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(Vatican Radio) A co-founder of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel has been sent back to Mexico after being freed from prison in the United States. Listen to the report by James Blears: Hector Palma Salazar nicknamed "Guero" which means "Blondy" was one of the principal founders of the Sinaloa drug cartel and it`s co leader, along with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Arrested after a plane he was piloting crashed, He was extradited to the United States in 2007, pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking and was sentenced to 16 years. Given credit for his plea, five years jail time he`d already served in Mexico and good behaviour, he was released from jail in California into the custody of US Immigration Customs Enforcement. They`ve now sent him via Brownsville back to Mexico. Currently being held by Mexican Immigration Services, he`s being transferred to the Attorney General`s Offices in Mexico Ci...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday inaugurated the annual Ecclesial Convention of the Diocese of Rome, dedicated this year to the theme of the family. Present with the Bishop of Rome, at his Basilica - St. John Lateran - many Catholic families as well as the Cardinal Vicar Agostino Vallini and a high percentage of the over 350 parish priests of Rome.At the heart of the Pope’s address for the occasion, the Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” – “The Joy of Love”.The Convention will continue until Friday with a series of thematic workshops on dedicated to love between adolescents,preparation for marriage, the love of spouses, fidelity, the joy of giving life, family and brotherhood.The conclusions of the Convention will be published together with the pastoral guidelines for the year on 17 September.
Vatican City, Jun 16, 2016 / 10:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told a group of nearly 6,000 traveling performers that while their work is demanding and at times unstable, it gives them the ability to bring light to what is an often dark world.“You are artisans of celebration, of wonder, of the beautiful: with these qualities you enrich the society of the entire world,” the Pope said June 16.He told the group that with their work, they help to nourish “hope and confidence” through performances “that have the ability to elevate the soul.”These performances, he said, provide the opportunity to “show the boldness of exercises that are particularly challenging, to fascinate with the wonder of beauty and to offer opportunities for healthy entertainment.”Francis met with the audience of circus and street performers, moonlit park and fair workers, artists, designers, puppeteers, and members of band and folk groups as part of ...
Lahore, Pakistan, Jun 16, 2016 / 12:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A teenage Christian girl in Pakistan was reportedly killed by her own brother this week in a so-called “honor killing” over her plans to marry.The young woman, Anum Ishaq Masih, was in her late teens. She had insisted that she would marry a Christian neighbor, but the family did not agree to the marriage.Saqib Ishaq Masih, 23, allegedly smashed his sister’s head with a log while she slept early Sunday morning, authorities told Agence France Presse. The killing took place in the city of Sialkot, south-west of Lahore.The family is Christian. The girl’s father filed a case against her brother, who has been arrested and charged with murder.Christian activist Shamoon Gill told Agence France Presse such killings are very rare in the Christian community. He said it has nothing to do with religion but is “part of a social issue that is deeply rooted in the eastern societies.”“Most of the Ch...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- "Witnessesto Freedom" is the theme of the U.S. bishops' fifth annual Fortnight forFreedom, which opens June 21, the vigil of the feast of Sts. Thomas More andJohn Fisher, and closes on Independence Day, July 4.The opening Mass will becelebrated at 7 p.m. (EDT) in Baltimore at the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed VirginMary, with Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori as the principal celebrant andthe homilist. Archbishop Lori is chairman of the U.S. Conference of CatholicBishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty.The closing Mass will becelebrated at noon (EDT) the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conceptionin Washington. Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington will be the principalcelebrant, and Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik will be the homilist."Zubik" is thename given to the court case brought by many Catholic and other religiousentities, including the Pittsburgh Diocese, to challenge the federalrequ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A NASA spacecraft is on track to rendezvous with Jupiter after a nearly five-year journey....
Although minorities comprise a growing portion of the U.S. population, whites still hold disproportionately large majorities in many state legislatures and Congress. Highlights from an AP demographic analysis (figures are rounded to the nearest whole number, so some gap totals may appear slightly higher or lower):...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia became the first major American city with a soda tax on Thursday despite a multimillion-dollar campaign by the beverage industry to block it....
ALQOSH, Iraq (AP) -- Clutching his rifle intently, the Iraqi recruit maneuvered between piles of bricks and cement obstacles. The sound of shooting pierced the air and he jumped behind a wall, lifted his rifle and imitated the staccato sound of gunfire....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There are few, if any, black executives in the upper ranks of the Trump Organization, a review by The Associated Press has found. Other minorities are also scarce at that level though Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has employed scores of executives....
