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A Colombian Government Commission on Tuesday is meeting is with the NO Vote Camp, which refused the Peace Referendum. Listen to the report by James Blears: The Commission leadership includes Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin and Defence Minister Luis Carlos Villegas. It`s third senior member is Humberto De La Calle...the Government`s Chief Peace Negotiator. He`s offered to resign, following the NO vote by the majority of the Colombian people. Instead he`s been sent back to Cuba, to talk with the negotiators of the FARC....the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.Back home... The Commission are faced by the team of former President Alvaro Uribe, who`s demanding real jail time for those convicted of war crimes, in real prisons, rather than community service centers. It won`t be easy to convince the FARC to step up and swallow down this bitter pill. Convincing their rank and file to disarm, given the prevailing circumstances will also be ...
Washington D.C., Oct 4, 2016 / 01:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- St. Francis of Assisi is widely known for his life of poverty and love of creation. But there’s a lesser-known side to the friar as well – a side that showed a deep reverence for the Eucharist and attentive care to the sacred vessels at Mass. Francis’ love of creation really points to “the Christo-centrism of his spirituality,” said Brother William Short, a professor of spirituality at the Franciscan School of Theology in California.“We can trivialize it and make Francis kind of a tree-hugger,” he told CNA, but “his Canticle of the creatures is a really profound way of understanding not just the presence of God, but the presence of Christ within all of creation.”On Oct. 4, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, a deacon from Assisi, Italy who renounced his wealth to follow Christ and founded the Order of Friars Minor, later called...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Amid the devastation wrought by an earthquake incentral Italy, Pope Francis quietly prayed and offered words of consolation tosurvivors and those assisting in relief efforts. Later, when crowds pressed around him, the pope used a megaphone to tell thepeople of Amatrice that he had wanted to visit sooner, but felt showing upimmediately after the Aug. 24 quake would have complicated relief efforts and"would have been more of a hindrance than a help.""From the first moment, I felt that I needed to come to you! Simply toexpress my closeness to you, nothing more. And I pray; I pray for you!"the pope said Oct. 4.The epicenter of the earthquake was close to Norcia, the birthplace of St.Benedict, and had a magnitude of 6.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Amatrice was the hardest-hit town, accounting for 234 of the estimated 290deaths, according to the Italian Civil Protection office. Shortly after news of...
By Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Wind-whipped rains from Hurricane Matthew shattered Haiti's southwestpeninsula, downing trees, ripping open makeshift wooden homes and causingwidespread flooding Oct. 4 as aid workers waited for the storm to subsidebefore mobilizing.Thecity of Les Cayes and coastaltowns and villages in SouthDepartment were experiencing the most destruction as the storm madelandfall at dawn with 145-mile-an-hour winds.Forecastersexpected Matthew to dump up to 30 inches of rain in most communities, with somelocales receiving up to 40 inches.LesCayes and surrounding areas were the focus of concern for Catholic ReliefServices. Kim Pozniak, communicationsmanager, told Catholic News Service that the potential for landslides was high becauseof the geography of the region.Shesaid CRS staff also was troubled over the well-being of residents who decidedto stay in their homes despite calls to evacuate."Iwas told by staff in Les Cayes yesterday (Oct. 3) that the government ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -- A farewell to the King turned somber when Jack Nicklaus, his voice cracking as a large tear formed in his left eye, urged the elite and the everyman to remember how Arnold Palmer touched their lives and "please don't forget why."...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google launched an aggressive challenge to consumer electronics giants like Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, introducing a new line of smartphones called Pixel and other gadgets designed to showcase a digital helper the company calls "Google Assistant."...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte told President Barack Obama "you can go to hell" in a speech Tuesday that was his strongest tirade so far against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign, adding that he may eventually decide to "break up with America."...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- "Papi, I fell!" said 3-year-old Ashley Pacheco, showing her father her scraped knee. Her parents cleaned the wound and thought nothing more of it....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police released surveillance video Tuesday showing an 18-year-old black suspect running from police while holding what appears to be a gun in his left hand just before he was fatally shot by officers in a death that has generated rowdy protests....
PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti (AP) -- Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. At least nine deaths were blamed on the storm during its week-long march across the Caribbean....
