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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) -- Russia, Iran and Turkey - sponsors of talks in Kazakhstan between Syria and rebel factions - pledged Tuesday to consolidate the country's nearly month-old cease-fire and set up a three-way mechanism to ensure compliance of all sides....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel said Tuesday it approved plans to build 2,500 new settler homes in the West Bank, signaling a major ramp-up of construction just days after the swearing-in of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose election has emboldened the settlement movement....
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to trigger exit negotiations by the end of March....
The candy-colored love letter to musicals "La La Land" landed a record-tying 14 Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, while a notably more diverse field of nominees brushed off two straight years of "OscarsSoWhite" backlash....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump moved to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines Tuesday, a pair of projects that were blocked by the Obama administration due in part to environmental concerns. Both orders are subject to renegotiations of the agreements....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican has released Pope Francis’ Message for the 51st World Day of Social Communications. The theme of this year’s message is "Fear not, for I am with you": Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time. The World Day of Social Communications is celebrated in almost all countries on the Sunday before Pentecost. The message is being issued on 24 January, the feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron of journalists.Find the full text of the message below «Fear not, for I am with you» (Is 43:5):Communicating Hope and Trust in our TimeAccess to the media – thanks to technological progress – makes it possible for countless people to share news instantly and spread it widely. That news may be good or bad, true or false. The early Christians compared the human mind to a constantly grinding millstone; it is up to the miller to determine what it will grind: good wheat or worthless weeds. ...
The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has warned that the ongoing killings in Southern Kaduna is a dangerous sign Nigeria is ignoring.He said it was unfortunate that some prominent Nigerians and government officials were insisting that the crises have no religious undertones when that is clearly what is happening.“Immediately you play into a religious matter, nobody can intervene in any serious way, and that is really a pity,” he told Nigeria’s Punch newspaper.“This is why the statement attributed to the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, is generating ripples.“He tried to say we should not give this any religious colouring but the fact is that there is now a religious colouring and that is what he must admit and tackle.“Whether it is in Southern Kaduna or Plateau State, all these conflicts are a continuation of the tribal wars of the last century and those tribal wars have some religious co...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent an official delegate from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development to Aleppo in Syria.Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, the Pope’s delegate, visited the war-ravaged city on the 18-23 January, accompanied by Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nunzio to Syria, and Msgr. Thomas Habib, Counselor to the Nunziature.A statement released on Tuesday by the Dicastery for Integral Human Development said this was the first official visit by representatives of the Holy See after the end of hostilities in Aleppo.“The delegation was able to meet with the Christian communities and their pastors, who expressed gratitude to the Pope for his constant concern for beloved Syria. They also visited charitable Catholic institutions and several refugee camps. In particular, a humanitarian assistance centre, overseen by Caritas Aleppo, was opened in the Hanano neighborhood.”The Vatican delegation also participated in ...
Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 24, 2017 / 03:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following a school shooting in Monterrey, Mexico last week, the local archbishop offered his prayers and support.“I have listened with great concern to the news of the difficult events that occurred today at the facilities of your admirable institution,” said Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López of Monterrey in a Jan. 18 message.“I want to express to you my most sincere support, as the father of the Church in Monterrey, in sympathy over these difficult events. In addition, as a pastor, I lift up to the Lord God my prayer for the entire school community you make up, especially for the people involved and their families.”Earlier that day, a 15-year-old student at the American School of the Northeast opened fire on his classmates and teacher before shooting and killing himself. The teacher and three students were wounded in the attack.According to state officials, the young man had been receiving ...
Vatican City, Jan 24, 2017 / 03:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his annual message to communicators around the world, Pope Francis again condemned the tendency for media to focus on the “bad news,” saying journalists, while being accurate, must also offer a message of hope.“We have to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant focus on ‘bad news,’” such as war, terrorism, scandal and other human failures, the Pope said in his message for the World Day of Social Communications.It was published Jan. 24 to mark the feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron of writers, journalists and the Catholic press. The actual day of communications will be celebrated May 28, and will focus on the theme of the Pope’s message: “Fear not, for I am with you: Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time.”In his message, the Pope said steering clear of bad news “has nothing to do with spreading misinformation th...
