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By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Closing doors to immigrants andrefugees is not the answer -- in fact, it only helps encourage the crime ofhuman trafficking, Pope Francis said."The only way for resolution is through solidarity,"where everyone pitches in because "all together we are a powerful force ofsupport for those who have lost their homeland, family, work and dignity,"he said Oct. 26 at his weekly general audience.In his talk, the pope continued his series of reflectionson the works of mercy, focusing on welcoming the stranger and clothing thenaked.He said clothing the naked is about caring for thosewhose dignity has been stripped from them and helping restore and protect that dignity.So in addition to providing clothing to those in need, beon the lookout for and ready to help victims of human trafficking and those -- includingchildren -- whose bodies are being bought and sold like some kind of commodity,he said.Not having a home, a job or fair wages and beingdiscriminated ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- For Doug Stephens, the free event seemed like a good way to learn how to flip homes. An online ad for the December gathering sported pictures of Tarek and Christina El Moussa, the stars of HGTV's "Flip or Flop" who buy rundown homes, renovate them and try to sell them for a profit. Stephens watched "Flip or Flop" regularly, along with 2.8 million other Americans, so he went....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday ordered the Pentagon to suspend its effort to seek repayments of enlistment bonuses given to thousands of California National Guard members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Airstrikes in Syria killed up to 22 people, mostly children, on Wednesday when warplanes struck a residential area housing a school complex in the northern rebel-held province of Idlib, activists and rescue workers said....
CALAIS, France (AP) -- French authorities declared the Calais migrant camp known as "the jungle" empty on Wednesday, after fires set by departing migrants accelerated plans to evacuate the burgeoning slum....
HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) -- Berta Delgado told the Spanish-speaking conservative activists at her door that she is "100 por ciento" Republican, and agreed with their assessment that Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy is too liberal. She said she'd vote for Sen. Marco Rubio....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's campaign is defending his eyebrow-raising decision to spend precious campaign time promoting his business in the final days of the long presidential campaign as his poll numbers sink....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Tuesday advocated for an increased involvement of women in making, maintaining and building peace.The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, was speaking at a UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security.“Setting up women to succeed in using their talents for making, maintaining and building peace also requires combatting poverty and ensure access to other fundamental resources,” the Vatican diplomat said.“Helping women to bring healing to the world by addressing the causes and consequences of war and violence also means protecting them in this vital mission,” – continued Archbishop Auza – “Without the inputs and specific skills of women, the most comprehensive understanding possible of the causes of conflicts and the most effective solutions to end them and build peace may never be fully attained.” The full statement is below&nb...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday called for solidarity with migrants and refugees.Speaking to the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience, the Pope reflected on two particular corporal works of mercy - welcoming the stranger and clothing the naked – and said that the growing numbers of refugees fleeing war, famine and dire poverty calls us to welcome and care for these brothers and sisters.Pope Francis reflected on the many stories of migration that are to be found in the Bible and on how, through the centuries, so many committed Christians have found generous ways of meeting the needs of people fleeing violence and injustice. “Today – he said – the current economic crisis unfortunately fosters attitudes of closure instead of welcome”. “In some parts of the world walls and barriers are being built. It appears that the silent work of men and women who, in different ways, do what they ca...
(Vatican Radio) Police chiefs, Bishops, Religious sisters and representatives from civil society, who make up the Santa Marta Group, are joining together this week, 26-27 October, in the Vatican to share and encourage best practice in the struggle against human trafficking.Among those taking part in the conference is Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town, South Africa. He spoke with Christopher Wells about the meeting.“What the conference tries to do is to bring together bishops and heads of the Church together with chiefs of police from various countries,” he said.And so we often have chiefs of police from South America, from Canada, North America, various European countries and some African countries as well, and Asian countries, and sometimes the presidents of the different episcopal conferences, or some bishops who are particularly concerned about the issue. And the idea of course is that together with the police we believe that the church has a very important ro...
