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(Vatican Radio) Egypt has seen a sharp rise in sectarian violence, with particular emphasis on Christians.This week a Christian man was stabbed to death by a mob of Muslim men, causing tensions to rise within the Christian community which has seen several attacks on both men and women in the last month alone.Vatican Radio’s Georgia Gogarty spoke with Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s (CSW) Egypt Advocacy Officer, to find out why there has been a sudden spike in violence, and why little is being done to resolve it.Listen: Since 2013, there have been increasing numbers of attacks against Christians following the ousting of Muslim Bortherhood president; Mohamed Morsi, according to a CSW spokesperson. Although attacks are rarely seen in Egypt’s main cities, unfortunately the governorates in upper Egypt experience “regular small scale sectarian attacks”. In recent months there has been “a spate of attacks against Christian communities” for...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a special envoy to South Sudan to urge for an end to violence in the country and to help establish dialogue and trust between the warring parties.Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, travelled to the capital Juba this week to give support to the Archbishop and to meet with the country’s leaders.He carried with him a letter from the Pope for President Salva Kiir and one for Vice President Riek Machar who are historic enemies and represent the different ethnic groups.For almost a year, South Sudan has been trying to emerge from a civil war caused by political rivalry between the Vice President and the President. Violent clashes across the city have left tens of thousands of people dead since December 2013 and a recent flare-up of fighting has caused more casualties, scores of displaced people and a serious humanitarian crisis.Although a cease-fire is currently in effect in Juba, the threa...
(VATICAN RADIO) At the third Evangelium Conference in Maynooth, Ireland, Bishop Cullinan explained in depth what Pope Benedict meant by “the creative minority” and gave encouraging words on the New Evangelisation in Ireland.Young adults flocked to this weekend encounter on the theme of explaining the Catholic faith in the modern world.Katie Ascough spoke with Bishop Cullinan about the position of the Catholic Church in today’s world and how the New Evangelisation has been slowly but surely blossoming in Ireland.Listen: “The Catholic Church must understand herself as a creative minority that has a heritage of values that are not things of the past, but living and relevant reality…This creative minority have really…the task of helping society to see where the truth is and to rebuild culture,” Bishop Cullinan pointed out.When asked to elaborate on his explanation of the “false alternative” which would be for the Churc...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jok Solomun, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS)-- Pope Francis sent a high-ranking cardinal to South Sudan to urge apeaceful end to the escalating violence in the country.CardinalPeter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, metwith President Salva Kiir in the capital, Juba, July 19 and delivered twoletters on the pope's behalf -- one addressed to the nation's president andanother to the vice president.Thecardinal said the letters, which the pope gave to him prior to his departure toJuba, contained a message calling for peace in the country. Thepope's message "can be summarized like so: 'Enough now, enough with thisconflict,'" Cardinal Turkson told Vatican Radio July 20. TheGhanaian cardinal noted that "the speed with which the pope reacted to theneed of sending a message of solidarity and to call for peace is amazing.""Speakingto him some time ago, he told me, 'I want to go.' These difficult situations arealways in the Hol...
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- A man badly in need of a big moment, Donald Trump on Thursday stared down the most important speech of his presidential campaign, looking at his last chance to make a case to his many skeptics before closing out a convention marked by divided loyalties, unwanted distractions and hard-edged attacks....
