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Vatican City, Mar 13, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- She begged and scrounged for food in the forest; she drank water from a stream with dead bodies in it; she wrapped grass on her feet in order to walk long distances in the hot sun in order to survive, facing starvation and malnourishment, all before the age of six.Now, Mirreille Twayigira is a licensed medical doctor hoping not just to save lives, but to inspire young women worldwide – particularly those in her same situation – by showing them there's hope, and that life is more than the tragedies they face.While some might label her life “a tragic story” due to the suffering and loss she faced as a young child, Twayigira said others might choose to call it “a story of courage and perseverance.”However, “I choose to call it a story of hope, a story of God...from ashes to beauty, (like) a beautiful stained glass window.”Twayigira was among several speakers at the March 8 Voices...
BANDAR BEYLA, Somalia (AP) -- Ahmed Haji turns from his visibly dehydrated animals and whispers: "I am lost."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top Senate Democrats are warning Republicans controlling Congress against adding billions of dollars for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall to an upcoming $1 trillion-plus catchall spending package....
BERLIN (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Washington on Monday ahead of her first meeting with President Donald Trump. The encounter between the trained physicist and veteran politician, renowned for her measured comments and reserved style, and the billionaire real-estate outsider whose off-the-cuff tweets and undiplomatic approach have rocked American politics could produce an interesting dynamic....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned a Dutch diplomat to formally protest the treatment of a Turkish minister in the Netherlands over the weekend, and what it said was a "disproportionate" use of force against demonstrators in an ensuing protest....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway says she doesn't have any evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower phone lines during the election....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis visited the Roman parish of St. Magdalene of Canossa on Sunday afternoon, meeting with young people and the sick and elderly before celebrating Mass with the parish community.Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: His visit began with a conversation with the children and young adolescents of the parish in the parish sports field.The Holy Father also met with parents and newborns baptized during the course of the year and with the elderly and sick of the parish in the parish hall.In off-the-cuff remarks, he told the infirm and elderly that “sickness is a Cross – as you well know – but the Cross is always a seed of life and by carrying it well you are able to give so much life to many people, even without knowing it. Then in Heaven, it will become known. Thank you, he said, for carrying your infirmity in this way.”Pope Francis then met with parishioners active in faith formation and pastoral outreach before celebrating the S...
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is to hold a global seminar at the Pontifical Gregorian University on safeguarding children.The event, entitled 'Safeguarding in Homes and Schools: Learning from Experience Worldwide', takes place on 23 March and is organized in collaboration with the Centre for Child Protection of the Gregorian University.It is to have a particular focus on Latin America.Chaired by the Commission's President, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap, guest speakers from Argentina, Colombia and Mexico will be joined by experts from Australia and Italy to share their experience of promoting a culture of safeguarding in Catholic schools, institutions and communities.A communiqué from the Commission says the event will look at "the urgent need for research in this area" and will host experts from the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Salesian University, and the Pontifical Facul...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It would seem all but impossible to sum up one of the most distinguished careers in photojournalism in only four words, but that's just what Nick Ut does when he says, "From hell to Hollywood."...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Rick Scott and other top Florida Republicans frequently complain about government spending, but they have quietly spent more than $237 million on private lawyers to advance and defend their agendas, an Associated Press investigation has found....
