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(Vatican Radio) The Italian Council for Refugees, an NGO promoting the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, says the people smugglers who cram hundreds of migrants onto rickety boats that are obviously unseaworthy are akin to “mass murderers.” The accusation came from Christopher Hein, a spokesman for the Council, when asked for his reaction to the latest tragedy involving migrants where an overcrowded boat carrying more than 500 migrants capsized in the southern Mediterranean, killing 5 people. He was interviewed by Susy Hodges.Listen to the interview by Christopher Hein, spokesperson for the Italian Council for Refugees: “Mass Murders”Hein said the only "effective way" of stopping the unscrupulous people smugglers and preventing a recurrence of “these tragedies” at sea is to open up “legal channels for immigration” into Europe. Commenting on the latest accident in the Mediterranean involving migrants, Hein had str...
(Vatican Radio) Bishops, Catholic scholars, and policy specialists from nine countries gathered in London this week in a Colloquium to discuss Catholic Approaches to Nuclear Proliferation and Disarmament. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) joined Lord Browne of Ladyton and Lord McFall of Alcluith, and the University of Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway in hosting the Colloquium.“The technical strategic debate about nuclear proliferation and disarmament is critically important, but it must be guided by moral considerations,” said Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.In a report on the 24-25 May meeting, the CBCEW said the London Colloquium is connected to a U.S. initiative to revitalize Catholic engagement on nuclear proliferation and disarmament.According to the report, the meeting was introduced by Bishop Oscar Cantú, the Chair of the U.S. ...
(Vatican Radio) The Director of the Vatican Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, has released a statement concerning some statements made by Francesco Immacolata Chaouqui against Archbishop Angelo Giovanni Becciu, the Substitute of the Secretary of State, released during the ongoing trial at the Vatican for the appropriation and illicit disclosure of confidential documents:“On the occasion of the last hearing in the trial taking place in the Vatican for the publication of confidential documents (May 24), Dr Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui has made some statements, of which the press has taken notice, in which she made serious charges against the person of the Substitute of the Secretary of State, of having acting unfairly towards her. Such accusations, after the hearing, were repeated in an even more serious way and spread by Facebook by the accused [Chaouqui]. It has therefore become necessary—without desiring in any way to condition the action of the Court&mdash...
IMAGE: CNS/Dalia KhamissyBy Doreen Abi RaadHARISSA, Lebanon (CNS) -- Highon a summit overlooking the Mediterranean, Our Lady of Lebanon standsmajestically with her arms outstretched, welcoming her children.Muslims and Christians alikecome to the shrine, 16 miles north of Beirut. To Muslims, Mary is known inArabic as "Seidatna Maryam," Our Lady Mary. Even though Muslims donot believe that Jesus is the Son of God, in the Quran, a chapter is devoted toMaryam. In Lebanon, the feast of theAnnunciation, March 25, is celebrated by Christians and Muslims as a nationalholiday.Some Muslims come to Harissa fortourism to enjoy the spectacular views from the shrine's 1,886-foot summit, andsome Muslims even visit its churches to pray, said Maronite Father Younen Obeid, rector ofHarissa. "It depends on each person.But for sure, all of them have a big respect for Mary," he said of theMuslim visitors.At times, one can see as manyMuslim pilgrims in Harissa as Christian. Thousands of Muslim pilgrims c...
BANGKOK (AP) -- A Thai man is recovering from a bloody encounter with a 3-meter (10-foot) python that slithered through the plumbing of his home and latched its jaws onto his penis as he was using a squat toilet....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jennifer Aniston's mother, Nancy Dow, has died. She was 79....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police on Thursday searched for a man captured on surveillance footage firing a gun outside the green room of a concert venue where hip-hop artist T.I. was set to perform. Four people were shot, one of them fatally....
LE HAVRE, France (AP) -- French protesters scuffled with police, dock workers set off smoke bombs and union activists disrupted fuel supplies and nuclear plants Thursday in the biggest challenge yet to President Francois Hollande's government as it tries to give employers more flexibility....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly 960 people have been killed worldwide in attacks on medical facilities in conflicts over the past two years, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday that highlighted an alarming disrespect for the protection of health care in war by both governments and armed groups....
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Every gesture. Every word uttered or avoided. Every person Barack Obama speaks with, listens to and stands beside in Hiroshima. All of it will help determine the success of a trip with huge potential political and diplomatic pitfalls, both in America and Asia....
