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(Vatican Radio) The Vatican’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic addressed a consultation conference on Monday, preparing for the way for an international agreement on migration and human rights.The agreement, known as a ‘global compact’ aims to draw up a list of principles and commitments addressing all aspects of international migration.At the meeting, the Vatican envoy called for fraternity and solidarity to take precedence over political divisions and geographical borders. Focusing especially on the need to protect child migrants, he appealed for a “far-sighted and people-centered Global Compact which hinges on migrants as the active protagonists”.Please see below the full statement by H.E. Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva at the First Thematic Consultation on the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migra...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Be readywith the spiritual weapon of faith because the biggest battle facing the SwissGuard today is fighting the devil and worldly vices, Pope Francis told theguard's members.The Swiss Guards' colorful andvaluable presence at the service of the pope and Vatican City State "is anoccasion to grow as courageous 'soldiers of Christ'" and be witnesses ofholiness to countless tourists and visitors, he said.The pope held a private audiencewith the Swiss Guard, including 40 new recruits and their family members, themorning of May 6, the day of the guard's annual swearing-in ceremony.New recruits pledge to"faithfully, loyally and honorably" serve and protect the pontiffand, if necessary, sacrifice their lives for him.The colorful induction ceremonyis held May 6 every year to mark the date in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards losttheir lives defending Pope Clement VII in the Sack of Rome. Only 42 guardssurvived. Holding the ceremony on the ...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Two months after bishops of theMelkite Catholic Church declared they had reconciled with each other and founda way to move forward together, the Vatican announced Pope Francis had acceptedthe resignation of Melkite Patriarch Gregoire III Laham.In a letter released by the Vatican May 6, Pope Francis saidthat in February, the 84-year-old Syrian-born patriarch "spontaneouslypresented me with his renunciation of the patriarchal office, asking me todecide the most favorable moment to accept it.""After praying and reflecting attentively, I considerit opportune and necessary for the good of the Greek Melkite Church to accepthis resignation today," said the letter addressed to Patriarch Laham and all the bishops of the Melkite Church.Pope Francis thanked the patriarch for his service and,especially, for his work to keep the suffering and the needs of the people ofSyria in the public eye.Patriarch Laham had convoked a synod of the Melkitebishops in June ...
BERLIN (AP) -- German police say a gold-and-platinum tiara adorned with 367 diamonds that once belonged to a duchess has been stolen from a state museum....
BOSTON (AP) -- A man accused of killing two engaged doctors inside the penthouse of a luxury condominium building was scheduled to be arraigned Monday on two counts of murder....
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Democrats desperate for fresh faces cast 37-year-old Heath Mello as a pragmatic, next-generation leader who could win in the Nebraska heartland. Yet his anti-abortion stance has become a flashpoint for the national party....
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- After a series of stinging legal defeats, President Donald Trump's administration hopes to convince a federal appeals court that his travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries is motivated by national security, not religion....
PARIS (AP) -- It will be a short honeymoon for French President-elect Emmanuel Macron....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama warned Donald Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as national security adviser during an Oval Office meeting after the 2016 election, according to three former Obama administration officials....
Fatima, Portugal, May 8, 2017 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s the most popular and well-known Marian apparition in the recent history of the Church.One hundred years ago, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in a field in Fatima, Portugal. She brought with her requests for the recitation of the rosary, for sacrifices on behalf of sinners, and a secret regarding the fate of the world.Every local bishop since has approved the apparitions and deemed them worthy of belief, the highest recognition a Marian apparition can receive from the Church.Miracle researcher Michael O’Neill told CNA that the Fatima apparitions could be considered the “gold standard of Marian apparitions.”“It has everything you’ve ever wanted to look for in a Marian apparition. It’s got these secrets, the prophecies, visionaries that will be canonized... you also have a feast day in the general Roman calendar, the approval of the local bishop, and of ...
