Article Archive
Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive.
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- The death toll from a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in southwest Pakistan Saturday has risen to 50 people with more than 100 wounded, officials said....
HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (AP) -- For months, Islamic State group fighters drove thousands of civilians on forced marches across the Nineveh desert into the small town of Hamam al-Alil. Retreating ahead of methodical Iraqi advances on Mosul's southern approach, IS fighters converged here, rounding up men, women and children for use as human shields and killing dozens of others....
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Jurors failed to come up with a verdict against a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist and were leaning toward a lesser conviction, a prosecutor said Saturday after a mistrial was declared....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington's new power trio consists of a bombastic billionaire, a telegenic policy wonk and a taciturn political tactician. How well they can get along will help determine what gets done over the next four years, and whether the new president's agenda flounders or succeeds....
When a South Carolina congressman shouted "You lie!" during a speech by President Barack Obama in 2009, House members rebuked him for violating norms of civility. After this year's presidential campaign, the idea that people were once troubled by the outburst seems almost quaint....
(Vatican Radio) At the end of the last Jubilee Audience of the soon-to-end Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis had a special greeting and a heartfelt “thank you” for the many volunteers who have offered an inestimable service to the Vatican and to pilgrims from across the globe. To a group of about 600 Year of Mercy volunteers present in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday, the Pope said: “You have been fantastic! I thank you, who come from different countries, for your precious service that has allowed so many pilgrims to give life to this experience of faith in a positive way. In the course of these months I have noticed your discreet presence in the Square and I appreciate the dedication, patience and enthusiasm with which you have done your work. Thank you so much!” Some 4000 volunteers have participated in the Extraordinary Jubilee, many of them Italian, but others from the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colomb...
The Catholic Church in Kenya through her Catholic, Justice and Peace Commission and various arms has joined the Government in the war against corruption.In a memorandum handed over to His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta on 2nd, November, 2016 at State House, Nairobi, the Bishops said the Church is escalating the war against corruption by writing a book on how to fight corruption besides implementing various programmes to combat graft.The handbook whose content is based on promotion of virtues and ethics informed by the social teachings of the Catholic Church, points out that corruption rotates a round a society that has lost values and virtues hence the need to restore dignity in both public and private sectors.The move to write the book was prompted by the many cases and allegations of corruption where Billions of public funds meant for development projects have been misappropriated and by President Kenyatta’s call to Kenyans that fighting Corruption is a collective res...
Indigenous Santal people, who were violently evicted from their ancestral lands by a sugar plantation and mill in the northern Gaibandha district of Bangladesh, are now facing a food crisis.About 2,500 Santal squatters, mostly Christians, were forced off disputed land in the Sahebganj area by workers from the Rangpur Sugar Mill with support from the local administration and police on Nov. 6-7.On that day, local Christians, mostly ethnic Santal Catholic, clashed with the police because of a land dispute. Witnesses noted that police had arrest warrants for 300 Santal, who fled to avoid jail. Others defended themselves with bows and arrows injuring some agents.Three Santal men were killed and dozens injured when they tried to resist eviction by "local thugs" who were sent by the mill with the approval of local parliamentarian, Abul Kalam Azad. The attackers also looted the homes and livestock of tribal people and set fire to about 600 squatter homes.Evicted families have ta...
Child Protection is a Ministry Entrusted to All by GodThe Ethiopian Catholic Church Social and Development Commission (ECC SDCO) brings together those working with children, elderly and people with disability in various Church projects in different parts of the country. The consultation meeting that took place in Addis Ababa mainly aims at enhancing child protection and sharing of experiences among implementers from different Dioceses.In his opening remark Mr. Bekele Moges, ECC SDCO Executive Director said that social rehabilitation is one of the priorities of the Church. He said the work of social rehabilitation extends to children, elderly, the people with disability and the marginalized for whom the Church has always been a voice.“Gathering here together from different Dioceses for a discussion allows us to identify the needs of the vulnerable and evaluate our ways of responding to the needs, it also shows us a path to how we can proceed in the future,” he underline...
