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(Vatican Radio) Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildarim has insisted that his country is governed by rule of law, following last Friday’s attempted coup.Thousands of military and police officials and members of the judiciary have been suspended and detained, however sources are unable to confirm exact numbers.Concerns have been raised that Turkey will be in breach of human rights as it attempts to punish those responsible for the failed coup, with President Erdogan refusing to rule out that the death penalty could be reinstated.Vatican Radio’s Georgia Gogarty spoke with Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to discuss the current situation in Turkey and how the government must respond.Listen: After the attempt to overthrow the government, Ravina Shamdasani said that “in the aftermath there is a lot of work to be done”. Investigations must be carried out, and those responsible for the coup must be b...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis offered his help to the people of Nice in a surprisephone call following a deadly attack during Bastille Day celebrations, said thehead of an association of Italians living in France.PaoloCeli, president of the France-Italy Friendship society, told Vatican Radio that hewas shocked upon answering his phone and hearing, "Paolo, I am PopeFrancis." "Therewas a moment of silence from my part. Then he asked me to impart to the entirecity of Nice, to all the families of the victims, his message of solidarity andcomfort saying, 'What can I do,'" Celi said in an interview published July18.Celialso said the pope expressed his desire to meet with the families of thevictims of the July 14 massacre. "Wealso spoke for quite some time over the phone about a meeting in Rome in thenear future without setting a date," he said. The popealso spoke on the phone with Christian Estrosi, former mayor of Nic...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis ReviewBy Jennifer BrinkerST.LOUIS (CNS) -- Since its release in the United States July 6, Pokemon Go hasquickly become a cultural phenomenon. In the first week, the mobile gameattracted nearly 21 million users, according to data from Survey Monkey, makingit the most popular app in U.S. history.As aresult, the nature of the game is driving swarms of players to unsuspectingchurches, businesses and other landmarks. But as it grows in popularity,priests, youth groups and others are quickly finding opportunities toevangelize to young people.Pokemon Go uses augmented reality, areal-world environment that incorporates computer-generated elements, such asGPS data, sound and video. Users move around in the real world as they collecttiny virtual creatures called Pokemon -- short for pocket monsters. The mobile app isbased on the popular franchise that began with several Nintendo games in the1990s.Churches, businesses and other landmarkshave been desig...
LONDON (AP) -- International Olympic officials will "explore the legal options'" for a potential total ban on Russia from the games in Rio de Janeiro, and are taking measures to punish athletes and officials involved in the state-run doping conspiracy....
LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, Malawi (AP) -- Half a dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilized by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by truck and crane, to a sanctuary for the threatened species....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- The Turkish government on Tuesday escalated its wide-ranging crackdown against people it claims have ties to the alleged coup plotters, firing nearly 24,000 teachers and Interior Ministry employees across the country and demanding the resignations of another 1,577 university deans....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Donald Trump's campaign on Tuesday tried to brush off charges of plagiarism and recover quickly from an unforced stumble as he advanced within steps of officially seizing the Republican nomination for president....
(Vatican Radio) The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, has told the United Nations the trafficking of children is “abominable.”“While human trafficking always exploits the vulnerable, the trafficking of children and youth exploits those most vulnerable of all, something that not only exposes the evil of trafficking in all its repulsive ugliness but something that likewise makes abundantly clear the urgent call for everyone to rise up to protect children, youth and everyone from those who would enslave and dehumanize them in these ways,” he said. The full text of the intervention is below Elimination The Trafficking Of Children And YouthBy H. E. Archbishop Bernardito AuzaApostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United NationsRemarks of Archbishop Bernardito AuzaApostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United NationsEliminating the Trafficking of Chil...
(Vatican Radio) Theologians and experts on Christianity in China are meeting in Hong Kong this week for an international conference examining the history of ecumenical and interfaith relations across the region.The 10th annual conference of the ‘Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network’ will also be exploring broader issues of dialogue between faith and culture in China, as well as looking at the impressive growth rates of religious faith in other Asian countries too.The encounter, entitled ‘Christianity and Religions in China: Past, Present and Future’ runs from July 20th to 24th. Among the organisers is Georgetown University Professor Gerard Mannion, founding chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations Network. He sat down with Philippa Hitchen to talk about the importance of Asia’s ecumenical and interfaith context for the whole of the Catholic world today…Listen: Mannion notes that China ranks 7th in the wor...
