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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the past decade, scientists and photographers keep returning to the world's glaciers, watching them shrink with each visit. Now they want others to see how a warming planet is melting masses of ice in a series of before-and-after photos....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A deeply divided Senate panel favorably recommended Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Monday, sending the nomination to the full Senate for what is expected to be a partisan showdown - and eventual confirmation....
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(Vatican Radio) The Holy See Press Office on Monday released the details and schedule for Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Egypt, set to take place on 28-29 April.Pope Francis will arrive at Cairo International Airport around 14:00 on Friday where he will be welcomed at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis before making a courtesy visit to the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.He will then address participants in the International Conference on Peace before visiting His Holiness Pope Tawadros II.On Saturday, the Holy Father celebrates Mass and then has lunch with Egyptian bishops. His last event in Egypt is a prayer meeting with clergy, religious men and women, and seminarians.The full programme of the Pope's visit is below:Friday 28 April 201710.45 Departure by air from Rome-Fiumicino airport for Cairo14.00 Arrival at Cairo International AirportOFFICIAL WELCOMEWELCOME CEREMONY in the Presidential Palace in HeliopolisCOURTESY VISIT TO THE GR...
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Eastern Churches has called on Catholics around the world to give generously to the Good Friday collection that traditionally goes to support the Church in the Holy Land.In an interview with the news agency of the Italian Bishops Conference (SIR) the cardinal talks about the importance of contributing to the upkeep of the sacred sites, while at the same time supporting the search for peace in the land where Jesus lived.Faced with the events that “take place in this troubled region of the world”, the cardinal says, there is a risk that we see them as unconnected to our own lives, “as if we had no responsibility”.But by taking part in this annual collection for the Holy Land, he says, Catholics can personally contribute to combatting “war, poverty, terrorism, violence, division”.The collection for the Holy Land has been supported by the different popes over the ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis sent a message on Monday to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)’s “17th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference,” taking place in Vienna.The message was read by Fr. Michael Czerny, SJ, Under-secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.Click here to read our report on the Pope's message.The Holy Father called the problem “a form of slavery, a crime against humanity, a grave violation of human rights, and an atrocious scourge” and said that in some instances, “evidence brings one to doubt the real commitment of some important players.”Please find below the full text of the message:17th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference“Trafficking in Children and the Best Interests of the Child”Vienna, 3 April 2017CHILD TRAFFICKING: SOME URGENT CONCERNSMichael Czerny S.J.Under-Secretary o...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis told a Vienna “Trafficking in Persons” conference on Monday it is time to put an end to the “worsening tragedy” of child trafficking and slavery.The Pope’s words came in a message read out by Fr. Michael Czerny, SJ, Under-secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)’s “17th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference,” taking place in Vienna.Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: In his message to the OSCE conference on trafficking in children, Pope Francis called the problem “a form of slavery, a crime against humanity, a grave violation of human rights, and an atrocious scourge”.“Today’s complex migration scenario is sadly characterized by ‘[…] new forms of slavery imposed by criminal organizations, which buy and sell men, women...
Philippine Catholic bishops have dismissed as "nonsense" President Rodrigo Duterte's tirades of March 30, against the Catholic Church.President Duterte renewed attacks against the Catholic Church, which has been vocal in its criticism against the president's anti-narcotics war, his plan to re-impose the death penalty and lower the age of criminal liability.It is good to simply ignore such remarks said, CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Mission chairman Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes over church-run Radio Veritas. Echoing Bishop Bastes, CBCP-Episcopal Commission on the Laity chairman Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo in the same interview said, “What he says has no value anyway.”Duterte during the oath-taking of new appointees in Malacañang last Thursday launched tirades against the Church anew, saying the institution will be passé in three decades because of its alleged abuses and flaws. Bishops Bastes and Pabil...
