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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has donated 50,000 Euro in aid for victims of the 12 June earthquake on the Greek island of Lesbos, according to the Apostolic Nunciature of Greece.“It is an unexpected donation and concrete sign of the closeness and affection of [Pope] Francis for the population, which has been deeply tried by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake,” remarked Msgr. Massimo Catterin, chargé d affaires of the Nunciature.The Pope’s donation will be used to help out the Orthodox village of Vrisa, which was completely destroyed in the tremors. One 43-year old woman was killed by falling debris.Msgr. Catterin said the donation came “after Archbishop Nikólaos Printesis of Naxos, Andros, Tinos, and Mykonos, who is also the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Chios, had asked the Nunciature to inform the Holy Father of the situation on the island.”He said, “The Pope’s donation has great value, also from an ecumenical po...
Church groups in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh joined a government initiative on Sunday to plant millions of saplings to arrest climate change and propagate a message of conserving water. All nine Catholic dioceses in the state joined the government's 12-hour long tree plantation drive. The government claimed 60 million saplings were planted on July 2, most of them on the banks of the river Narmada, considered a holy river by majority Hindus in the state."It was a great move in the direction of protecting the environment, conserving water and promoting greenery, thereby arresting the ill-effects of climate change," said Bishop Gerald Almeida of Jabalpur. Bishop Almeida issued a special circular to all parishes and Catholic institutions, urging priests, nuns and the laity to actively participate in the state’s plantation drive, said Father Somy Jacob, a parish priest of Jabalpur. The diocesan circular wanted each Catholic family in...
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- The man had almost made it to safety, with Iraqi forces waiting at the far end of a rubble-strewn alley - but first he had to take off his clothes....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- If North Korea's claim Tuesday of its first ICBM test-launch is true, it has barreled over a red line that the world has long called a tripwire for potential nuclear disaster....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The NBA Finals MVP gladly accepted a pay cut....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Tears and hugs after North and South Korean women won the 1991 team table tennis world championships. A standing ovation when athletes from the two Koreas marched together to open the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A selfie taken by a South Korean gymnast with her North Korean opponent that went viral at last year's Rio de Janeiro Games....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans are celebrating their country's birthday Tuesday with big-time fireworks, small-town parades and the quirky spectacle of competitive hot dog eating, marking a day of shared traditions in a nation that has grappled with divides this past year....
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie, by his own admission, entered lame-duck territory on Tuesday, signing his final budget after a bruising three-day state government shutdown that included a viral photo of him lounging on a state beach that was closed to the public because of a budget impasse....
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.S.-backed Syrian forces have breached the wall around Raqqa's Old City, the U.S. military said Tuesday, marking a major advance in the weeks-old battle to drive Islamic State militants out of their self-declared capital....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week will be brimming with global intrigue, but the White House says there's "no specific agenda." So in the absence of a set list of topics, what are two of the world's most famously unpredictable leaders to discuss?...
