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COMPTON, Calif. (AP) -- Hillary Clinton stood on the cusp Monday of having enough delegates to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, having overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in a pair of weekend elections in the Caribbean....
Catholics in Sri Lanka celebrated World Environment Day on Sunday, by promoting the encyclical Laudato si as a way to combine their faith with environmental protection. Kithu Dana Pubuduwa, Sri Lanka's biggest Catholic renewal movement, organized an event at Sri Prasansa Ramaya in Ragama, Colombo Archdiocese June 3-5 to focus on each chapter of Laudato Si. The event consisted of separate exhibition stalls, mini conferences, video programs, organic cultivation techniques, short films and cultural shows. "We distributed the translation of the encyclical among groups to come up with ideas and it has taken readers through the process of seeing, judging and acting with regard to the ecological and environmental crisis we are facing today," said Delryn Wanigaratne, member of the organizing committee for the event.In a related development, Catholics in a central Vietnamese province turned out in force on Sunday, for a march to raise public awareness a...
Ten refugee athletes from Africa and the Middle East were selected on Friday to compete under the Olympic flag at the Rio de Janeiro Games in what the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said represents a ``symbol of hope'' for migrants and refugees around the world. The members of the first ever Olympic refugee team include athletes from South Sudan, Syria, Congo and Ethiopia who will compete in track and field, swimming and judo. ``We're convinced this refugee Olympic team can send a symbol of hope to all refugees in the world,'' IOC President Thomas Bach said at the close of a three-day IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne. ``It is also a signal to the international community that refugees are our fellow human beings and are an enrichment to society,'' Bach said.UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi welcomed the move saying, “We are very inspired by the Refugee Olympic Athletes team. Having had their sporting c...
The Diocese of Rajshahi last week inaugurated Radio Jyoti (Light), Bangladesh’s first Catholic radio, an online station that is also accessible on smartphones. "The goal is to preach God’s message and spread Jesus Christ’s teachings through our radio programmes,” Bishop Gervas Rozario of Rajshahi told AsiaNews at the inauguration on June 3. "Through the radio, we want to inform people living in Bangladesh and abroad,” he said. “We want to teach the Church’s values??, hymns and plays, moral and ethical principles.” “We want to enhance protection of children, women and the environment. We cherish Bengali culture," Bishop Gervas said.The studio of Radio Jyoti is located at the Emmaus Catholic Church in Bogra, a district in the diocese. The goal is to raise awareness about Christ and the Church. Some 25 local Catholic youths, mostly from ethnic minorities, have been trained to produce and host radio progr...
By Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will set up a panel of legal experts to help him indeciding whether to remove a religious superior or bishop from office forfailing to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse.Vaticanoffices will continue to investigate claims of negligence on the part ofbishops, ordinaries or religious superiors under their jurisdiction. But thepope -- who makes the final decision about a bishop's removal from office --will now be assisted by a papally appointed "college of jurists,"according to procedures that take effect Sept. 5.Inan apostolic letter given "motu proprio" (on his own initiative),dated June 4, the pope reaffirmed that bishops of a diocese or eparchy andthose responsible for other kinds of particular churches can be"legitimately removed" for negligence. Inorder for it to be grounds for removal, such negligence -- either throughomission or commission -- will have had to cause "serious harm toothers," including individuals or...
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Frenchman who amassed an arsenal of weapons, explosives and tactical gear was plotting to attack the European Championship soccer tournament and was arrested trying to cross into the European Union from Ukraine, officials said Monday....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Millions of Muslims around the world on Monday marked the start of Ramadan, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Others will begin fasting a day later, Tuesday, due to a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the start of Ramadan a day or two apart....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Colin was gaining speed and strength Monday on its way to strike Florida, threatening rains forecasters said could cause some serious flooding along much of the state's Gulf coast....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump said Monday it was "inappropriate" for Newt Gingrich to demand he drop the subject of an American judge's ethnicity and start acting like "a potential leader of the United States." But Trump let stand widespread scolding from other Republican leaders who want him to lay off the jurist - a sign that the GOP presidential candidate doesn't want to blow up the fragile truce he has struck with the party establishment....
Superiors of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin of the Eastern African Capuchin Conference (EACC) gathered recently in Lusaka for their annual general meeting. Meanwhile the Provincial Custos for Zambia, Fr. Thomas Zulu, OFM Cap., has expressed pleasure at the many young people that have shown interest in joining the order. “We have seen a rise in young people joining our Order. At St. Bonaventure University College in Lusaka we have 50 brothers this year, and next year we shall have 70 brothers,” He said. Fr. Zulu said this in an interview at the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) Kapingila house where the annual general meeting took place.Fr. Zulu has disclosed that one of the issues discussed by the Capuchin Superiors was that of the financial crisis the provinces and custodies are facing in the region.“We have been dependent on the mother provinces for finances, but as you know funds in Europe are dwindling, so our meeting is trying to see how ...
