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Lilongwe, Malawi, Aug 12, 2017 / 04:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Divorce rates in Malawi have increased in the past few years, leading the local Catholic Church to emphasize the importance of family life and marriage preparation.“The family is under attack by many influences which the church must take seriously and address them,” said Bishop Peter Musikuwa of Chikwawa, in an interview with The Nation at the first National Family Conference.“These days, there is an increase in the number of divorce cases because our youth are getting married before they are fully prepared.”The Nation found that 722 divorce petitions were filed at the Senior Resident Magistrate and the Chief Resident Magistrate in the capital city of Lilongwe from January-October in 2015.These months averaged 72 divorces per month, compared to just under 40 monthly divorce petitions in early 2014.At the conference, the bishops said the threats to marriage are a concern for the Malawi Church, noting ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Yankees' offense was asleep for seven innings and so was the sellout crowd. New York was about to get shut out for the second straight night and drop a season-high 5½ games behind first-place Boston....
BUTLER, N.J. (AP) -- Mourners at a New Jersey cemetery received a horrific shock when a corpse's rotting foot from an adjoining grave was uncovered during a New York City man's burial....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli media are reporting that the world's oldest man, who lived through both world wars and survived the Holocaust, has died a month short of his 114th birthday....
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyan police shot and killed two people during riots by opposition supporters after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in elections overshadowed by fraud allegations, authorities said Saturday, while a father said his 9-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet in the capital....
CINCINNATI (AP) -- The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie are testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed on bullying....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's announcement that it is finalizing a plan to launch four ballistic missiles over Japan toward the island of Guam has touched off a series of fiery threats from President Donald Trump and upped tensions between Pyongyang and Washington to a whole new level....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping made a plea for cool-headedness over escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea in a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday, urging both sides to avoid words or actions that could worsen the situation....
(Vatican Radio)The European Commission says that at least fifteen EU countries, as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland, have received eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil. Its announcement comes ahead of a planned meeting with ministers and other officials next month to discuss the crisis.The European Commission, the European Union's executive, says farms have been shut down here in Germany as well as in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France after authorities confirmed that fipronilincluded also had been used.EU countries that received tainted eggs also included Britain, Sweden, Austria, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Denmark. Non-EU Switzerland is also affected. And a revelation that tainted eggs had also been sent to Hong Kong marks the first time the widening scandal has spread outside Europe. Experts say the insecticide can damage people's kidneys, liver and thyroid glands if eaten in large quantities.However, food standard...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is expressing concern over the growing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and not ruling out military action as a response....
