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(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday denounced the smuggling, trafficking and degrading treatment of fishermen who make a crucial contribution to global food security. He also warned of the risks of uncontrolled fishing which leads to the drastic depletion of certain species and threats to the food chain for future generations.Philippa Hitchen reports: The cardinal’s words came as he visited the Rome headquarters of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation for an event marking World Fisheries Day. He noted that the fisheries sector is a fast growing industry that employs millions of people, enabling the sustenance of families and communities, especially in the developing world.Cardinal Parolin said that two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, almost 21 million people continue to work under coercion, largely in the informal or illegal economy and primarily in labour intensive i...
(Vatican Radio) Ukraine is marking the third anniversary of the deadly Euromaidan protests that ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych but were followed by a war that killed thousands. Monday's commemoration came amid new tensions over the Crimean Peninsula which was annexed by Russia and a pledge by US president Barack Obama to try to reach a peace settlement before he leaves office. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Government officials, Maidan protest participants, and ordinary citizens are holding ceremonies to mark the Day of Dignity and Freedom, a national day commemorating the beginning of the Euromaidan protests in 2013 that overthrew Yanukovych.They placed flowers at a monument in Kiev to the "Heavenly Hundred". It's a reference to the many protesters who were killed in clashes with security forces during the protest.In a speech, President Petro Poroshenko called on the nation to unite and stand against the Russian "threat"....
Washington D.C., Nov 21, 2016 / 12:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- If you are itching to welcome in the yuletide with Christmas carols, a new album released by the friars of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. might just be the holiday tune you’ve been searching for.Good Christian Men, Rejoice! from Blackfriars Media on Vimeo.From traditional classics such as Away in a Manger, Silent Night, and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, the Dominicans of the Eastern Province have just released their Christmas album Christ Was Born to Save, available on CD or for digital download on iTunes.“All the music on this album flows from our prayerful contemplation of this great mystery: that God became man to save us from ourselves, and make us more like him,” wrote Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP in a statement from the Dominican Foundation.The Dominican House of Studies isn’t new to the music business – they have produced three other albums over the years, including In Medio...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Luke Michael Davies, courtesy Buckfast Abbey Media StudiosBy Simon CaldwellBUCKFAST, England (CNS) -- The hairshirt worn by St. Thomas More as he contemplated a martyr's death in the Towerof London has been enshrined for public veneration. The folded garment made fromgoat's hair was encased above an altar in Buckfast Abbey, a Benedictinemonastery in southwest England.St. Thomas, a former lord chancellorof England, wore the shirt while he was incarcerated in the Bell Tower of the Towerof London while awaiting execution for opposing the Protestant reforms of KingHenry VIII.He was beheaded July 6, 1535,after telling a crowd gathered on London's Tower Hill that he was "alwaysthe king's good servant, but God's first."Benedictine Abbot DavidCharlesworth told Catholic News Service Nov. 21 that the shirt had not beenshown in public before.He said that although the shirtwas a secondary relic, he believed it was of greater significance than a bodypart, or primary relic, becau...
TAL AFAR AIRPORT, Iraq (AP) -- A sandstorm is brewing west of the Iraqi city of Mosul, kicked up across a barren landscape by thousands of men and machines headed to war....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- He claimed to be a native of Mosul and said he had just escaped his embattled neighborhood. When his cell phone chirped cheerfully, he said it was his mother calling and picked up....
A manhunt was underway Monday in Texas for a suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a veteran police detective in what authorities say was one of several attacks targeting law enforcement in multiple states....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Welcome to Trump Tower. Upstairs, the president-elect is planning his administration. Downstairs, it's a full-on political carnival....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump returned to his perch high above Manhattan on Monday, meeting with former rivals and longtime allies a day after he indicated he had worked out agreements to fill major posts in his administration....
