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MIAMI (AP) -- South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, Florida officials said Friday....
BEIRUT (AP) -- It took Mahmoud Fadlallah and the team of seven rescue workers 30 minutes to reach the middle-aged couple trapped beneath the rubble of their apartment building in the contested Syrian city of Aleppo. They had been notified a rocket had struck the building, and they had to wait for the debris to fall and the dust to settle....
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A prominent Catholic rights activist has had to flee Bangladesh, after months of harassment and death threats from suspected Islamists, leaving her colleagues and other Christian leaders shocked. Rosaline Costa, a former Maria Bambina nun and the executive director of Hotline Human Rights Bangladesh that she founded, left Bangladesh in July and now lives in New York City with her relatives. The 67-year old activist has been a vocal advocate of human rights, justice and tolerance in the country since 1986. She has written against corruption, crime, terror and religious violence through Hotline Bangladesh, a monthly newsletter she edited for nearly 30 years.Muslim-majority Bangladesh has seen a surge in Islamic militancy since 2013. Islamic militants have killed dozens of people, including secular bloggers, writers, academics, foreigners and those from religious minorities. In the worst attack, a group of Islamic mi...
More than a quarter of India's land is turning into desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images. A report from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) says land degradation - broadly defined as loss of productivity – is estimated at 96 million hectares, or nearly 30 percent of Indian land. "As a country we should be more than alarmed by this data," said S. Janakarajan, chairman of the South Asia Consortium for Inter-disciplinary Water Resources Studies. "There is no coherent plan to reverse this process or its impact." Analysis of satellite mapping shows new areas in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir and eastern Indian states like Orissa and Jharkhand turning arid, with nine states together accounting for nearly 24 percent of desertification. In states like Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat and Goa, more than 50 percent of land i...
Czestochowa, Poland, Aug 19, 2016 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Representatives from the United States military joined troops from five other countries in a walk for peace in Poland last week.The ten-day trek culminating Aug. 15 was part of the annual pilgrimage to the Black Madonna, the common name for the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Queen of Peace, the most important Marian icon in Polish Catholic history.Auxiliary Bishop F. Richard Spencer, Episcopal Vicar for Europe and Asia of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, joined the United States delegation along with 843 troops and clergy from Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia at the event.In the week leading up to Aug. 15, which is Poland's Armed Forces Day as well as the Assumption of Mary, pilgrims of all ages make their way to the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, located on the grounds of the Pauline Jasna Góra monastery.This year, tens of thousands of Polish pilgrims are believed to have m...
Vatican City, Aug 19, 2016 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The annual meeting of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's former students will discuss Europe's spiritual crisis during their gathering later this month, according to the group's organizer.The Ratzinger Schuelerkreis has gathered to discuss topics in theology and the life of the Church since 1978, shortly after their mentor was pulled from academia to become a bishop.The theme of spiritual crisis in Europe was approved by Benedict himself, Fr. Stephan Horn told CNA.Fr. Horn, a Salvatorian, was Joseph Ratzinger's academic assistant at the University of Regensburg from 1971 to 1977, and is now organizer of the Schuelerkreis meeting. This year the group will meet at Castel Gandolfo Aug. 26-28.He related that this year's meeting will feature two lecturers: Joseph H. H. Weiler, a Jewish lawyer and president of the European University Institute in Florence; and Bishop Emeritus Egon Kapellari of Graz-Seckau.Both of the co...
New York City, N.Y., Aug 19, 2016 / 09:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The suicide of a seventh grade Catholic school student prompted outpourings of grief and prayers, amid disputed claims from his family that the school did not do enough to stop bullying.“We mourn the passing of Daniel Fitzpatrick. His family is in our prayers. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said, according to the Brooklyn diocese’s newspaper The Tablet.“While there are many unanswered questions, it is indisputable that this is an unspeakable tragedy,” he said, adding “We must always remain vigilant and attentive to the emotional needs of the children in our care.”Carolyn Erstad, a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Brooklyn, also spoke in grief.“The principal, teachers, and staff of Holy Angels Catholic Academy are heartbroken over the loss of Danny Fitzpatrick,” she said, according to the New York Daily News. “We take the issue of bullying very seriously and address every inci...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Roman Pilipey, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS)-- Christians must never tire of seeking dialogue with others in order to promotemutual respect and forgiveness among people with different experiences andopinions, a Vatican official wrote on behalf of Pope Francis. In a message sentAug. 19 to the Meeting in Rimini, anannual event sponsored by the Communion and Liberation movement, CardinalPietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, reflected on the importance ofdialogue as placing "one's self in the other's shoes" whilemaintaining "the clarity of one's own identity.""We will discover that opening ourselves to others doesnot impoverish our outlook but rather enriches us so that we may recognize the truth in others, the importance of theirexperience and the background of what they say, even when there are behaviorsand choices hidden behind them," he wrote. The choice to focusthe gathering on the importance of communion and dialogue with others was acourageo...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press....
