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Rome, Italy, Oct 15, 2016 / 11:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday, Pope Francis told grandparents that they are valuable and that their wisdom should be shared with the younger generation, to help them grow and to support them in their faith.“And talk to your grandchildren, talk. Let them ask you questions,” he said. They may be different from you, they may do other things, “they like other music... but they need the elderly, this ongoing dialogue.”“You are an important presence, because your experience is a precious treasure, essential to looking to the future with hope and responsibility,” Pope Francis said Oct. 15 at the Vatican.The Pope met with pilgrims, including around 7,000 grandparents, to share a reflection and prayer as part of the Celebration of Grandparents. The audience also included the National Association of Older Workers and the Federation of Seniors Italy.During the audience, Pope Francis acknowledged how many elderly people gi...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Planned Parenthood's 100th anniversary celebrations this weekend come with a sense of relief for the group that traces its roots to a time when women could not vote and contraception was illegal. The organization, whose services include birth control, sex education and abortions, has survived largely intact in the face of violence, vilification and fierce efforts in Congress and many states to cut its funding....
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a nine-nation meeting hasn't agreed on any concrete action to stop the violence in Syria....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The skyline shimmers, the music pulses and Donald Trump's helicopter swoops in for a landing....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton is the country's most famous working mother. For 40 years, she's been at the center of countless conversations about gender and politics. Even her pantsuits have been debated for decades....
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- A beleaguered Donald Trump sought to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday, pressing unsubstantiated claims the contest is rigged against him, vowing anew to jail Hillary Clinton if he's elected and throwing in a baseless insinuation his rival was on drugs in the last debate....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hacked emails released in daily dispatches this past week by the WikiLeaks group exposed the inner workings of Hillary Clinton's campaign leading up to her 2015 announcement that she would seek the presidency, and through this year's primary....
(Vatican) Pope Francis on Saturday appointed a bishop to the Diocese of Jowai in north-east India’s Meghalaya state. He transferred Bishop Victor Lyngdoh of Nongstoin to Jowai, both suffragans of Shillong Archdiocese. At the same time, the Pope nominated Archbishop Dominic Jala of Shillong as Apostolic Administrator of Nongstoin.Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of Jowai in 2006, and appointed Father Vincent Kympat as its first bishop. Bishop Kympat died on July 30, 2011, leaving the see vacant until Pope Francis on 3 February 2014, recalled Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati from his retirement to be the Apostolic Administrator of Jowai. With the appointment of Bishop Victor Lyngdoh to Jowai, Archbishop Menamparampil, who served as the bishop of Dibrugarh for 11 years and the Archbishop of Guwahati for 20 years before his retirement on 18 January 2012, will resume his retired life.
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See has called attention to the plight of refugee children at a United Nations General Assembly session on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children.“These children in extremely vulnerable situations need protection and are entitled to the rights guaranteed under the Convention on the Rights of the Child,” said Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.“It is therefore urgent to ensure that measures and policies are in place wherever these children are to be found, like refugee routes and passageways of clandestine migrants,” he continued. The full address can be found below Statement by H.E. Archbishop Bernardito AuzaApostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy SeeSeventy-First Session of the United Nations General AssemblyThird Committee Agenda Item 64:Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children Madam Chair,The most recent reports on the situatio...
(Vatican Radio) Environmental groups said nations have reached a deal this morning to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in an effort to further protect the environment.Listen to Ann Schneible’s report: Around 150 countries have agreed to limit the use of hydro-fluoro-carbon – or “HFC” greenhouse gases in a bid to protect the Earth's climate.Delegates worked through the night in the Rwandan capital to reach an agreement that would suit both developed and developing countries.Under the deal, developed nations commit to reducing their use of the chemicals sooner than poorer countries.HFCs are used in refrigeration and air conditioning: scientists believe they are playing a growing role in driving up global temperatures, especially as air-conditioning technology becomes more affordable for people in developing markets and more widely used in developing nations.Saturday’s agreement comes nearly three decades ...
