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PARIS (AP) -- The truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and appears to have been plotting his attack for months, the Paris prosecutor said Thursday, citing cryptic phone messages, more than 1,000 calls and video of the attack scene on the phone of one of five people facing terror-linked charges....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey will be able to extend detention times for suspects and issue decrees without parliamentary approval under a three-month state of emergency approved Thursday by lawmakers following last week's attempted military coup....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A defiant Sen. Ted Cruz declared Thursday he's no "servile puppy dog" as he faced a torrent of GOP criticism over his refusal to endorse Donald Trump on the Republican National Convention stage....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alarm and condemnation erupted Thursday from European capitals, the White House and leaders of Donald Trump's own party after the Republican presidential nominee suggested the United States might abandon its NATO military commitments if he were elected president....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Donald Trump takes the final-night stage at his Republican convention facing a daunting array of challenges, many of his own making. At the top of the list: Unifying a fractured party and quieting Americans' concerns about his preparedness for the presidency....
The Indian Social Institute (ISI) is a prestigious Jesuit-inspired centre for research, training, and action for socio-economic development and human rights in India. It was founded in 1951 in Pune, but shifted to the Indian capital, New Delhi in 1963. The ISI was the brainchild of a brilliant Jesuit priest, Fr. Jerome D'Souza an educationist who was remarkably active in the civil society of the days of Independence, for which he was inducted into the Indian Constituent Assembly. Another ISI branch was established in 1963 in Bangalore to deal with issues of southern India. It became independent in 1993. Last week, in the first part of an interview, Fr. Denzil Fernandes, the Executive Director of ISI, New Delhi, explained how his institute is part of the contribution of the Jesuits in the process of nation-building. The institute does research on labour, indigenous, tribal, Dalit and women’s issues. It also imparts training on these issu...
The 17 the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagscar popularly known as SECAM opened officially Tuesday 19th with a Mass presided over by the President of the Assembly, Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi. He is the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Lubango here in Angola.There are more than 150 African Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and Secretaries General of regional and national episcopal conferences attending the plenary assembly. Almost all African episcopal conferences are represented here.The Bishops are looking to deepen their appreciation of the two Synods on the Family that took place at the Vatican in 2014 and 2015. As you know, these two Synods culminated in Pope Francis’ highly acclaimed Apostolic Exhortation, Amris Laetitia.Yet the Church in Africa, way back in 1994 during the African Synod described the African Church as family –the Church as family. So for the Bishops gathered here, this familiar ground but it is also new ...
PRESS RELEASE NR. 2 FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF SECAMON THE 17TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF SECAM IN ANGOLALUANDA, July 20, 2016 VICE-PRESIDENT OF ANGOLA CALLS FOR CHURCH-STATE COLLABORATIONThe Vice-President of Angola, Ing. Manuel Vicente, has called for closer collaboration and cooperation between the Church and State for the building of a more just and morally upright society.Addressing the opening ceremony of the 17th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) yesterday in Luanda, Angola, the Vice-President stressed the need for the two bodies to condemn violence, the abuse of children, immorality and other vices in society and the family. ‘We live in world of complexities and ideologies so much so that what happens in one part of the world has direct or indirect effect on the family and society in general in other parts of it.’ He therefore hoped that the Church in Africa will continue to support the State in pr...
Seventeen Catholic youths and four priests from Myanmar left Yangon July 18 to take part in the World Youth Day celebrations to be held in Poland July 25-31."The young people will have the opportunity to exchange cultural and spiritual experiences which they can learn from and apply in the their respective dioceses when they return," said Bishop Francis Daw Tan, chairman of the Myanmar Catholic bishops' Office for Youth.Bishop Daw Tan said he told the delegation to pray during the World Youth Day celebrations for "peace and that the rule of law prevails" in Myanmar.Father Joseph Saw Eh Khaw Htoo, director of the Office for Youth, is leading the delegation which, before leaving, had a four-day spiritual preparation program.Some 2.5 million young people from around the world are expected to attend the gathering in Krakow, the childhood home of St. Pope John Paul II who initiated the gathering in 1985.
The Catholic Bishops of Zambia have urged all the politicians in the country to make every effort in ensuring that next month’s elections are free, fair and peaceful. The bishops made the call in a Pastoral Letter to all members of the Catholic Church and all people of good will. BELOW IS THE FULL LETTER: A PASTORAL LETTER ISSUED BY THE ZAMBIA EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE (ZEC) ON THE AUGUST 2016 GENERAL ELECTIONS "NO LONGER WILL VIOLENCE BE HEARD IN YOUR LAND" (Isaiah 60:18) A CALL TO PEACEFUL, CREDIBLE AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS PREAMBLE 1. To all members of the Catholic Church and all people of good will. We greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in the words of St. Paul:" Now, may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all" (2 Th. 3:16). 2. As we are near the election day of 11th August 2016, we are compelled by the love of Christ (2 Cor. 5:14)to once aga...
