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For the second year in a row, female CEOs earned more than their male counterparts and received bigger raises. But only a small sliver of the largest companies are run by women, and experts say gender parity at the top remains way off....
SHIMA, Japan (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday he plans to use his historic visit to Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reflect on the suffering of war and the need to take steps to prevent it. Abe said he had no plans to reciprocate Obama's gesture by paying his own visit to Pearl Harbor....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton disregarded various State Department guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found Wednesday, faulting her and past secretaries of state for weak information management....
(Vatican Radio) On Tuesday, the Vatileaks trial for the appropriation and unlawful disclosure of confidential Vatican information entered its sixteenth hearing.The trial session heard the testimony of Emiliano Fittipaldi, one of the journalists – along with Gianluigi Nuzzi – to whom the documents were released.The court also heard from defendant Francesca Chaouqui, who opened her deposition claiming there is a “political will” by some people in the Holy See. A witness, referring to the 31 October signed transcript, testified that she had delivered a Word document about the Vatican’s assets management to Nuzzi.Other testimonies came from Deputy Commissioner of the Gendarmerie, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoli, and Stefano de Santis, the gendarme who reconstructed the relationship between the accused after analyzing the messages, emails, and other verbal declarations made by them.Nuzzi was absent from the 24 May trial, while defendants Msgr. Lucio Ángel ...
(Vatican Radio) At the conclusion of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis prayed for the victims of terrorist attacks that took place in Syria on Monday.“I exhort everyone to pray to the merciful Father, to pray to the Madonna, that [God] might give eternal rest to the victims, and consolation to their families,” the Pope said, “and might convert the hearts of those who sow death and destruction.” He then led the crowd in the Hail Mary More than 160 people were killed in the coordinated attacks on cities of Jableh and Tartus, government strongholds which had remained relatively untouched throughout the civil war, now in its sixth year.Funerals for the victims began on Tuesday in Syria.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis centered the catechesis of this week’s Wednesday general audience on the importance of persevering in prayer.Below, please find the official English-language summary of the Holy Father’s prepared remarks:Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we now turn to the parable of the unjust judge and the widow (Lk 18:1-8). In telling us that even an unscrupulous judge will finally render justice to a poor woman because of her persistence, Jesus encourages us to persevere in prayer to our heavenly Father, who is infinitely just and loving. He also assures us that God will not only hear our prayers, but will not delay in answering them (vv. 7-8). The Gospels tell us that Jesus himself prayed constantly. His own intense prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane is a model for our own: it teaches us to present our petitions with complete trust in Father’s gracious will. Th...
(Vatican Radio) Greece has won an batch of bailout funds from international creditors, following 11 hours of talks in Brussels, and an agreement between the 19 eurozone finance ministers.Listen to Vatican Radio's report: Ministers approved Greece's recent reform efforts, and agreed early on Tuesday to disburse 10.3 billion euros in funds to Athens.Responding to the demand for measures by creditors, Greece's parliament passed a bill over the.These measures included tax hikes, more budget-cutting reforms, and a new privatization superfund, which will manage almost all state property.
(Vatican Radio) “It is a duty of everyone to protect children, especially those exposed to elevated risk of exploitation, trafficking, and deviant conduct.”That was the message of Pope Francis for International Missing Children’s Day at his General Audience on Wednesday. Missing Children’s Day was established in the United States by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, four years after the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City. The date of his disappearance, May 25, was chosen for the annual commemoration. Since 1998 Missing Children’s Day has been commemorated internationally.In his appeal at the conclusion of the weekly Audience, Pope Francis expressed his hope that “civil and religious authorities might stir consciences and raise awareness, in order to avoid indifference in the face of children on their own, exploited children, and children far from their families and their social context, children who cannot grow-up peacefully o...
(Vatican Radio) A NATO senior official says the alliance's planned biggest military build-up since the end of the Cold War in especially Eastern Europe is to counter a more aggressive and unpredictable Russia. The announcement by the chairman of NATO's Military Committee came shortly after Moscow summoned a U.S. defense attache this week after American military aircraft allegedly flew into civilian airspace during a reconnaissance mission near Russia's Far Eastern border.Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Russia's Defense Ministry says the American defense attache was summoned to explain why a U.S. Air Force RC-135 surveillance plane risked colliding with passenger planes as it flew over the Sea of Japan on May 22.Moscow alleged that the plane had turned its transponders off and could not be detected by civilian radar, although it was flying at an altitude typically used by passenger jets.However in turn, Washington has repeatedly accused Russian aircraft of buzzi...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis began his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday by greeting people in sign language.The message of greeting – which involves raising one’s arms, and then turning your hand with the palms out – was for a pilgrimage group from the National Board for the Deaf, which is based in Florence.There was also a group of pilgrims from the Italian Union of the Blind, based in Latina.When greeting the sick and infirm at the end of the Audience, Pope Francis invoked Pope St. Gregory VII – whose feast day was being celebrated on Wednesday.“May he encourage you, dear sick people, to confront your moments of suffering with faith,” Pope Francis said.
