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(Vatican Radio) The plight of millions of migrants fleeing environmental disasters due to climate change will be addressed at a two-day conference hosted by the Pontifical Lateran University.“The Path” international summit will discuss proposals to Italian and European political leaders on solutions to avert more social disasters caused by environmental catastrophes and will promote a politics of “welcome” to migrants.The international conference, which takes place on 1 and 2 December, will also discuss the outcomes of last week’s “COP22” UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech at which the summit’s president pleaded with US president elect Donald Trump to join the struggle against global warming.According to research by CeSpi, an Italian centre for the study of international politics, about 160 million people between 2008 and 2014 were forced to migrate from their countries because of the disastrous effects of climate change. They...
Vatican City, Nov 22, 2016 / 07:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday the Vatican announced the themes for the next three World Youth Day encounters, which are focused on Mary and form the basis of a spiritual journey culminating in the next global encounter in Panama in 2019.A Nov. 22 Vatican communique revealed that the themes for 2017 and 2018 diocesan-level events as well as the international gathering in 2019 will all be taken from Chapter 1 of the Gospel of Luke, centering on Mary in the scene of the Annunciation and her Magnificat, spoken after her cousin Elizabeth’s declaration that “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.”The theme for the 2017 gathering will be: “The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name,” taken from Lk 1:49, while the theme for the 2018 encounter is: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God,” which the Angel Gabriel spoke to Mary in Lk 1:30.The thr...
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy WiechecBy Nancy WiechecPHOENIX(CNS) -- Chris Hoffman is cooking for 4,500 guests this holiday season, yethe's cool as a cucumber."Itshould go well," he said. "We did it last year and it went very smoothly."Theconfident executive chef runs the sprawling kitchen of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul in Phoenix. He credits his staff and cadre of volunteers withmaking his job practically stress-free."Ihave a reliable staff. A reliable kitchen team," Hoffman told Catholic NewsService as he made kitchen rounds one week before Thanksgiving. "We do a lot offood for a lot of people."Beefstew simmered in a huge vat. Pork loin sizzled in a roaster. Large trays offreshly baked cookies were being pulled from hot ovens. Volunteers, who executemuch of the food prep, were busy slicing and dicing a number of fresh fruitsand vegetables.Thefood would be dished out to the homeless population and to families in need atseveral dining rooms in the Phoenix area.Preparingthousands of meals i...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Death and final judgment before theLord are not frightening if you live being faithful to God, Pope Francis said."It will do us good to think about this: 'Well, whatwill that day be like when I am before Jesus? When he will ask me about the talentshe gave me, what I did with them,'" the pope said Nov. 22 during morningMass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives.Reflecting on the day's readings, including theresponsorial psalm, the pope looked at the call of God: "Remain faithfuluntil death, and I will give you the crown of life."The Lord will come to judge the earth, Pope Francis said.However, some people don't recognize that fact, deceiving themselves intothinking the end is nowhere in sight, and how they live on earth has no consequencesafter death, he said."I remember when I was a boy, when I'd go tocatechism they taught us four things: death, judgment, hell or glory -- thatafter judgment there's this possibility" of going to hell or sha...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gigi Hadid says her Melania Trump impression during the American Music Awards Sunday "was done in good humor with no bad intent."...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 19,000 for the first time as the stock market extended its reach further into record territory. The gains came a day after four major market indexes closed at all-times highs at the same time, something that hadn't happened since 1999....
BEIRUT (AP) -- For the first few weeks of her job recycling garbage, Haela Kalawi often went home crying....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A package bomb exploded in a downtown apartment early Tuesday after a man who apparently thought the manila envelope contained an inhaler opened it, police said. The victim was hospitalized with hand and chest injuries....
The controversy over drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean has been reignited by the election of Donald Trump, and environmentalists and coastal businesses say it could be the first major fault line that divides them from the new president....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi is responding to a challenge to her position as top House Democrat by proposing to give more influence to junior lawmakers atop congressional committees and within her leadership team....
