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WASHINGTON (AP) -- It didn't take long for the capital's post-shooting talk of unity to begin fraying....
WYOMING, Ohio (AP) -- The Latest on an American college student freed this week by North Korea (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written the preface for a new book on corruption by Cardinal Peter Turkson, former president of the Vatican’s Justice and Peace Council and current head of the office for Integral Human Development.The volume, which was published on Thursday, explores the origins and devastating consequences of corruption, which the Pope describes as a "curse" and a “cancer” that can consume our lives.Listen to Philippa Hitchen's report: In his preface, the Pope describes corruption as the breakdown of relationships that every human being has with God, with our neighbours and with the natural world around us.Origin of all exploitationHe describes it as the worst scourge of societies because it is the lifeblood of the mafia and other criminal organisations. Corruption, he says, is the origin of all exploitation and trafficking of people, drugs and weapons. It is at the heart of all injustice, lack of development, unemployment and soci...
Caritas Pakistan in Karachi has distributed food aid to Muslim villagers in a rural mountainous area to help them cope with the effects of prolonged drought and ease their problems during the holy month of Ramadan. Caritas helped 90 families from seven villages bordering Karachi June 11 with each family receiving a bag containing food items for their daily needs. "People in this area are extremely poor. No rains in the territory for the past four years have affected them a lot, their lands are barren, and they cannot cultivate any crops," said Mansha Noor, executive secretary of Caritas Pakistan Karachi. Villagers had contacted Caritas during the first week of Ramadan and "we immediately started working to raise funds to support them," he said. Each bag costs about Rs. 2,000 (US$20). "This is the first time we are helping Muslims with rations during their holy Month. Earlier we only provided aid during floods and other natural ...
Muslim religious and civil leaders in the southern Philippine city of Marawi appealed on Thursday to the government of President Rodrigo Duterte to resolve in a "civilized manner" the conflict that has besieged the city for four weeks now. The fighting between security forces and terrorists has displaced most of the more than 200,000 residents of Marawi, the bastion of Islamic faith in the south of the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. According to the army 290 people have been killed in the more than three weeks of fighting for control of the city, including 206 militants, 58 soldiers and 26 civilians. A total of 132 public and private schools, 22,000 students, and 2,200 teaching staff in Marawi have been affected by the fighting that broke out on May 23."The socio-economic and religious activities of our people have been tremendously affected," said Abdul Hamidullah Atar, the sultan of Marawi, in a l...
Bangladesh’s cardinal has expressed his sorrow for the victims of the devastating landslides in south-east Bangladesh triggered by heavy monsoon rains. According to the latest reports, at least 144 people have died in a series of landslides in the districts of Rangamati, Bandarban, Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers reach out to many areas affected by the violent rains. "I'm really shocked. Most victims are tribals living in the hills,” Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka told AsiaNews. “I am praying for those who lost loved ones,” he said, adding, “All my affection goes out to them." Following torrential rains, tons of mud and debris slid from the hills, sweeping away homes on their way. The worst affected areas are the hilly districts, where thousands of people build their homes on the slopes. Card. Patrick believes that the natural disas...
Indianapolis, Ind., Jun 15, 2017 / 07:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In their discussion Wednesday on spiritual, pastoral and policy support for immigrants, the U.S. bishops highlighted the need for compassion, while also clearing up misconceptions about their views.“There was a desire to express solidarity with and pastoral concern for those at risk, but also a desire to avoid encouraging exaggerated fears,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, who has worked for several months to head the bishops’ working group on immigration.Archbishop Gomez presented on the efforts of his working group at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ general meeting this week in Indianapolis.Kicking off the discussion was a talk by Fr. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., Ph.D., of the University of Notre Dame.In introducing Fr. Groody for the first segment of the panel, conference president Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo indicated that the talk would focus on the “spiritual r...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The CriterionBy INDIANAPOLIS(CNS) -- Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said June 14 the U.S. Catholic bishops "can never say that we are sorry enoughfor the share that we have had in this tragedy of broken fidelity and trust" -- the clergy sex abuse crisis.He made the comments in the homily at an evening Mass said to commemorate a "Day ofPrayer and Penance" for victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The liturgy was celebrated at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis at the end of the first day of the bishops' spring assembly."Atthis Mass, we bishops humbly and sincerely ask for the forgiveness of those whohave been harmed, scandalized or dispirited by events that, even if theyhappened many years ago, remain ongoing sources of anguish for them and forthose who love them," he said."Webishops have learned a great deal about the sorrow and pain of those we loveand serve, even as we have to acknowledge humbly, publicly and pitifully...
PARMA, Ohio (AP) -- Bond has been set at $75 million for an Ohio man charged with killing five people, including a mother and her two college-age daughters....
MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Even doctors can be addicted to opioids, in a way: It's hard to stop prescribing them....
