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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A new era for the Indianapolis 500 arrived in the form of a most unfamiliar driver....
BEIJING (AP) -- China features prominently in the rhetoric of presumed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who accuses the country of stealing American jobs and cheating at global trade. In China itself, though, he's only now emerging as a public figure, despite notoriety elsewhere for his voluble utterances, high-profile businesses and reality TV show....
I think I know what's missing in our conversation about God these days...
Kyiv, Ukraine, May 29, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- It's a conflict that's been raging in Ukraine for two years, costing thousands of lives and displacing millions of people. But the international community seems to have largely forgotten about it.And as one who's lived in the very heart of the crisis, the leader of Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church has some ideas as to why.“Very often in international society so-called 'rich countries' are very much concentrated in their own interests and their own life in their own international policy,” Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said.And very often, “modern politicians would rather close their eyes” and pretend that a problem doesn't exist, rather than make a commitment to solve it, he said.CNA sat down with his beatitude May 23 at his residence in Kyiv, where he opened up on a panorama of issues: the conflict in east Ukraine, to relations with the Orthodox and his friendship with Pope F...
HOUSTON (AP) -- Authorities in central Texas found two more bodies along flooded streams Sunday, bringing the death toll from flooding the state to six....
(Vatican Radio) Lawyers representing Jailed Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, are accusing Mexico-s three most powerful leaders of violating the Country`s Constitution, by urging his extradition to the United States. Listen to the report by James Blears: The don`t come cheap legal team defending Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, are fighting a desperate playing for time rearguard action, against a coordinated Mexican Government determination, to once and for all see the back of him, especially as he`s caused utter embarrassment as well as high anxiety, by twice escaping from so called maximum security penitentiaries in different parts of the country.Guzman`s lawyers have already officially appealed against the extradition decision from Mexico`s Foreign Ministry, which backs up the ruling of two Federal Judges. And they`re accusing Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, as well as his Foreign and Interior Ministers, of flauting the&n...
(Vatican Radio) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says more than 700 people fleeing war and poverty are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days, and survivors claim dozens of children are among those feared dead. The UNHCR also warned Europe that the death toll will rise further unless more legal ways are opened for asylum seekers in Europe. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: The week of shipwrecks and death in the Mediterranean culminated with harrowing testimony from refugees who narrowly survived these tragedies. They said hundreds have drowned including at least 40 children. On Sunday, the UNHCR, the UN's main refugee agency, their stories saying many drowned in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy. UNHCR spokesperson Carlotta Sami said thousands had been rescued since Monday, May 23. "Fifteen thousand people have been rescued by the Italian coast guard and by the Italian coast guard and man...
(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 ...
Vatican City, May 29, 2016 / 11:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After becoming the first Pope to author a children's book earlier this year, Pope Francis will soon come out with another, based on his responses to questions posed by youth through a new online platform.Speaking at the May 27-29 World Encounter of the Directors of Scholas Occurrentes, Italian journalist and author Tiziana Lupi explained the idea behind the new book, which she said seeks to “open a door” to dialogue with youth.Scholas was founded by Pope Francis in August 2013 as an initiative to encourage social integration and the culture of encounter through technology, arts and sports. The foundation has organized several events at the Vatican, including two Google hangout sessions with Pope Francis, as well as 2014’s interreligious Match for Peace.Both Richard Gere and George Clooney were present for the May 29 meeting between the Pope and participants in the encounter.Lupi, who works with Italian edi...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS)-- Deacons are called to be servants who set aside their own self-serving plansand are generous with their lives, Pope Francis said. A servant "isnot a slave to his own agenda," but rather always is prepared for theunexpected and responds, even if that means ignoring the parish schedule, thepope said May 29 at a Mass for the Jubilee of Deacons in St. Peter's Square. "It pains myheart when I see a schedule in the parishes -- 'from this time to that time' --and then, the door is closed. There is no priest, no deacon, no layperson towelcome the people. This is wrong. Have the courage to ignore theschedule," he said. Thousands of deaconsand their families, braving the increasingly hot and humid Rome weather,attended the final Mass of the three-day Year of Mercy celebration dedicated tothe diaconal ministry.In his homily, thepope reminded them that in order to proclaim Christ, one must first imitate himand "strive to become ...
