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(Vatican Radio) With several European countries building fences to stop migrants fleeing war and poverty, Croatian animal activists have now raised the alarm about the impact on migratory wildlife: They say Hungary's recently built razor-wire border fence is an ecological disaster threatening thousands of deer and other wild animals as winter sets in. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Hungary's anti-migration government has denied wrongdoing, but Croatian environmental experts say the structure is blocking the natural migratory patterns of thousands of deer and other wild animals. Large herds of red deer used to roam freely across the Croatia-Hungary border, their numbers steadily expanding in this wildlife-rich corner of Europe. But protection activists and hunters in Croatia now warn the numbers have begun declining since the border fence went up last year. Initially deer would get tangled in the wire and killed, but animals soon began recognizing the danger....
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Oct 15, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Fr. Donald Calloway could give St. Augustine a run for his money, in terms of dramatic conversion stories.In a recent Vimeo video produced by Spirit Juice Studios and the Knights of Columbus, Fr. Calloway recalled his radical transformation from atheist, drug-addicted high school dropout to Catholic priest.The child of a military family, Donald (his family called him Donnie), moved from Virginia to Southern California with his parents at the age of 10.He was enticed by the lifestyle of Southern California, and by the age of 13, was living solely for pleasure, a pursuit that would eventually lead to a downward spiral landing him in rehab, jail, and with suicidal thoughts.When his dad announced one day that the family would be moving to Japan, Donnie became “enraged” at the thought of leaving.Once in Japan, Donnie sought out friends who were into the same things he was.Those friends soon became his conne...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Yemen's Houthi rebels released two U.S. citizens on Saturday, without identifying the Americans....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An early morning argument at a Los Angeles restaurant operating out of a converted home apparently triggered gunfire that left three people dead and 12 wounded, two gravely, authorities said Saturday....
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The United States, Russia and seven other would-be Syria mediators ended a 4½-hour meeting Saturday without agreement or concrete steps to match what America's top diplomat described as the urgent crisis in the city of Aleppo. Instead, the envoys said only that new ideas were proposed and more discussions planned....
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The Latest on an alleged plot against Somalis in Kansas (all times local):...
BALTIMORE (AP) -- If Batman had a warship, it would be the USS Zumwalt....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Saturday in Haiti to see firsthand a sliver of the extensive destruction left by Hurricane Matthew as storm victims continued to express frustration at delays in aid more than a week-and-a-half since the Category 4 storm hit....
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- Kathryn Doherty would never date the likes of Donald Trump and jokes that if her daughter did, she'd send her to a convent. But he'll get the 76-year-old retiree's vote for president....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump keeps peddling the notion the vote may be rigged. It's not clear if he does not understand the potential damage of his words - or he simply does not care....
