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Various religious leaders from North and South Korea met in Beijing and decided to further extend their dialogue by meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea this month. The Korean Conference of Religion for Peace (KCRP) announced on May 26 that North and South Korean religious leaders would meet in Pyongyang on June 17-20. The decision to bring spiritual people from the rival countries together came from the executive committee meeting of the Asian Conference of Religions for Peace which was held on May 18-22 in Beijing.Members of the KCRP and Kang Ji-young, president of the [North] Korean Religious Association who attended the meeting, reaffirmed the need for reconciliation and peace in the Korean peninsula and for the resumption of the inter-Korean exchange. They decided to hold a North and South Korean religious exchange meeting in the North Korean capital. Currently, the KCRP is discussing the matter with newly elected President Moon Jae-in.Archbishop Hy...
(Vatican Radio) Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox and other Church leaders in Britain have offered prayers for the victims of the London terror attack, which left seven people dead and dozens of others injured. Eighteen people remain in critical condition after three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then began stabbing passers-by in the Borough Market district on Saturday night.Muslim leaders have also strongly condemned the attack, with many gathering close to the scene of the attack on Sunday to pay tribute to the victims.Among those speaking out against this latest atrocity is Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, co-chair of Britian’s Christian Muslim Forum.He told Philippa Hitchen his community is working together with all sectors of British society to combat extremism and uphold the country’s democratic values…Listen: Mogra said he was sickened and “devastated that some Muslims, in the holy month of Ramadan, when all the rest of the Muslims were fill...
Vatican City, Jun 5, 2017 / 07:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has been a consistent and vocal personality in condemning the arms trade and urging world leaders to do the same, and he raised his voice on the issue again in his latest prayer video.Published June 2, the video begins showing two world leaders sitting at a table to sign a join-accord, exchanging copies of the agreement to sign while Pope Francis says that “it's an absurd contradiction to speak of peace, to negotiate peace, and at the same time promote or permit the arms trade.”“Is this war or that war really a war to solve problems, or is it a commercial war for selling weapons in illegal trade, and so that the merchants of death get rich?” he asks, as images of explosions and gunfire interchange with frames of the leaders shaking hands dripping with blood.“Let us put an end to this situation,” he said. “Let us pray all together that national leaders may firmly commit t...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Saying he was moved by reports of tensof thousands of people gathering for a funeral procession for Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr Husar,who died May 31, PopeFrancis sent a second message of condolence to the cardinal's successor.Being grateful for Cardinal Husar's "unique, religiousand social presence in the history of Ukraine, I invite all of you to befaithful to his constant teaching and total abandonment to providence,"the pope wrote June 5, the day of the cardinal's funeral in Kiev and two daysafter the massive procession in Lviv."Continue to feel his smile and his caress," PopeFrancis wrote to ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych.Addressing the major archbishop of the Ukrainian CatholicChurch as "Beatitude," the pope said he had been informed of"the extraordinary influx of people who came in these days to pay homageto the mortal remains of the cardinal.""This presence is an eloquent sign of who he was: oneof the highest and most respec...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A disgruntled former employee opened fire Monday inside a Florida awning manufacturer, killing five workers before killing himself, authorities said....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The decision by four Arab nations to cut ties with Qatar marks the culmination of years of tension among a historically tightknit alliance of energy-rich Gulf Arab states that share borders, a common heritage and a strong alliance with Washington....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries severed ties to Qatar on Monday and moved to cut off land, sea and air routes to the energy-rich nation that is home to a major U.S. military base, accusing it of supporting regional terror groups....
TORONTO (AP) -- Canadian social worker Christine Archibald is being remembered as a "bright light" for her profession as those who loved her launch an online campaign of compassionate acts after she was struck by a van of terrorists on London Bridge and died in her fiance's arms....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump can't be counted on to give accurate information to Americans when violent acts are unfolding abroad....
Christine Lui Chen, a 36-year-old health care executive in New Jersey and mother of two small children, had never considered entering politics, focusing instead on her family, her career and her community....
