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(Vatican Radio) Young Catholics from 21 Asian countries will be celebrating the 7th Asian Youth Day (AYD7) from August 2 to 6 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on the theme, “Joyful Asian Youth: Living the Gospel in Multicultural Asia.” But before they gather in the Javanese city, participants will be hosted by 11 Indonesian dioceses from July 30 to August 2 for what is called “Days in Dioceses” (DID).In preparation for the AYD7, participants have been asked to prepare themselves together with others, through a series of ‘pre-event’ activities in their countries. These pre-events prepared by the Commission for Youth of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia (KWI) and the host Archdiocese of Semarang, are based on the AYD7 theme. Part of these pre-events is an exhibition which each country will put up in Yogyakarta, showcasing their countries. Young Filipinos too have been preparing themselves through v...
Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jul 27, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An Irish priest has decried a film festival's plans to screen two horror films in an abandoned church next month.The Belfast Film Festival plans to show two horror movies – The Exorcist and The Omen – at Holy Rosary Church in Belfast, a landmark church that has been abandoned since 1980 and is no longer owned by the Catholic Church. Local parish priest Fr. Patrick McCafferty told the Belfast Telegraph that the plan was a “cheap stunt” and disrespectful to what once had been a sacred place.“What is their motivation for showing those types of films in what was once a sacred building that will have such special memories of spiritual occasions for lots of people,” he said.“Should they not be sensitive to the fact that many people in that area have fond associations and is sacred to the memories of many people that were baptized or married or buried there?” the p...
Columbus, Ohio, Jul 27, 2017 / 06:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic leaders in Ohio stressed the need to replace the death penalty with mercy and spiritual conversion, following the execution of convicted child murderer Ronald Phillips.“The Catholic Church believes that the death penalty is an unnecessary and systemically flawed form of punishment,” the Ohio Catholic Conference said in a statement.“The Catholic bishops of Ohio sought mercy for Mr. Phillips because of the belief that spiritual conversion is possible and that all life – even that of the worst offender – has value and dignity.”“May his soul, through the mercy of God, rest in peace,” the conference said.The July 26 execution was the first in Ohio since a botched 2014 execution. Phillips, 43, was executed by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, the Associated Press reports. He was convicted for the 1993 rape and killing of three-ye...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Justin Bieber left a photographer with minor injuries after police in California say the singer accidentally hit the man with his pickup truck....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has promised to contact investigators over what he says is an illegal leak of his financial disclosure form. The comment came in a since-deleted tweet that mentioned the Twitter handle of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio State Fair will open Thursday one day after a man was killed and seven other people were injured when a thrill ride broke apart, but the rides won't be running until they all are deemed safe, officials state....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With his future as the nation's top prosecutor in doubt after a week of blistering public scorn from the president, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is flying to El Salvador on Thursday seeking ways to stamp out the brutal street gang MS-13....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They couldn't pass a repeal of "Obamacare," or find the votes for a White House-backed replacement. So now Senate Republicans are lowering their sights and trying to unite behind a so-called "skinny repeal" that would merely undo just a few of the most unpopular elements of Barack Obama's law....
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Larry David says his irascible, mouthy character on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is "about a quarter-inch" away from David himself....
HONOLULU (AP) -- A construction permit should be granted for a giant telescope planned for a Hawaii mountain summit that some consider sacred, a hearings officer recommended Wednesday....
