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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday afternoon met with members of the Pontifical Foundation ‘Scholas Occurrentes’ at the conclusion of their World Congress.The Foundation is an international project based in Argentina that brings together schools and educational networks from different cultures and religious backgrounds.The informal meeting, which consisted in testimonials, music, videos and a “question and answer” session between Pope Francis and those present, took place in the Vatican Synod Hall.It came following a three-day meeting which featured representatives of the Foundation from across the globe gathered in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican to talk on the theme: “University and School: Wall or Bridge".Amongst the public were personalities like Salma Hayek, George Clooney and Richard Gere. The meeting aims to mark the beginning of an interactive initiative launched by Scholas Occurentes with the creation of ...
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – Commission for Health is committed to the provision of affordable health care to the less fortunate in the society especially those diagnosed with non-communicable diseases.In an interview with Waumini News Today, the National Executive Secretary of the KCCB Health Commission Jacinta Mutegi said access to health care for hypertension and diabetic patients has now improved as a result of the Commission’s intervention.“In 2011, insulin used to cost as much as KSH 1,800 (US$ 19) for a monthly dose but with partnerships, clients receiving services in faith-based facilities can access the same at less than KSH 500 (US$ 5),” She confirmedMutegi said that many health facilities despite having structural capacity were not serving diabetes patients and would always refer them to bigger facilities for management. With capacity building of health care workers in faith based institutions, care is now happening at lower ...
Maria Voce, the President of the Focolare Movement addressed law and Social Science students at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa on her visit to Kenya, recently. Speaking to students, Voce told students, “it is not the law that contributes to the common good, but the person who contributes to promoting just laws.”Giving law a human face and seeking justice founded on the values of fraternity was Maria Voce’s strong message. A lawyer herself and President of the Focolare Movement, Voce addressed an audience of 300 people gathered at the Faculty of Law in Nairobi.In her talk “Law in contemporary society” Maria Voce explained how through the evolution of society, correct behaviour had become organised in systems within communities, and as states achieved political identity these systems were incorporated in their Constitutions, codes and other laws.According to the President of the Focolare, with the coming of Christianity, “a superior law...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Monday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the Readings of the Day, the Holy Father focused on the threefold theme of the dynamic unity in Christian life, the signs of which are living memory, the prophetic spirit, and the sure horizon of hope.The Pope took as the central focus of his reflection the Gospel passage of the day – from the Gospel according to St. Mark (12:1-12), in which Jesus addresses the Priests, Scribes and Pharisees with the parable of the murderous tenant-farmers. Against the landowner who planted a well-organized vineyard and entrusted them with its care, the tenants decided to revolt, insulting, beating and killing first the servants the master sent to reclaim the land and collect his due, and then, at the climax of the drama, murdering the only son of the owner – wrongly believing that such an act could earn them a right to inherit the owner...
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Famous for its efforts to put women on an equal footing with men, Sweden is experiencing a gender balance shift that has caught the country by surprise: For the first time since record-keeping began in 1749, it now has more men than women....
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican police have rescued kidnapped soccer player Alan Pulido, who appeared with a bandaged hand at a brief press conference Monday to declare that he was fine....
HOUSTON (AP) -- Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the state to six....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi forces started pushing into the city of Fallujah on Monday as a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital killed at least 24 people....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Militants unleashed a wave of attacks targeting commercial areas in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 17 people, officials said as Iraqi troops poised to recapture the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah, west of Iraq's capital....
SYDNEY (AP) -- Mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and central parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, though corals to the south have escaped with little damage, scientists said on Monday....
