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The Indonesian Diocese of Ruteng in the predominantly Catholic island of Flores, has vowed to step up its fight against the government issuing the license to a Chinese company to mine gold in a popular tourist destination. Grand Nusantara Group won the license in 2016 from the East Nusa Tenggara provincial government to mine 2,831 hectares of a coastal area in Batu Gosok, Labuan Bajo. According to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry there are 300,000 tons of gold deposited there. The company recently held a meeting in Labuan Bajo with locals and activists, a process that they must go through before starting to mine. However, locals walked out of the meeting and rejected the company's plan. Acep, who goes by one name, a representative of Grand Nusantara Group, said they want to hold another meeting and hope their efforts will be welcomed.However, Bishop Hubertus Leteng of Ruteng, popular for his long-standing opposition to the project, urged ...
By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- If U.S. President Donald Trumprequests a meeting with Pope Francis in May, the Vatican will try to make itwork, a top Vatican official said."Pope Francis always is willing to welcome heads ofstate who ask," ArchbishopAngelo Becciu, Vatican substitute secretary of state, told the Italiannews agency ANSA April 19.Trump is scheduled to be in Taormina, in southern Italy, May 26-27 for a summit of G-7leaders and representatives of the European Union.SeanSpicer, White House spokesman, told reporters April 19, "We will bereaching out to the Vatican to see if a meeting, an audience with the pope canbe accommodated. We'll have further details on that. Obviously, we would behonored to have an audience with his holiness."Every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has visited the Vatican to meetthe pope. Eisenhower met St. JohnXXIII at the Vatican in December1959.But WoodrowWilson was the first sitting U.S. president to meet a pope at the Vatican. He metwith Pope B...
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) -- A Soyuz space capsule on Thursday safely delivered an American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station....
BOSTON (AP) -- Aaron Hernandez's apparent suicide in prison - just days after the former NFL star was cleared of additional murder charges - remains shrouded in mystery....
VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) -- General Motors announced Thursday that it was shuttering operations in Venezuela after authorities seized its only factory, a dramatic escalation of the chaos engulfing the South American nation amid days of deadly protests....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The major protests in Washington that have greeted President Donald Trump's first year in office are set to return in force, continuing an already expensive year for city officials who work to keep people safe during mass gatherings....
(Vatican Radio) In a clear sign of support and in response to Pope Francis’ call to care for and welcome forced migrants, displaced persons, victims of trafficking and refugees, the Latin American bishops are promoting a newa faith-based network for migrants in need. Known as CLAMOR (Latin American and Caribbean Migration Network, Shelter and Human Trafficking), the network brings together a large number of organizations that deal with human mobility and that shelter and give assistance to trafficked persons.A meeting organized by the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) at the end of March provided the occasion to consolidate and bring together various proposals.It resulted in the establishment of the CLAMOR Network that is described as a “field hospital” where “migrants, displaced persons, refugee and victims of human trafficking find welcome, protection and healing of their wounds, recognition of their dignity and promotion, integratio...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India on April 19 urged the federal government to ensure that every citizen enjoys the basic right to worship, Mattersindia has reported.A CBCI statement condemned the incident at Sogandi in Chengelpet on February 14, where police interrupted Good Friday prayers of Dalit Christians in a Tamil Nadu village.“We request our Prime Minister, the Home Minister and leaders cutting across party lines throughout the country to ensure that every person continues to feel safe and enjoy the basic right to worship freely and without fear,” Mattersindia reported CBCI secretary general Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas as saying.The CBCI is very distressed and saddened by the happenings in Tamil Nadu, on Good Friday, a day very sacred to Christians everywhere, a spokesperson of the body said.According to reports, police had allegedly prevented a group of “Dalit Christians” from worshipping at a hillock on Good Friday, in Sogandi village of Tam...
