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Chicago, Ill., Dec 15, 2016 / 07:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Two Emmy Awards have gone to a documentary that shows St. John Paul II’s central role in the end of communism.Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism resulted an Emmy for outstanding achievement for documentary programs in the historical category. The award went to the documentary executive producer and Knights of Columbus CEO Carl Anderson, along with producers Justyna Czyszek, Szymon Czyszek, David Naglieri, and Michele Nuzzo-Naglieri. “We are honored to receive these awards and grateful for the recognition it gives to this important film, which tells the story of how Eastern Europe regained its freedom without violence and by calling forth the best in the human spirit,” Anderson said. “The documentary shows how John Paul was the essential leader in making this happen and in such a hopeful, inspiring way.”Anderson worked with St. John Paul II when he served in ...
NAGATO, Japan (AP) -- The leaders of Russia and Japan move to Tokyo on Friday to wrap up a two-day summit on an economic cooperation agreement and a protracted territorial dispute that has prevented their countries from signing a peace treaty to end World War II....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's more hustle than hope behind an effort to derail Donald Trump's presidency in the Electoral College....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on the conflict in Syria, where a cease-fire deal to allow evacuation of rebels and tens of thousands of civilians from eastern Aleppo is back on (all times local):...
YAMBA, Australia (AP) -- The life was long drained from Lynette Daley by the time the cops rolled up to the lonely beach where her naked body lay....
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) -- Donald Trump's barnstorming tour across the states that won him the White House continues to feature far more taunts of triumph than notes of healing after a bruising election....
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Catholic Schools in Ethiopia are asked to integrate the issue of reproductive health to their system. The Ethiopian Catholic Church Social and Development Commission (ECC SDCO) Education team in collaboration with Women and Family Affairs team organized a 3 day workshop for School Directors and teachers in Addis Ababa from December 12 - 14, 2016 on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other harmful practices.FGM is one of the main challenges of girls and women in some parts of Ethiopia mainly in rural areas. It is stated during the workshop that girls and women are in risk of FGM because of various social pressures. Mainly fear of stigmatization and being unfit for marriage are the causes that lead parents and even women themselves to the practice of FGM despite them being aware of its danger.On February 2013 the Catholic Bishops’ of Ethiopia declared a stand against the act of FGM strictly forbidding all members of the Church from practicing it affirming that it has no relig...
Vatican City, Dec 15, 2016 / 05:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis accepted the credentials of six new ambassadors to the Holy See, urging them to work toward promoting the common good in their respective countries by adopting tactics of nonviolence at a political level.“In a particular way, those who hold public office on the national and international levels are called to cultivate a nonviolent style in their consciences and in the exercise of their duties,” the Pope said in the Dec. 15 audience.“This is not the same as weakness or passivity; rather it presupposes firmness, courage and the ability to face issues and conflicts with intellectual honesty, truly seeking the common good over and above all partisan interest, be it ideological, economic or political.”The six new ambassadors met with Pope Francis in the Clementine Hall in the Vatican. They are from Sweden, Fiji, Moldova, Mauritius, Tunisia and Burundi.His audience with the diplomats t...
Vatican City, Dec 15, 2016 / 10:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Thursday announced the theme for the 25th World Day of the Sick, “Amazement at what God has accomplished,” explaining that in difficult circumstances we should look to Mary as an example of how to embrace God’s will for our lives.“I encourage all of you,” he said Dec. 15, “the sick, the suffering, physicians, nurses, family members and volunteers, to see in Mary, Health of the Infirm, the sure sign of God’s love for every human being and a model of surrender to his will.”“May you always find in faith, nourished by the Word and by the Sacraments, the strength needed to love God, even in the experience of illness.”Instituted by St. John Paul II in 1992 – and first celebrated at Lourdes Feb. 11, 1993 – this year’s theme for the World Day of the Sick centers on a line from the Magnificat: “the Almighty has done great things for me.&r...
