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(Vatican Radio) Voters in a state in north-eastern Germany voted Sunday in an election that was seen as a serious challenge for Chancellor Angela Merkel as an anti-migration and anti-Islam party was expected to perform better than her Christian Democratic Union party (CDU). Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Sunday's poll in the state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania is one of the biggest tests to date of Chancellor Merkel’s migrant and refugee policies. Her parliamentary constituency is in the region with 1.3 million eligible voters and losing here will put Merkel in a weaker position ahead of national elections next year Opinion polls suggested that the three-year-old anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AFD) could overtake Merkel’s conservative CDU party in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.Surveys show the German leader's popularity has declined after she took a decision that led to more than 1 million migrants fleeing war and poverty being re...
Vatican City, Sep 4, 2016 / 01:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On September 4, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was officially declared a saint by Pope Francis. CNA had the chance to speak with Major Archbishop Baselios Cardinal Cleemis of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, who serves as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India. He shared his memories of Mother Teresa, as well as some thoughts on the significance of the canonization for the people of India. Excerpts of the interview are below:Q: We’re here in Rome for the canonization of Mother Teresa. What does this canonization mean for the Church and people of India?It’s a great moment of joy and satisfaction for the Christians in India and also as a nation for the society in India, that one of our citizens and one of us is being greatly honored by respective bodies in the world. For example, starting with the most valued honor given to Mother Teresa when she was living: “Bharat Ratna” that means,...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The parents of the toddler who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World in Florida say they will always remember their sweet little boy....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Law enforcement agencies plan to release more information this week on the discovery of the remains of Jacob Wetterling....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers return to Washington this week for an abbreviated election-season session in which they will likely do what they do best: the bare minimum....
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Hermine spun away from the East Coast on Sunday, removing the threat of heavy rain but maintaining enough power to churn dangerous waves and rip currents and keep beaches off-limits to disappointed swimmers and surfers during the holiday weekend....
HONOLULU (AP) -- The world's largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report released Sunday at the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels expelled the Islamic State group from the last strip of territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border on Sunday, effectively sealing the extremists' self-styled caliphate off from the outside world, Turkey's prime minister and a Syrian opposition group reported....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday declared Mother Teresa of Calcutta a Saint, saying that she shone a light in the darkness of the many who no longer had tears to shed for their poverty and suffering.In his homily during the canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope highlighted how the little nun who died in 1997 had taken in society’s most unwanted, and shamed world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created".Listen to the report by Sean Patrick Lovett: To the some 120,000 pilgrims who filled the Square for the canonization Mass, Pope Francis held up Mother Teresa as the model for a Church that goes to the peripheries to bring comfort and the light of the Gospel to poor and wounded souls.“Let us carry her smile in our hearts – he said - and give it to those whom we meet along our journey, especially those who suffer” he said. Applause erupted in the Square even before the Pope finished pronouncing the rite ...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in southern North Dakota....
