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(Vatican Radio) At a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the organization pointed out “2017 begins in the shadow of the many conflicts in, and violent attacks on, the OSCE region in 2016.”“We must acknowledge that far too many of our fellow citizens know too well the horror and consequences of conflict, strife and terrorism, and sadly, look to the future with fear in their hearts rather than confidence and a clear sense of security,” said Msgr. Janusz S. Urbanczyk.“This worrying reality spurs us to action,” – the Vatican diplomat continued – “Peace, and peaceful co-existence, must be at the top of our Organization’s agenda. For that very reason the Holy See will support any and all initiatives … that seek to advance the cause of peace and stability, especially when such initiatives strive to defuse conf...
(Vatican Radio) The leader of Syria's Catholic Church has urged the West and the United Nations to immediately end sanctions against his country and to stop supporting rebels, saying this is the only way to find a solution to a war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Younan made the comments in an interview with Vatican Radio in Budapest, Hungary, where he also thanked Pope Francis for his prayers. Listen to the report by correspondent Stefan Bos: The patriarch is a man on a mission. After giving a lecture at Budapest's Pázmány Péter Catholic University he was to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and expected to discuss how Hungary can support persecuted Christians. He also wants Hungary to pressure the European Union and U.N. to end the war in his home country. "I still hope that the Western countries, that means the Western politicians, would accept to stop financ...
Saltillo, Mexico, Jan 12, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Mexican bishops' conference on Tuesday asked authorities to provide more information on the disappearance of Father Joaquín Hernández Sifuentes of the Diocese of Saltillo.The bishops called upon the competent authorities Jan. 10 to “provide more information to civil society and the entire ecclesial community on the events that led to his disappearance, so they can collaborate with their search and so that Fr. Joaquín Hernández Sifuentes returns alive to his community.”The priest, who serves at Sacred Heart parish in Saltillo's Aurora neighborhood, has not been seen since Jan. 3. The diocese reported his disappearance Jan. 7. Reportan desaparición en Saltillo del sacerdote Joaquín Hernández Sifuentes https://t.co/sH7PyhP9fl pic.twitter.com/gt3iMkUNfK— EjeCentral (@EjeCentral) January 8, 2017 After celebrating New Year's Masses ...
Vatican City, Jan 12, 2017 / 08:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis reflected on Thursday how each person, not knowing what will happen in the future, has only “today” to love God and open their heart to the Holy Spirit – while the temptation to put things off is foolish, because there may not be another day.“I do not say this in order to scare you, but simply to say that our life is the present moment: today or never,” he said Jan. 12. “I think upon this. Tomorrow will be the eternal tomorrow, without sunset, with the Lord, forever. If I am faithful to this moment.”In his homily at Mass, Pope Francis reflected on the day’s first reading, which comes from the Letter to the Hebrews and says, “Oh, that today you would hear his voice, ‘harden not your hearts…’”And a few lines later: “Encourage yourselves daily while it is still ‘today,’ so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit o...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. ShemitzBy James MartoneWASHINGTON (CNS) -- An emerging Catholic dialogue with Muslims aims to show public support for Islamic American communities.The dialogue stems from concerns expressed by U.S. bishops in the wake of "a serious uptick in violence against American Muslims ... to make sure that they are sensitive to what is going on in the (Muslim) communities," said Anthony Cirelli, associate director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.The dialogue, underway since last February, will build on three already existing regional Catholic-Muslim dialogues, also overseen by the secretariat. Those gatherings have involved Muslim and Christian scholars and religious leaders and have focused largely on academic discussions and comparisons of their respective religious texts, Cirelli said.The regional dialogues -- mid-Atlantic, Midwest and West Coast -- have been effective in creating a better u...
ALSOZSOLCA, Hungary (AP) -- When there's firewood to be chopped, Ferenc Vadasz cuts class....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The San Diego Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, where they will join the recently relocated Rams in giving the nation's second-largest media market two NFL teams for the first time in decades....
When crews started searching for a plane that was carrying six people when it disappeared over Lake Erie, they began with an expanse about half the size of New York City's five boroughs....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college grads and everyone else has reached its widest point on record....
