms sales to the parties.“As I believe in the power of prayer, I can only ask the faithful around the world, to keep in mind the suffering people in Yemen – Muslims as well as the few remaining Christians, including the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa.” Bishop Paul Hinder told CNA Aug. 8.Bishop Hinder heads the Abu Dhabi-based Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, which serves Catholics in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen.The Church in Yemen is “a tiny group without any structure” that can do little in the face of the situation, he said.A cholera outbreak provoked by the war has infected a suspected 350,000 people, with over 1,800 people dying from the disease. Over 600,000 could...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Reynolds, EPABy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The stories come in dribs and drabs onthe evening news or in timelines via Twitter, but they're steady. On Aug. 2,two young popular soccer players, brothers living in Bethesda, Maryland, weredeported to their native El Salvador. In mid-July, Jesus Lara Lopez, a37-year-old father of four in Cleveland, was deported to Mexico. On Aug. 1, LourdesSalazar Bautista, a Michigan mom with three U.S. citizen children also wasdeported to Mexico.At some point, they all had contact with immigrationauthorities, but none had criminal records or a violent past, and regularlychecked in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, to inform theagency of their whereabouts. During President Barack Obama's administration, migrantslike them, in the country without documentation, were not priorities for deportation, said John Sandweg, former actingdirector of ICE. They had been granted stays or were under supervision byimm...
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The only woman in the Navy SEAL training pipeline has dropped out, a Navy special warfare official confirmed Friday....
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The owner of an amateur-built submarine was arrested on suspicion of murder Friday after his vessel sank off Denmark's coast and a journalist who had joined him for what was supposed to be a short voyage was reported missing, Copenhagen police said....
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner Friday of Kenya's hard-fought presidential election, but opposition candidate Raila Odinga alleged the voting was rigged....
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A billionaire hedge fund manager has apologized for an online post saying that a black state senator has "done more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood" because of her support for teachers unions....
DENVER (AP) -- The Latest on a civil trial involving Taylor Swift and a former DJ she accused of groping her (all times local):...
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday issued fresh threats of swift and forceful retaliation against nuclear North Korea, declaring the U.S. military "locked and loaded" and warning that the communist country's leader "will regret it fast" if he takes any action against U.S. territories or allies....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that he's considering possible military action against Venezuela in response to the country's descent into political chaos following President Nicolas Maduro's power grab....
Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 11, 2017 / 11:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For the ninth year in a row, Mexico is the most violent country in Latin America for priests, said a report from the Catholic Multimedia Center.The report covers 2012 to 2017, which aligns with the presidency of current Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. During this time, 19 priests and two lay persons were murdered, and two priests reported as missing. “This year, 2017 specifically, has been disastrous for the priesthood in Mexico,” the Catholic Multimedia Center reported. “Four murders, two thwarted kidnappings, two iconic attacks, one at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City and the other at the Offices of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference, as well as hundreds of threats and extortions of priests and bishops.”“This is a sad scenario which makes us assert that things are far from getting better,” they said.So far this year, Fr. Felipe Altamirano Carrillo of th...
