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A nine-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit against the Indian Government for failing to take adequate action to mitigate the effects of climate change, citing growing concern over pollution and environmental degradation in the country. In the public interest litigation (PIL) filed on March 31with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a special court for environment-related cases established in 2010, Ridhima Pandey said the government has failed to implement its environment laws. "As a young person (Ridhima) is part of a class that amongst all Indians is most vulnerable to changes in climate, yet are not part of the decision making process," the 52-page petition said. It called on the tribunal to direct the government "to take effective, science-based action to reduce and minimize the adverse impacts of climate change".The NGT has asked the Ministry of Environment and the Central Pollution Control Board to respond within two weeks. A spok...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Thursday released latest statistics for the numbers of Catholics in countries around the globe. The figures show substantial growth in the numbers of both priests and people in the pews in Africa and Asia, but declining vocations and Mass attendance in other parts of the world.The data, compiled by the Vatican’s central office for Church statistics, refers to the year 2014-2015, showing a slight increase of about one percent of Catholics worldwide.While the statistics do not seem like an emergency scenario, some analysts are warning that the Church is suffering its worst decline in centuries, requiring some profound changes in strategy and leadership style to turn the crisis around.Chris Lowney is one of those Catholics who believes that Pope Francis’ reform efforts must be followed up by a transformation of culture and participation, from the grassroots through to hierarchical level.A New Yorker and former Jesuit seminarian, Lowney becam...
Vatican City, Apr 7, 2017 / 05:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis said Friday that when it comes to solving the immigration crisis, the media needs to stop perpetuating negative stereotypes and explain the big picture, shedding light on the causes behind migration.“The mass media should be driven by the need to explain the different aspects of migration, also making the public aware of the causes of this phenomenon,” he said in an interview published April 7.“The violation of human rights, the violent conflict in the social unrest, lack of basic necessities, natural disasters and those caused by man: all this must be told clearly to allow the right knowledge of the migration phenomenon and, therefore, the right approach.”The Pope’s comments were made in a new interview with the Italian magazine, LibertàCivili, published every two months by the Italian Ministry for Internal Affairs.In the interview, Francis slammed those in media who perpetuate ...
Bamako, Mali, Apr 7, 2017 / 06:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Four people have been arrested in Mali in connection with the February kidnapping of a nun who remains missing.According to the Associated Press, a judge in the country charged four individuals this week.Sister Cecilia Argoti Narvaez was originally from Colombia but worked in Mali until she was kidnapped earlier this year. Her fate is still unknown.Armed men kidnapped Sr. Cecilia in the southern Mali city of Karangasso on February 7th. The men forced Sister Cecilia to hand over the keys to the community’s ambulance. The vehicle was later found abandoned. Three other sisters were present at their house but escaped.A member of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, Sr. Cecilia had served in Mali for 12 years. Her community administers a large health center in the country, as well as a home where they care for some 30 orphans between one and two years of age.The religious sisters teach literacy to some 700 Muslim women. T...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Javier Etxezarreta, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The defense of the life, dignity andhuman rights of migrants and refugees must come before any other question whenenacting migration policies, Pope Francis said."The defense of human beings knows no limits," thepope said in an interview with the journal of the Department for CivilLiberties and Immigration of the Italian Ministry of the Interior."Those in power," he said, "must be bothfar-sighted and coherent in watchful respect for fundamental human rights, aswell as in trying to end the causes which force civilians to flee."Of course, he said, a safe and humane approach to handlingthe current global migration crisis requires international cooperation andpolicies that "respect both those who welcome and those who arewelcomed."Newcomers must respect the laws of their host countries and beassisted in integrating into the life of their new communities, he said in theinterview published April 7. And members of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ford Williams, U.S. Navy handout via ReutersBy WASHINGTON(CNS) -- Two prominent Catholic leaders in Syria criticized the U.S. missilestrikes against their nation, wondering why they occurred before investigationsinto the origins of chemical attacks reported April 4.ButU.S. President Donald Trump said Syrian President Bashar Assad "launched ahorrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians" and "chokedout the lives of helpless men, women and children.""Nochild of God should ever suffer such horror," he said April 6, announcingthat he had ordered the strike against the air base from which he said thechemical weapons attack was launched.SyriacCatholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph Younan called the attack an aggression andtold Catholic News Service: "It is a shame that the United Statesadministration didn't wait until an honest United Nations investigation wasthoroughly made into what is said to be a chemical air strike in KhanShaykun." "Theagglomerate media and the su...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. jobs report for March report delivered a mixed message Friday as hiring fell to its slowest pace in nearly a year. Yet at the same time, the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly a decade....
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