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(Vatican Radio) Ukraine’s president has warned of “a full-scale Russian invasion” and says Kiev may have to impose martial law. Petro Poroshenko made the remarks amid reports of ongoing fighting between government forces and Russia-backed seperatists in eastern Ukraine that killed several Ukrainian soldiers in recent days.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Speaking in the Lviv region, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the likelihood of an escalation of the conflict with Russia and Russia-back separatists in eastern Ukraine “remains significant”.He warned that if the situation in eastern Ukraine and the region of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, continues to deteriorate Kiev will in his words "impose martial law and order mobilization.”Poroshenko accused what he called “the enemy” of trying to undermine the Minsk peace process aimed at settling the conflict and of making “absolutely irres...
(Vatican Radio) With thousands of people across Louisiana displaced by catastrophic flooding, the Catholic Church is among those mobilizing to help those who urgently require shelter and other assistance. More than 40,000 thousand homes were damaged by the flood waters in Louisiana that have claimed at least 13 lives and experts say the U.S. state could be looking at its biggest housing emergency since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a decade ago. One of the worst-hit areas was in and around the state capital, Baton Rouge. Susy Hodges spoke to Bishop Robert Muench of Baton Rouge to find out more details.Listen to the interview with Bishop Robert Muench of Baton Rouge: Describing the flooding as “a life-changing event”, Bishop Muench said despite this “enormous” disaster, the spirit of the local people is “resilient” and “amazingly good – even those who have lost everything.”He described how all the different...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to the XXXVII Rimini Meeting for the Friendship of Peoples. Each year in the Italian city of Rimini, thousands of people gather for an encounter among persons of different faiths and cultures, with hundreds of speakers from all over the world and from all walks of life.The Pope’s message for this year’s Meeting was conveyed in a letter signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.Listen to Christopher Wells' report: In the letter, Cardinal Parolin describes the theme of this year’s Meeting —“You are good for me” — as “courageous”. Too often in the modern world, he says, a certain individualism tempts us to look only at our own concerns, or even to see other people as a burden or a hindrance. But, he continued, in the face of the changing age we are living in, “who can imagine he can save himself by himself, and by his own power?” Rather, &ldqu...
(Vatican Radio) Firefighters were gaining ground on Friday against a wildfire burning in a Southern California mountain pass that has forced some 80,000 residents to flee their homes and has consumed dozens of structures.Listen: It’s a race against time to bring a massive wildfire in Southern California under control. What’s being called the Blue Cut fire, because of its location, continues to threaten homes and structures.California Fire Public Safety Officer Henry Herrera says the Blue Cut wildfire is "unusually fierce."Despite the dangers wreaked by the blaze many people have defied evacuation orders and have opted to stay put in their homes for the time being.San Bernardino County resident Nico Santucci says he is waiting until the last minute to leave. “I’m already packed, I got both my vans…and we’re ready to go, so we’re going to stay ‘til the last minute and hope for the best.”The Blue Cut fire is...
PHOENIX (AP) -- Apple Music has released new and long-awaited music from Grammy award-winning singer Frank Ocean....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- It's been a long, hot summer of pain and grief in Louisiana, its capital city engulfed by a string of tragedies that began with the killing of a black man at the hands of police. Then there followed the retaliatory slayings of three officers and now days of deadly floods....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Two American Olympic swimmers were on their way home Friday after being pulled off a plane a day earlier to testify about an alleged robbery at the Rio Olympics that Brazilian police said was made up. The lawyer for a third U.S. swimmer said he would make a $10,800 payment and leave Brazil later in the day....
Baltimore, Md., Aug 19, 2016 / 12:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A monument of the Ten Commandments outside a Maryland courthouse is safe, after a lawsuit against it was dropped this week.The monument was donated in 1957 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. It stands on the courthouse grounds in Allegany County, near a monument to George Washington.Jeffrey Davis, a man living in the neighboring county but owning property in Allegany County, had filed a lawsuit saying that he was offended by the monument. He dropped that lawsuit Tuesday, without offering his reason for doing so.The monument in question was similar to one, also donated by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, on the grounds of the Texas Capitol. That monument was upheld by the Supreme Court, which ruled in 2005 that it did not violate the Establishment Clause.Attorneys defending the Maryland monument applauded the dropping of the lawsuit.“The emotional response of an offended passerby doesn’t automatically amount to a viol...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Amber Heard said Thursday she is donating her entire $7 million divorce settlement from Johnny Depp to a pair of charities that will use the money to benefit women who have been abused and sick children....
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Federal police killed at least 22 people on a ranch last year, then moved bodies and planted guns to corroborate the official account that the deaths happened in a gunbattle, Mexico's human rights commission said Thursday....
