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(Vatican Radio) Bolivia's Deputy Minister of the Interior, Rodolfo Illanes, has been abducted and beaten to death by striking miners as he attempted to negotiate with them.Listen to James Blears' report: Bolivia's President Evo Morales is deeply shaken with the news of Rodolfo Illanes' murder. Mr. Illanes, who had been appointed Deputy Interior Minister in March, had gone to the town of Panduro 130 km to the south of the capital La Paz to try and establish dialogue with striking miners, who have blocaded the main highway. The situation had deteriorated after two miners were shot dead on Tuesday. Riot police who tried to clear the road were driven back.A bodyguard, who was abducted with Mr. Illanes was stripped of his gun and beaten, but managed to escape. He's being treated in a hospital in La Paz. Mr Illanes' body has yet to be recovered. More than 100 miners have now been arrested and five state prosecutors have been sent to town.&n...
Washington D.C., Aug 26, 2016 / 10:55 am (CNA).- A leaked grant report from the Open Societies Foundation seems to show Planned Parenthood and its allies in a panicked effort to raise millions of dollars to counter a series of investigative videos alleging the abortion provider broke the law.For undercover journalist David Daleiden, it’s a sign of hope.“It shows that the issue of selling baby body parts for profit is an issue that could shut Planned Parenthood down. And that is why they are taking it so seriously,” Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, told CNA Aug. 24In an undercover project released last year, Daleiden and a colleague had posed as prospective buyers of fetal tissue. They recorded conversations with multiple Planned Parenthood officials around the country, and recorded several grisly sessions of aborted babies’ bodies being disassembled for possible tissue harvesting and sale.Daleiden said a document attributed to billionaire...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert DuncanBy Cindy WoodenROME (CNS) -- Blessed Teresa of Kolkata was a woman whotruly felt wed to Jesus, and the freedom she experienced in loving him led herto radical poverty, a courageous outreach and an immense love for the poor,said the superior general of the order Mother Teresa founded."She was very happy to be a woman and to be a mother toso many souls," Missionaries of Charity Sister Mary Prema Pierick told Catholic News Service."Her freedom of loving opened the doors of hearts andavenues of service, which maybe were not so common, especially in sharing theradical poverty of the poor," said the blue-eyed, German-born sister, whowas elected superior general in 2009.Mother Teresa, who will be canonized Sept. 4, began herorder in the 1940s, walking into the slums of Kolkata, "having no conventwalls to protect her," Sister Prema said. "But it was love for Jesusand love and compassion for the suffering of the poor that brought her to dowhat she did."At the m...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says that President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine protected area....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hillary Clinton vigorously defended her family's foundation against Donald Trump's sniping on Friday and declared she's confident there will be no new blockbuster accusations on the foundation, her emails or anything else that could undermine her chances of defeating him in November....
(Vatican Radio) The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia ΙΙ, has sent a letter to Pope Francis to offer his condolences and prayers for the earthquake, which hit central Italy on Wednesday morning.In the letter dated August 25, the Catholicos expressed his support for the Italian people and asked Pope Francis to convey his condolences 'to the families of the deceased and injured, to those who have suffered loss, and to the people of Italy'.Below is the original letter in full:To His HolinessPope of Rome FrancisYour Holiness,On behalf of the Orthodox Church of Georgia and personally on my behalf, I would like to express our deep condolences in connection with the aftermath of the earthquake which took place in Perugia and in its vicinity, claiming the lives of so many people and leaving thousands homeless.In these hard times for yo...
Christians in India on Thursday marked the 8th anniversary of the terrible anti-Christian massacres and atrocities in eastern India’s Odisha state, with survivors still awaiting justice and compensation from the government. The orchestrated violence against Christians erupted with untold savagery on August 25 2008, with Hindu extremists blaming Christians for the August 23, 2008 murder of Hindu leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, despite Maoist rebels claiming the assassination. The carnage led to the death of about 100 Christians, although the government officially speaks of 38 victims. An estimated 5,600 homes were looted and burned, while about 300 churches and other places of worship were destroyed. More than 50 thousand faithful fled into the woods and began a life as refugees to survive ethnic cleansing.The Governor of Odisha, Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir, on August 25 received a copy of journalist Anto Akkara's investigative...
People in eastern India’s Kolkata city on Friday marked the 106th birthday of Blessed Mother Teresa with prayers Friday, less than 10 days before she is to be raised to the glory of the altar as a saint on Sept. 4. The day, Aug. 26 started with Mass by Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Calcutta, attended by the over 300 co-workers, volunteers, laypeople and nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the congregation Mother Teresa founded in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, to serve the poorest of the poor. Archbishop D'Souza said Mother Teresa's life was one of sacrifice and love, empowered and strengthened by her faith. Kolkata city also kicked off the fourth Mother Teresa International Festival on Friday, showcasing 23 films from 15 countries exclusively on Mother Teresa. "The objective of this festival is to spread Mother Teresa's message to the world, raise awareness and sensitize people about her work and good deeds," Sunil Lucas, ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis urged members of Secular Institutes to work for a renewed charism that unites the lay and consecrated aspects of their lives and mission. His remarks came in a message sent on his behalf by the Secretary, of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to participants attending the World Conference of members of Secular Institutes held in Rome this week. The Pope wrote that they are both lay and consecrated people and both aspects are on the same level and equally important. He encouraged the members of the Secular Institutes to live an intense life of prayer, saying their greatest challenge is to be schools of sainthood here on earth, living normal lives but always at the service of others and bearing witness to the values of brotherhood and friendship.
