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(VATICAN RADIO) NASA's spacecraft, Juno, finished a five-year journey to Jupiter on Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit. This has set the stage for 20 months of collecting data from the biggest planet in our solar system.Katie Ascough spoke with Jennifer Wiseman, an American astrophysicist, to find out more about this spacecraft, Juno, and it’s mission.Listen: “We’re very excited because Juno will have the capacity to study all kinds of things about Jupiter and its history and that tells us all kinds of things about the solar system as a whole…We understand that Jupiter is huge and might have even become a star if it had a little bit more mass. So as we understand how Jupiter may have formed and what we’re left with in Jupiter, we understand better how the whole solar system formed.”When asked if it is possible that Jupiter could have ever competed with the sun, Dr. Wiseman answered: “That...
While drawing attention to the situation of seafarers whose difficulties and hardships are hardly on the media, Japan’s Catholic bishops are also urging the faithful to help protect the seas. In a message entitled “On the Same Ship — with Our Father’s Mercy” on the occasion of this year’s Sea Sunday, July 10, Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura of Nagoya, Chairperson of the Catholic Commission of Japan for Migrants, Refugees and People on the Move, noted that the difficulties that people working on the sea face are not natural threats alone. “Although the sea is becoming even more dangerous because of nuclear test sites and dumping-of radioactive and other waste, most of such cases are hidden without being reported by the media.” “Seafarers and other people living with the sea, as well as all marine species are threatened and damaged by such human activities,” he observed. Describing the...
The spiritual head of the Church of England will house a family of Syrian refugees in a cottage at his official London residence, Lambeth Palace, from next month, a local councillor said on Wednesday. Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the world's 85 million-strong Anglican communion, pledged last September to personally take in refugees from Syria, with the gesture following a similar move by Pope Francis in the Vatican. More than 250,000 people have been killed in Syria's five-year war, with half of the population forced from their homes leaving 6.6 million displaced inside the country and another 4.8 million fleeing, many seeking refuge in Europe. Lambeth Council's deputy leader Paul McGlone said the family is due to arrive at Lambeth Palace on the banks of the River Thames next month. "We have ... worked with the Home Office and Lambeth Palace to support the Archbishop&#...
Some 150 young Catholics from across India are travelling this week to the international celebration of the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day in Poland to join over a million of their counterparts from around the globe where they hope to deepen their faith and share their Indian Christian life. "We will be meeting church officials and youth from different parts of the world," Shradha Kujur, who is part of the 151-member delegation, told UCANEWS. Kujur said that the five-day cultural exchange program before the July 25-31 event in Krakow would help "broaden my horizons and learn about other cultures and rituals." Pope Francis is also travelling to Krakow to participate in the meet July 27-31.The youth will stay with Polish host families during the celebration and hope to promote Indian Christianity and culture to the global audience. The 151-member Indian delegation come via the Youth Council of the Catholic Bishops’ Con...
Austin, Texas, Jul 8, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After the Supreme Court recently struck down the state’s abortion clinic restriction law, Texas governor Gregg Abbott plans to require aborted fetuses to be buried or cremated starting in September.The announcement comes just one week after the court overturned what was arguably the most restrictive legislation on abortion clinics in the nation.In a 5-3 decision, SCOTUS ruled the law regulating the safety of abortion clinics put an undue burden on a women’s right to abortion. The law said abortionists must have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of medical emergency, and clinic buildings must meet the standards of ambulatory surgery centers. Abortion supporters argued that the laws were not essential for medical safety and were ultimately intended to shut clinics down. Now, Republican Governor Gregg Abbott is taking action.The Associated Press reported that Governor Abbott ordered state health of...
By Tom TracyWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) -- Asthe church in the U.S. has shown an increasing presence of Spanish-speakingCatholics, so will the tens of thousands of young people traveling to 2016edition of World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland. "There are more groupscoming from heavily Hispanic/Latino dioceses, and in a particular way fromapostolic movements like Charismatic Renewal, Focolare, and others," saidPaul Jarzembowski, World Youth Day USA national coordinator for the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops. World Youth Day will takeplace in and around Krakow July 26-31, with Pope Francis leading events July27-31, including a closing overnight vigil and Mass that is expected to draw as many as 2million attendees from around the world. From the U.S., there are morethan 30,000 fully registered pilgrims and another 10,000 partially registeredpilgrims, which indicates at least some of those may translate into last-minutetravelers to Poland. The USCCB, Jarzembowski told CatholicNews Servi...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ralph Lauer, EPABy David SedenoDALLAS (CNS) -- Five Dallas lawenforcement officers were assassinated July 7 as at least one sniper openedfire in downtown Dallas as hundreds of demonstrators were winding down a marchprotesting recent fatal officer-involved shootings in other parts of thecountry.The suspected sniper -- who hadheld dozens of SWAT officers at bay for several hours by saying that there werebombs planted around the area, that "the end was coming" and that he would takedown more officers -- was killed overnight when police sent a robot toward himand detonated an explosive device attached to the robot. Neither the dead suspect, northree others arrested shortly after the shootings, would be identified becausepolice said they were continuing their investigation.The five officers -- four fromthe Dallas Police Department and one from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit -- wereshot around 9 p.m. local time by snipers who targeted law enforcement officialsfrom a parkin...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats tout they are "Made in USA." Not necessarily always the case, an Associated Press review found....
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The pendant around Patrick Lawson's neck reads "all things are possible." That's the hope that has kept him going since his 2-year-old daughter was placed on life support after choking on a popcorn kernel in May....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A divided House Benghazi committee has approved a report into the deadly 2012 attacks in Libya - and signaled the investigation of Hillary Clinton may continue....
