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(Vatican Radio) In a world where conflict affects so many communities, it is important to recognize the connection between food insecurity and social unrest. Kimberly Flowers, Director of the Global Food Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), was brought to Rome by U.S. Mission to the United Nations as the keynote speaker at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) 13th Annual George McGovern Lecture. She highlighted the connection between conflict areas and food insecurity in her speech entitled, “Examining Linkages: The Nexus between Food Insecurity and Political Instability.”CSIS is a Washington D.C. based, bipartisan foreign affairs think tank. Leading the field in defense and intelligence thinking, they also provide recommendations to policy makers on how to develop foreign assistance programs that are focused on ending hunger and poverty. Kimberly Flowers spoke with Vatican Radio’s Linda Bordoni about...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis invited international students on Thursday to overcome the “globalization of indifference” with “the freshness, actuality, and daring of the Gospel.”He was speaking to participants of the IV World Congress on the Pastoral Care of International Students, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: The theme of the World Congress takes Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium as its focus, examining its contribution to moral challenges in the intellectual world.The Holy Father invited the students to approach their studies as a springboard to contributing to a healthier society.He reminded them of the words of St. Paul to Timothy: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.”The Pope went on to cont...
(Vatican Radio) One hundred Syrian refugees from Lebanon are set to arrive at Fiumincino Airport in Rome on 2 December through a special “humanitarian corridor” programme, bringing the total intake to five-hundred refugees since the start of the project.Humanitarian corridors are a pilot project and the first of its kind in Europe. The corridors will allow the entry of over 1,000 refugees into Italy over a two-year period. They are the result of an ecumenical collaboration between Catholics and Protestants: the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Federation of Evangelical Churches, the Waldensian and Methodist Churches. The project is completely self-funded by the founding organizations.The corridors provide safe routes to those seeking asylum, helping them avoid dangerous journeys by boat across the Mediterranean, in which thousands of people have died.Providing legal entry onto Italian soil with a humanitarian visa allows refugees to apply for asylum. Entrance vi...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday greeted a delegation of faithful from the Apostolic Administration of the Caucuses who were in Rome to thank the Holy Father for his recent Apostolic Visit to Georgia.Pope Francis told the delegation their visit brought him many memories of his trip.“I never thought I would find in Georgia what I saw: The culture, spirituality, a people that praises Jesus Christ as the Savior, because it is a Christian population,” – the Pope said – “It was for me a great joy.”He said he was also personally impressed by the person of Ilia II of Georgia, saying “I perceived there a man of God.”While acknowledging the problems faced by the small Catholic community, Pope Francis said he thought they would find a way “without forcing the issue, to slowly walk together.”The Pope concluded by remarking on the different faithful he met, calling the responsibility of the laypeople “a great thing,&rdq...
Washington D.C., Dec 1, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Angela Desa was 28 years-old when she got Essure, a form of permanent birth control made of flexible metal and polyester coils inserted into her fallopian tubes. The only form of permanent, non-surgical birth control, implanted Essure coils are supposed to stay in the fallopian tubes, where they create a chronic infection causing scar tissue to form, effectively closing the tubes and rendering the woman sterile. At the time of Desa’s implants, the FDA warning on the device said that possible side effects could include “mild to moderate pain and/or cramping, vaginal bleeding, and pelvic or back discomfort for a few days.” But the side effects Desa experienced were to the extreme. She felt like she had the flu constantly. The pain wasn’t mild or moderate, but debilitating and chronic. “They don’t tell you that it’s 'I can’t get out of bed and take care of...
Vatican City, Dec 1, 2016 / 05:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his message for the 2017 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis focused on the need to be “missionary disciples” who first fall in love with God, and are then propelled into action, zealously spreading the Good News they have heard.“The People of God need to be guided by pastors whose lives are spent in service to the Gospel,” the Pope said in his message, published Nov. 30.He asked parish communities, associations and various prayer groups within the Church not to get discouraged by an apparent lack of vocations, but to continue praying fervently “that the Lord will send workers to his harvest.”“May he give us priests enamored of the Gospel, close to all their brothers and sisters, living signs of God’s merciful love,” he said.Set to be celebrated May 7, 2017, the 54th World Day of Prayer for Vocations will take place on the fourth Sunday of Easter and will hold ...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- Rasa Miskinyte spent last Saturday in a freezing forest near Lithuania's capital learning to gather water from a pond with a condom, to filter it through sand, charcoal and cloth, and to make her own stove from a beer can. She thought some basic survival skills would be helpful if Russian troops ever entered Vilnius and her family escaped into the woods....
SEATTLE (AP) -- The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Tacoma officer has been shot and killed by police after a lengthy barricade situation, authorities said early Thursday....
SEATTLE (AP) -- The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Tacoma, Washington, police officer who was answering a domestic violence call (all times local):...
Vienna, Austria, Dec 1, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- European leaders gathered this week at a conference in Vienna to discuss Christian persecution and its resounding effect on Europe, particularly emphasizing the need to seriously address religious discrimination and genocide around the world.“The persecution faced by Christians around the world must be recognized and treated by the international community with the seriousness it deserves,” Ellen Fantini, executive director of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians, stated Nov. 29.“The pressure faced by Christians in Europe is much more subtle – what Pope Francis has called ‘polite persecution.’”The conference, entitled “Embattled: Christians Under Pressure in Europe and Beyond,” drew more than 100 attendees. It was held at the archbishop’s palace in Vienna, with the hope of informing the public, lawmakers and officials of the ongoing thr...
