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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- In a surprise move, Donald Trump will travel to Mexico on Wednesday to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, just hours before the Republican delivers a highly anticipated speech on immigration....
(Vatican Radio) Officials say Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has met Pope Francis after he pledged that his nation wants to tackle the persecution of Christians at a time when Europe faces a massive refugee crisis. The Hungarian government's international press office confirmed to Vatican Radio that Orbán met the Pope last weekend on the sidelines of the annual International Catholic Legislators Network meeting. That gathering, held in Frascati, near Rome, was described as the "largest forum for Christian heads of government". Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Sunday's private audience came as Europe faces a massive refugee crisis. Orbán said last week that Hungary plans to build a second "more massive fence" on its southern border with Serbia to halt any new wave of mainly Muslim migrants fleeing war and poverty. He explained that the new barrier, to be built alongside the existing razor wire ...
(Vatican Radio) Armed police blocked off the Greek government’s media regulator building in Athens on Tuesday morning in what many fear could be the start of an attempt by the leftwing-led government to control the airwaves.Listen to the report by John Carr: The police are there to guard two days of negotiations between officials and eight media businesses that will end with just four national television channel licences being awarded. The process has come under savage criticism from the opposition as a drive to close many private tv channels that are critical of the government’s policies.To add to the drama, the bidders for the media licences will not be allowed to leave the building for 48 hours while their bids are examined, and will be under camera surveillance at all times. The government’s case is that this will ensure that the process is incorruptible. But it has triggered ridicule among many Greeks, who suspect that the leftwing go...
(Vatican Radio) Mexico`s President has fired the Federal Police Chief, following a damning report from the National Human Rights Commission.The reports concludes that some officers "arbitrarily executed" 22 suspected members of a drug cartel at a ranch in Western Mexico. James Blears reports about fallout, which has reach and purged the highest levels. Listen: Federal Police Chief Enrique Gallindo, has been fired by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, as the investigation into the massacre deepens. The announcement of the President`s decision was made by Minister of the Interior Miguel Angel Osorio Chong. The National Human Rights Commission report condemned the killings of 22 men by Federal Police at a ranch last year, in the State of Michoacán who they insist were: "Arbitarily executed." It also says that the Federal Police even posed some of the bodies, placing guns in lifeless hands to fake the scenario, trying to give a ...
Vatican City, Aug 30, 2016 / 10:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In honor of all “workers and volunteers of mercy,” the Vatican is asking those who volunteer in different service opportunities to share their testimony on social media with the hashtag #BeMercy.Launched by the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, the #BeMercy initiative is meant to coincide with the special Sept. 2-4 Jubilee for Workers and Volunteers of Mercy, and is part of Pope Francis’ wider Holy Year of Mercy.“Charity, love and mercy are different words to express the same reality: God’s love,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Council for the New Evangelization, told CNA in an interview.“God is close to you and God is always helping you,” he said, noting that love, charity and mercy aren’t limited to just helping people, but “become a great witness for us in the moment we are able to forgive people.”“That will be...
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 30, 2016 / 12:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The community of the Missionaries of Charity in Mar del Plata, Argentina, became the target of criminals late last week, as three men broke in, beat the sisters and desecrated their chapel.According to reports, three unidentified men entered the house of the community – which was founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta – at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 25.After beating and gagging the five sisters who reside there so they could not cry for help, the criminals ransacked every corner of the house and finally took 50 Argentinian pesos (approximately $3.30), which was the only cash the sisters had.They also entered the chapel in search of valuable objects. They opened up the tabernacle and emptied out the consecrated hosts that were there in the ciborium, presumably to steal the sacred vessel. When they realized that it was not made of gold, they left it behind.The congregation was founded by Blesse...
IMAGE: CNS photo/David MaungBy Brooke BinkowskiTIJUANA,Mexico (CNS) -- The men trudged down the dusty road of an impoverished Tijuana neighborhood.The Sunday morning air was already arid and hot, but the small group was on amission: They were heading to a tiny neighborhood community center, bearinglemonade, food and prayers for the local families. Themen are members of the Missionaries of Charity Fathers, founded by BlessedTeresa of Kolkata. The Fathers' generalate house has been in Tijuanasince 1988. Aspreparations for Mother Teresa's Sept. 4 canonization continue, priests andvolunteers carry out her work in Tijuana's most ragged and forgotten corners:in its makeshift plywood towns built over dirt roads with sewage tricklingthrough them; among its addicts and deportees; and among those living amidtrash and desolation."Here,there are not many changes," said Father Zbigniew Szczotka, indicating thedusty roads as he and his crew drove through the neighborhood, dodgingroosters, puppies...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Authorities waited for a search warrant outside singer Chris Brown's Los Angeles home Tuesday after a getting a woman's call for help, officials said. Inside, the entertainer, who has a history of legal problems, posted videos to social media declaring his innocence....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Every few months, a pilot somewhere in the world is stopped before a jet takes off because of suspicion of drunkenness. It makes headlines and gives nervous travelers another reason to avoid flying....
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) -- Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood low-lying areas....
