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Munich, Germany, Jul 20, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In the midst of her stressful overseas voyage to Europe, Vivian, a very pregnant Nigerian woman who departed from the Libyan coast, ended up giving birth on the German naval ship that rescued her and her 654 companions.Her first request when she saw the military chaplain on board? That her newborn son get baptized.According to the German Military Chaplaincy, Vivian, who is Catholic and likely fleeing ongoing violence and persecution in her country, was one of 655 people who piled onto four flimsy dinghies in order to reach Europe with the hope of a better life.On July 6, their first day at sea, a German naval ship saw the boats, and, recognizing the precarious condition of the dinghies, described as “un-seaworthy,” brought them on board.When military chaplain Fr. Jochen Folz saw that Vivian had given birth on board the ship after being rescued, he and the medical team immediately offered their support. After only...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Days after a failed coup attempt in Turkey, the country's jets carried out cross-border strikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, killing some 20 alleged militants, state media reported Wednesday....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- After weeks of planning and one ferocious outburst that upstaged nearly everything on the Republican National Convention's first day, conservatives' feisty but always improbable effort to deny Donald Trump the GOP presidential nomination succumbed to multiple causes of death....
Insecurity is something we've all dealt with. It's normal to doubt our abilities or how equipped we are to take on some challenge life has set before us. Oftentimes, the preferred advice...
Lilongwe, Malawi, Jul 20, 2016 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid Malawi’s booming industry in mineral extraction, the country’s Catholic bishops and NGO partners hope corporations will help the wider community benefit.“The role of uplifting poor masses is beyond government alone,” Martin Chiphwanya, an official with the the Malawi bishops' conference, told a workshop for civil society organizations in Lilongwe, the nation's capital.He said civil society organizations have a role to engage business firms, “especially those whose activities impact on the environment such as mining firms”, so that they will view corporate social responsibility “as an important component of maintaining good rapport in communities.”“It is important that companies should attend to the interests and issues of the wider community by taking into account issues of corporate social responsibility,” added Chiphwanya, who is acting director of t...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Macy's is testing a mobile tool using artificial intelligence that lets shoppers get answers customized to the store they're in - like where a particular brand is located or what's in stock - that they would normally ask a sales associate face-to-face....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Raising kids costs a lot of money, so when they finally strike out on their own it stands to reason that parents would have more money to spend, save or invest. How they spend that money can have large consequences for their retirement security....
CAMP NELSON, Calif. (AP) -- At the foot of a giant sequoia in California's Sierra Nevada, two arborists stepped into harnesses then inched up ropes more than 20 stories into the dizzying canopy of a tree that survived thousands of years, enduring drought, wildfire and disease....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Back-to-back attacks on police in Texas and Louisiana by former military men have touched a nerve among veterans who traditionally share a close bond with law enforcement....
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago mother thought she knew when it was safe to take her children outside, that her ability to size up and avoid people trouble seemed to follow would protect them....
