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Catholic bishops from India's tribal lands have sought the intervention of President Pranab Mukherjee to ensure the rights of millions of adivasis or indigenous people. The memorandum signed by bishops from six states with large tribal populations said they were "saddened" by the policies of state governments that have trampled over tribal people's rights. They want the head of state "to protect the land, forest and socio-cultural rights of tribal people," the May 10 memorandum said. "Land is the only means of livelihood and sustenance" for most tribal people, as 90 percent of them are dependent on agriculture or allied activities in their ancestral land, the bishops said in their memorandum at the end of a two-day consultation at the headquarters of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) in New Delhi. The present federal and most state governments, however, "have taken various actions to alienate trib...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican Museums and the JewishMuseum of Rome are exploring together the significance of the menorah, althoughthey also give a nod to the centuries-old legend that the Vatican is hiding thegolden menorah from the Temple of Jerusalem.A two-part exhibition, one at the Vatican and the other atthe Jewish Museum of Rome, prominently features a replica of the 1st-century Arch of Titus,showing Roman soldiers carrying the menorah and other treasures into Rome. From a coin minted in the century before Christ's birth to a1987 Israeli comic book featuring a superhero with a menorah on his chest, theexhibit, "The Menorah: Worship, History and Myth," documents the useof the seven-branched candelabra both as a religious item and a symbol ofJewish identity. The exhibit is scheduled to be open through July 23. Oneticket includes admission to the main part of the exhibit in the Charlemagne Wingjust off St. Peter's Square and to the Jewish Museum, located abou...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Protesters are hauling folding chairs, beach umbrellas and coolers onto main roads for a national sit-in....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Melania Trump announced Monday that her son, Barron, will attend a private Episcopal school in Maryland, beginning this fall....
HAMAM AL-ALIL, IRAQ (AP) -- The fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is approaching its "final stages," a senior U.S. official said Monday....
BERLIN (AP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, being greeted on a red carpet outside the chancellery with military honors on a busy first full day in office that started with his naming 46-year-old lawmaker Edouard Philippe as his new prime minister....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's latest ballistic missile test may be nearly as big a deal as its propaganda machine claims....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration on Monday accused the Syrian government of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners and burning the bodies in a large crematorium outside the capital....
LONDON (AP) -- The "ransomware" cyberattack that has hit companies and governments around the world ebbed in intensity on Monday, though experts warned that new versions of the virus could emerge....
Portsmouth, England, May 15, 2017 / 03:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An English bishop has asked the people of his diocese to remember the sanctity of human life at all stages as they prepare to vote in the upcoming general election.In a pastoral letter read in all the churches across the Diocese of Portsmouth May 14, Bishop Philip Egan posed ten questions that Catholics might consider in the election, including questions related to care for the environment, the family, the poor, the sick, the disabled, and persecuted Christians.These questions could be used to “evaluate a manifesto, or you could put them to a prospective parliamentary candidate,” he said. Remember the protection of human life at the next General Election,@BishopEgan urges @PortsmouthRC Diocese. https://t.co/uKBIauY19f— Portsmouth Diocese (@PortsmouthRC) May 12, 2017 Catholics must consider the sanctity of life first and foremost, he noted.“How far will this or that candidate protect the ...
