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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message marking the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Quilmes in Argentina.“I know that you are preparing enthusiastically for this anniversary, and I join you in thanksgiving to God for the gifts received from His divine goodness,” – Pope Francis wrote to Bishop Carlos José Tissera – “He has remained faithful, giving you shepherds, from the first bishop, Jorge Novak, to this day; many priests and consecrated persons have given their lives to make Christ present among you. This fills me with joy.”Pope Francis said he urged the people of the Diocese to be attentive to the Lord “passing before them,” and to help Him present in those who are “oppressed, exploited, disillusioned, sick, or suffering because of any other needs.”Pope Francis also sent a message to the Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the foun...
The untold atrocities that Christians in eastern India’s Odisha state were subjected to in 2008, are the result of careful planning by Hindu nationalist groups of the "Sangh Parivar" network at the highest level, an Indian journalist and rights activist told the media on Thursday, alleging illiterate masses of militants were manipulated by propaganda and incited to kill. Thanks to the investigation carried out by Anto Akkara, "one can rewrite the history of Kandhamal", the district in Odisha where the atrocities were concentrated. Violence rained down on Christians with untold savagery, with Hindu extremists blaming the August 23, 2008 assassination of Hindu leader Swami Saraswati Laxmanananda on Christians, despite Maoist rebels claiming the murder. Seven innocent Christian men were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013 over the murder. Presenting his latest investigative book entitled: ...
Amid unprecedented public outrage over its handling of a child abuse case, Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) is facing scrutiny from the government after the office of President U-tin Chaw (Htin Kyaw) said it was reviewing its actions. Lawyers, activists and politicians are calling for commission members to stand down after they allegedly failed in their duty when told about the abuse of two girls employed at a tailor shop in Yangon, the commercial capital. The girls, aged 16 and 17, told reporters they were held against their will for five years and denied wages. Photographs showed they had suffered burns and their arms were lined with scars from knife wounds.The office of President Htin Kyaw - who was nominated by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi following her party's election victory in November - said it was monitoring the case. The commission is the main organisation addressing the rights abuses that monitoring groups still freq...
Washington D.C., Sep 23, 2016 / 06:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- New clarifications about Department of Veterans Affairs rules have resolved a dispute about religious Christmas carols, gifts and displays in veterans’ hospitals, a chaplains’ group has said.“No one should try to water down Christmas for our veterans just because they object to any religious references or items. I am most grateful that the VA has clarified their policy prior to the upcoming holidays,” Chaplain Ron Crews, a retired Army Reserve colonel, said Sept. 21.The chaplain is executive director of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, a group of Protestant Christian organizations and ministries that provide over 2,600 chaplains for the U.S. military.“This should make clear that churches may sing Christmas carols and distribute Christmas cards at VA hospitals,” Chaplain Crews continued. “The guidelines state that hospital administrators may allow this and provide reasonable g...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Bright Stars By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- When he was a child, BassemHazboun loved helping his mother prepare French delicacies in their Bethlehem kitchen. But it was his father who kepttrying to steer him to study engineering as he reached his teens."You don't need this," his father said when Hazboun told himhe wanted to take a cooking course. But the passion he found while cooking bythis mother's side never left."My food is my identity," said Hazboun, a Catholic Palestinianwho traveled in September from his native Bethlehem in the West Bank to showcase food from hishomeland to various U.S. cities, including Washington and Connecticut, part ofthe "Room for Hope" festival. The festival aims to raise money for scholarshipsto help youth in the Holy Land study music, dance, cooking and other arts.Chef Hazboun, 39, studied at Bethlehem University, a Catholic university in the Holy Land, and is the head of the culinary arts programat Dar al-Kalima Univers...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In aneffort to ensure transparency as well as historical and scientific accuracy, Pope Francis has approved revisednorms for the Congregation for Saints' Causes regarding medical consultations onhealings alleged to be miracles.Among the regulationspublished by the Vatican Sept. 23 was the requirement that the medical panel have a quorum of six experts and that atwo-thirds majority is needed to approve a statement declaring a healing has nonatural or scientific explanation. Previously, the declaration -- a key step in a pope'srecognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of a candidate forsainthood -- required the approval of a simple majority of the consultation team memberspresent."The purpose of the regulationis for the good of the (saints')causes, which cannever be separated from the historical and scientific truth of the allegedmiracles," Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci, secretary of the congregation, s...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After being widely ridiculed for a music performance on the "Today" show last week, Corey Feldman didn't seek solace from drugs or alcohol. He didn't speak with a therapist. The former child star got down on his knees and prayed to God....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school student, sending health officials scrambling to reassure parents and the public that the disease is hard to transmit and easy to treat....
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) -- One of the world's largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama scolded Donald Trump for his bleak description of the African-American community as recent police shootings of black men - and the violent protests that followed them - inject sensitive questions about race into the presidential contest....
