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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve officials believed last month that near-term risks to the U.S. economy had subsided and that an interest rate increase could soon be warranted. But they did not indicate when they would likely raise rates....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Virginia man who scaled the all-glass face of Trump Tower last week using suction cups planned his climb, ordering equipment on Amazon, practicing ahead of time and waiting until his parents were away before traveling to New York City, according to prosecutors....
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- California's newest huge wildfire advanced on thousands of homes Wednesday, feeding on drought-stricken vegetation and destroying an untold number of structures as it expanded to nearly 47 square miles....
(Vatican Radio) With a Moto Proprio, Pope Francis announced on Wednesday the establishment of a Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. The Prefect of the new Dicastery will be the Irish-born Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell, currently serving as Bishop of Dallas.Listen to this report by Ann Schneible: In his Apostolic Letter the Pope wrote that the new Dicastery will be "governed by special Statues" and all the responsibilities and functions held by the current Pontifical Councils for the Laity and for the Family will be transferred to the new Dicastery from September 1st. After that date the two Councils in question will cease to exist. As a loving Mother, the Pope wrote, the Church has always throughout the centuries shown her concern for the laity, the family and life, by witnessing our Lord’s merciful love for humanity and we want to ensure that “the riches of Jesus Christ are poured out appropriately and with profusion among the faithful.”...
A series of events through prayer and concrete works are being held to promote peace in the Archdiocese of Seoul from Aug 13 to 20, on the occasion of Korea’s 71st Liberation Day.The first event on the calendar is organized by the committee for the Reconciliation of the Korean people for young people titled ‘2016 Wind of Peace’. It is a pilgrimage from 13 to 19 August in the demilitarized zone to the border between the two Koreas. The participants include expats from Serbia, Slovenia, Lebanon and South Sudan. Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of Seoul thanked for the opportunity and hoped that the young people might become the agents of peace in the future and promoters of reconciliation and try to resolve disputes big and small. From Aug 19-20, the ‘2016 Korean Peninsula Peace-sharing Forum’ will be held with the theme “Pathway to peace: a journey towards peaceful Korean Peninsula”.The for...
(Vatican Radio) French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, spoke of the significance of Wednesday’s private meeting between Pope Francis and President Francois Hollande in the Vatican and about the mood in France following the recent murder of a French priest near Rouen. Cardinal Barbarin was interviewed by Vatican Radio’s French Service shortly after the meeting was announced. Cardinal Barbarin noted that President Hollande had telephoned the Pope almost immediately after the “horrific” murder of 85 year old Father Jacques Hamel who had his throat slit while celebrating Mass in his church near the city of Rouen on July 26th. The perpetrators were two young French terrorists of North African origin. He said the conversation between the Pope and the French leader following that brutal act was “good, brotherly and moving.”Asked whether there was a climate of revenge in France following Father Hamel’s murder, Cardinal ...
(Vatican Radio) “I am extremely humbled that our Holy Father Pope Francis has selected me to lead this newly formed dicastery,” says Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, on his appointment as Prefect of the newly formed Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life. In a statement published on the diocesan website, Bishop Farrell said, “I look forward to being part of the important work of the universal Church in the promotion of the laity and the apostolate of the laity and for the pastoral care of the family in accordance with the Pope’s recent apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, the Joy of Love, and the support of human life.”Bishop Farrell said he was grateful for the appointment, he was experiencing “mixed emotions” about leaving the Diocese. “Dallas has been my home for 10 years and, from the beginning, I quickly grew to love the beautiful people and culture here,” he said. Noting with appreciation and gratitude the “har...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis had a private meeting in the Vatican on Wednesday with France’s President Francois Hollande. Their meeting came three weeks after the brutal murder of the elderly French priest, Father Jacques Hamel, who was killed by two young French terrorists claiming allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group whilst he was celebrating Mass in his church near the city of Rouen. Following the murder of Father Hamel, President Hollande telephoned Pope Francis to express his closeness and told him that “when a priest is attacked all of France is wounded.” Speaking on his flight to Poland, the Pope thanked the French President “in a special way” for having contacted him like “a brother.” President Hollande was accompanied on his visit to the Vatican by the French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and the French ambassador to the Holy See, Philippe Zeller. Wednesday’s encounter marked the ...
The recent wave of unrest that has seen the burning of over 100 schools resulting in the destruction of property across Kenya are a scheme by well-organised cartels that seek to destabilise and disrupt learning in secondary schools across the country, principals of Catholic-sponsored schools have said.The principals who recently met during the annual Conference for Principals of Catholic-sponsored Schools at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) Nairobi exchanged experiences as they tried to come to terms with the unprecedented number schools and dormitories torched, in Kenya.The School Heads explained that investigations were pointing to some radicalised vulnerable children funded to torch school dormitories and buildings. Non-teaching staff members of schools were also said to be colluding with students to frustrate school principals. Then there are student strikes orchestrated due to fear of taking exams. These are some of the reasons advanced by the Catholic s...
Vatican City, Aug 17, 2016 / 06:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After a recent report confirmed that violence against children has increased in conflict zones, the Holy See is urging the United Nations and local governments to protect the innocent youth who are caught in the crossfire of violence around the world.“Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such violent brutality: children used as soldiers, suicide bombers, sex slaves, and disposable intelligence-gatherers in the most dangerous military operations,” read a recent statement from Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.“These crimes must be condemned in the strongest possible terms,” he said.The archbishop's statements came during the United Nation's Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict, which took place on Aug. 2 and was organized by the country of Malaysia.The council reviewed the S...
