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(Vatican Radio) In occasion of the UN International Day of Peace on September 21, and at a time in which war and persecution have driven over 65 million people from their homes worldwide, the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Religious Islamic Community of Italy have joined to appeal for a culture of welcome.In a statement released this week they are calling upon governments, religious institutions and people of good-will to work together to tackle the root causes of forced migration, to share the responsibility of providing protection for refugees, to ensure good reception conditions and access on arrival, and to recognize diversity as an opportunity - not a threat.JRS International Advocacy Coordinator, Amaya Valcarcel, told Vatican Radio’s Linda Bordoni the appeal has particular resonance in this Holy Year of Mercy:Listen: Amaya Valcarcel says that all JRS members work under the principle of “working for others and for all peoples regardless of religion, race, et...
Vatican Weekend for September 25, 2016 features a reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading in the next in Jill Bevilacqua's series: "There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye," plus, our resident Vatican expert, Joan Lewis takes a look back at the past week's events in the Vatican.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
Vatican Weekend for September 24, 2016 features reports on Pope Francis’ recent visit to Assisi at the conclusion of an international prayer gathering for peace and on his tough words on the “shame” of war - at Mass at Santa Marta. Plus, we go back in time to revisit chief moments in Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to the United States one year ago: his historic speeches to Congress and the United Nations. And, we remember his visit to Ground Zero and speak to the world renowned architect who rebuilt the site following the September 11th terror attacks of 15 years ago.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
Charlotte, N.C., Sep 23, 2016 / 03:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Patrick Winslow is a priest at a Catholic church in Charlotte’s University City neighborhood.After a police shooting left a man dead and roused hundreds of people in protest amid conflicting stories, he’s been thinking about what he can say to his flock.“I think they need to hear a simple message of prayer, of charity, and reassurance that we are called to be a light in the midst of many darknesses in this world,” Father Patrick Winslow told CNA.“If there were a Christian way forward it would simply be one of drawing closer together and listening and relating, with a sense of vulnerability,” he said.Father Winslow is pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Charlotte’s University City neighborhood, which surrounds the main campus of University of North Carolina-Charlotte.In an apartment complex less than a mile from the church, a police shooting rocked the community.Keith Lamont...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The more assets the Patriots lose this season, the better they seem to play....
BOSTON (AP) -- Did notorious gangster Al Capone have a soft spot? An intimate letter he penned from prison suggests the ruthless racketeer could handle tenderness almost as skillfully as his Tommy Gun....
ROSETTA, Egypt (AP) -- A senior Egyptian official says a total of 115 bodies were pulled out of the waters off the Egyptian coast, three days after hundreds of migrants heading to Europe drowned....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A bombing campaign in rebel-held districts of Syria's Aleppo city intensified Friday, targeting several neighborhoods and centers of the award-winning volunteer civil defense group known as the White Helmets, as the government announced a new offensive in the area....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two police shootings, both recorded by police. In one city, the police recordings were released almost immediately and protests remained calm. In the other, the chief has so far refused to provide the videos to the public and violent protests have wrought destruction in the heart of the city. Two different outcomes that raise some key questions: How soon are police obligated to release the recordings and why might they keep a lid on it?...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city's mayor ended early Friday....
