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LONDON (AP) -- A political era ended Monday - unexpectedly and without an election - as Prime Minister David Cameron said he will step down in two days in favor of Theresa May, a senior member of his Cabinet who will become Britain's second female leader....
Deadly force occurs in less than 1 percent of the millions of encounters police have with people each year. A look at the laws and policies governing when police can use deadly force:...
DALLAS (AP) -- The Latest on the aftermath of the shooting of police officers during a protest in Dallas (all times local):...
The Holy Father, Pope Francis Monday appointed Cardinal Pasinya Laurent Monsengwo, the Archbishop of Kinshasa (DRC), as his special envoy to the Third Congress for Africa and Madagascar on Divine Mercy (AMACOM), which will be held in Kigali (Rwanda) from 9 September to 15 September 2016.Speaking about the Apostolic Congress on Mercy, Father Stanislas Filipek, the AMACOM Coordinator says the Congress has a continental scope to offer inner healing and reconciliation rooted in mercy. “We are currently living a Jubilee Year of Mercy. A Congress, which has a continental scope, on Divine Mercy to be held in Rwanda from 9 to 15 September 2016, is to be considered as one of the pastoral events of the Universal Church of the extraordinary Jubilee Year of mercy. The Congress, through its general theme, ‘Divine Mercy source of hope for the New Evangelization in Africa’ would like to meet men and women of Africa in the evil that hurts them, often causing hatred and offe...
(Vatican Radio) Greg Burke is thrilled, excited and also a little daunted by the task and responsibilities that lie ahead in his new position as Director of the Holy See Press Office.Burke will take over from Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi on August 1. Before being appointed as vice-director at the Holy See Press Office in January, the 56-year-old Greg Burke was senior communications adviser of the Vatican's Secretariat of State.He was formerly a correspondent for the Fox News Channel, and for Time Magazine, based in Rome. Speaking to Vatican Radio’s Alessandro Gisotti shortly after the announcement on Monday, Burke noted that the choice of an Anglophone heading the Press Office makes perfect sense if you are aiming for a global outreach. And commenting on the appointment of Spanish journalist, Paloma Garcia Ovejero as Press Office Vice-Director, Burke pointed out that half the Catholic world speaks Spanish.Listen to the interview: Reacting wi...
Hundreds of thousands of people in India's most populous state are jostling for space as they attempt to plant 50 million trees over the next 24 hours in hopes of setting a world record. Officials in Uttar Pradesh state have distributed millions of saplings to be planted across the state in a bid to get into Guinness World Records for the most trees planted in a day. India's government is encouraging all 29 states to start tree-planting drives to increase the country's forest cover as part of commitments made at last year's climate change summit in Paris. Last year, Uttar Pradesh entered Guinness World Records for the largest distribution of saplings by donating more than 1 million trees that were planted at 10 locations in the state. (Source: AP)
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Monday published the programme for Pope Francis’ visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan which will take place from September 30th to October 2nd . The pastoral journey follows on from his recent visit to Armenia in June, during which the Pope appealed for peace and full religious freedom throughout the Caucuses region.Listen to the report: The three day journey begins in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, where the Pope arrives at 3pm local time for a welcome ceremony. He then travels to the Presidential palace for a courtesy meeting with President Giorgi Margvelashvili, followed by an encounter with diplomats, government and civil society representatives. Later in the day, the Pope will visit the Patriarchal Palace in Tbilisi to meet with the Catholicos or leader of the Orthodox Church in Georgia, Patriarch Elias II, and then go on to greet the Assyrian Chaldean community in the church of St Simon the Tanner.The following day, Saturday, Octobe...
The leader of the Philippine bishops has called on Church leaders to stand up against what is morally wrong and defend life amid a spate of killings of suspected drug dealers in the country. "We will stand for and defend every person's life and dignity. We will shield the weak from harm. We will protect the confused from error," said Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan. Speaking during a meeting of Philippine bishops over the weekend, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) warned that the time would come "when people will not tolerate sound doctrine." "Following their own desires and insatiable curiosity [people] will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths," he warned. Archbishop Villegas urged his fellow bishops to continue teaching "that right is right and wrong, wrong ... even [if] it seems like a voice in a hostile wilderness."He ...
(VATICAN RADIO) French drug company Sanofi said on Wednesday it had struck a research deal with the U.S. Army to speed up the development of a vaccine against the mosquito-borne Zika virus.Sanofi is the only major drug company working on a vaccine against Zika, which has been linked to birth defects and neurological disorders.Katie Ascough spoke with John Heinrichs, Associate Vice President at Sanofi Pasteur, to get the latest details on the development of this important new vaccine.Listen: “The Zika virus…was identified in 1947 in Africa and for many decades circulated throughout Africa causing only very mild disease. But in the last several years the virus [has] spread out of Africa…”When asked why Zika has only recently been such a widespread problem, Dr. Heinrichs admitted: “We really don’t know is the short answer to that”. He then explained how industrialisation in regions of Africa has led to a closer proximity of huma...
Roswell, Ga., Jul 8, 2016 / 01:44 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Millennials. They’re the smartphone-loving group of 18 to 34 year-olds who belong to the selfie generation, known for their pronounced diversity, connectivity, and ability to self-express.According to Pew Research, they are also a generation whose majority - about 80 percent - will abandon their Catholic faith by age 23, which is why Catholics Come Home has singled out the nation’s largest living generation in their newest ad campaigns, or what they call “evangomercials.”“We took to heart numerous studies showing that American millennials are struggling with addictions, suicide, out-of-wedlock births, joblessness, and other significant life challenges at catastrophic rates,” stated Tom Peterson, the Catholics Come Home founder and president, in a recent press release.Catholics Come Home is an online evangelization resource aimed at reaching out to those who have lost their faith or who have no...
