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TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) -- A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to "get back in" a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump announced new efforts Thursday to use technology to improve veterans' health care, saying the programs will greatly expand access, especially for mental health care and suicide prevention. Veterans living in rural areas will also benefit, he said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Transcripts of President Donald Trump's conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia in January offer new details on how the president parried with the leaders over the politics of the border wall and refugee policy - with random asides on such subjects as drug abuse in New Hampshire....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent greetings to the Knights of Columbus on the occasion of their 135th Supreme Convention, which concludes on Thursday in St Louis.The Pope’s message, conveyed in letter from the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, says the theme of the Convention – “Convinced of God’s Love and Power” – points “to the secret source of all Christian life and mission: our conviction that God’s saving love, revealed in the death and resurrection of his Son and poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, impels us to share the Good News of salvation with every man and woman.” This conviction, it continues, “underlies all our enthusiasm for evangelization.”It is this experience of God’s love and power, Cardinal Parolin says, that led to the founding of the Knights of Columbus, and to their continued growth.Cardinal Parolin calls on the Knights, in the spirit of their founde...
(USCCB) WASHINGTON—The Most Reverend Joe S. Vásquez, Bishop of Austin and Chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, says that the newly proposed RAISE Act would cause our nation to turn its back on those setting out to build better lives, weaken family bonds and impact the nation's ability to respond to those in crisis. Bishop Vásquez's full statement follows: "I express strong opposition to the RAISE Act, which was introduced today in the U.S. Senate by Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA). Had this discriminatory legislation been in place generations ago, many of the very people who built and defended this nation would have been excluded.The United States supports families and should not throw up obstacles to their unity. Unfortunately, the RAISE Act would have our nation turn its back on this long and storied tradition of welcoming families setting out to build a better life.The RAISE...
Thursday was the first full day of the Catholic Church’s 7th Asian Youth Day (AYD7) that is taking centre stage in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on the theme “Joyful Asian Youth! Living the Gospel in Multicultural Asia.” The continental level rally of young Catholics began Wednesday evening with an inaugural Mass at the city’s Jogja Expo Centre, followed by the official opening ceremony. There are over 2000 participants from 21 Asian countries at the Aug. 2-6 AYD.Well, Vatican Radio’s Stefano Lesczynski who is in Yogyakarta, went about among the young participants on the opening day, Aug. 2, to find out about the mood at the ground level. He spoke to 3 young people from Malaysia, Pakistan and Brunei.Listen:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a letter to the 30th Prayer Meeting on Mount Hiei in Kyoto, Japan, inviting all religions to “pray and work together for peace”.“It is my pleasure to send my cordial greetings to you and to the distinguished representatives of the different religious traditions,” he wrote.The Pope’s letter was delivered and read to participants by Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop-emeritus of Hong Kong.It was addressed to Venerable Koei Morikawa, the Supreme Priest of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, with whom Pope Francis met privately in the Vatican on September 16, 2016.“This annual religious summit contributes in a special way to the building up of that spirit of dialogue and friendship which allows the followers of the world’s religions to work together to open new paths for peace in our human family.”Pope Francis also said prayer “inspires and sustains our efforts for peace, because it helps to de...
Karonga, Malawi, Aug 3, 2017 / 10:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Mawali's information, communication and technology ministry praised the country's Catholic media this week for their evangelization efforts as part of the 51st Communications Sunday.Information Minister Nicholas Dausi, a Catholic, extended this support to the Church after touring the offices of Tuntufye FM, the Diocese of Karonga's radio station.Later in the day, he addressed Catholic media outlets at St. Mary’s parish in Karonga. In doing so, he challenged them to not be brought down by negativity in their coverage.“We should not thrive on bad news or something that is defamatory to our colleagues. Using Church media is crucial for the evangelization drive,” he said.He praised the groups and affirmed the government’s support.“I am impressed with the way Tuntufye FM of Karonga diocese is doing. They are doing fine, and we will support them,” he said.Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Kar...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mohammed Saber, EPABy Judith SudilovskyJERUSALEM (CNS)-- A heat wave in Israel and the Palestinian territories in July andnear-record electricity usage -- where it was available -- are indicationsthat, despite the continuous political tensions here, Christians, Muslims andJews are facing a common enemy that needs to be confronted in a united manner. "The levelof the lake of Tiberias and of the Dead Sea is lower than 10 years ago, and thelandscape is changing because of a continuous construction of houses,"Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, told Catholic NewsService.Father Patton andtwo other religious leaders spoke at a recent news conference organized by TheInterfaith Center for Sustainable Development, a Jerusalem-based environmentalorganization. They spoke about the urgency of putting aside political andreligious difference to face these challenges and the role religious leaderscan take in increasing awareness of the issue. Rabbi DavidR...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert DuncanBy Junno Arocho EstevesROME (CNS)-- For more than 900 years,the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta has seen its fair share ofvictories, defeats and institutional changes. However, thosechallenges did not prepare them for the intense media scrutiny that followed a verypublic crisis inthe order at the beginning of the year.Mauro Bertero Gutierrez, a member of the order's Government Council and the person overseeingthe institutional reform of Order of Malta, said that while the first months of2017 "were indeed troubled times," the crisis also offered anopportunity to "update the rules by reaffirming our identity." "Ourreform is directed mainly at reaffirming the mission we have had for the last900 years. When we say mission, it's in many ways a way of going forwardwithout forgetting that many times to go forward, you must be willing to goback" to the source of the order's spiritual commitment of service to thesick and the poor, Bertero told Catholic ...
