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(Vatican Radio) Scottish Catholics around the world are preparing to celebrate the feast of their patron saint tomorrow.As the Catholic Church prepares for the major feast day, Vatican Radio's Scottish intern Ryan Black reflects on the relationship between the Apostle and Scotland, and speaks with the Vice-Rector of the Pontifical Scots College and the President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland...Saint Andrew the Apostle is the patron of many countries worldwide, including Scotland. The Galilean fisherman was adopted by the early Picts and Scots at a time when the country needed a national symbol to rally around. In a story that echoes that of the Emperor Constantine’s victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 AD), King Angus of the Picts saw a Saltire Cross in the sky ahead of his victory over the Saxons at the Battle of Athelstaneford (735 AD). From then, Saint Andrew and his distinctive cross became national symbols of an emerging Scotland.National he...
(Vatican Radio) The Slovakian Bishops have urged their government not to ratify the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The Bishops warned that certain parts of the convention contain inappropriate gender definitions. They also warned that the work of the church and other agencies “that have long been established in protection of women are going to face direct discrimination.”The convention is comprised of 81 articles, addressing subjects such as female genital mutilation, forced marriage, forced abortion and sterilisation. It also describes violence against women as a historical inequality of the sexes. In a statement from the Slovakian Bishops Conference Arcbishop Stanislav Zvolensky of Bratislava said “Any form of violence committed on women is condemnable and absolutely inadmissible. Violence against women can never be tolerated and it is our duty to make every effort to stop it. The protection of women, h...
Benin City, Nigeria, Nov 29, 2016 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Catholic Church’s Year of Mercy came to a close, a gathering of Nigerians took the time to reflect on God’s mercy and prayed to be more merciful towards others in their lives.“All who are suffering and who feel that God is distant should have recourse to the mercy of God who forgives and who cannot abandon his children,” the Catholic Biblical Association of Nigeria said in a statement. “God does not give up on anyone; and we should not give up on God.”The association issued the statement at the close of its four-day annual convention, which took inspiration from the Year of Mercy that concluded Nov. 20.This convention’s theme was “Mercy and Justice in the Bible.” The convention was held Oct. 25-28 at the Bishop Patrick Kelly Pastoral Centre in Benin City, the Catholic News Agency for Africa reports.The biblical association encouraged everyone to ensure that mer...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Neil Young is calling on President Barack Obama "to step in and end" what he calls the "violence" against protesters demonstrating against an oil pipeline being built in North Dakota on part of an Indian reservation....
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The Latest on the Colombia plane crash involving members of a Brazilian soccer team (all times local):...
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) -- A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed outside Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 76 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday. Six people initially survived, but one of them later died in a hospital....
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(Vatican Radio) The Marymount International School of Rome has been celebrating its 70th anniversary recalling the founding of the institute in 1946.The first Marymount School was founded in 1926 in New York by Mother Marie Joseph Butler, and was part of a network of schools directed by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM). Mother Butler envisioned an independent educational opportunity for the daughters of the Irish and Italian emerging middle classes, to ensure they would continue their education as Catholics. With this in mind, she founded the Marymount School and soon after opened Marymount colleges to educate the teachers who worked in the schools. Mother Butler had the foresight to think of broadening the girls’ education by sending them to Europe, which led to the opening of schools in London, Paris, and Rome.Ms. Sarah Gallagher, Executive Headmistress of the Marymount International School of Rome, spoke with Vatican Radio’s Hayley Susino about the s...
Sydney, Australia, Nov 29, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In Australia, the Catholic Church has established a new independent non-profit to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse.“Catholic bishops and religious leaders in Australia are determined to do all in their power to ensure that abuse, in any form, should never again occur in the Church,” said a Nov. 22 FAQ on the new company. “The setting of consistent national standards and auditing compliance with them is a key element in this.”The creation of the non-profit company, Catholic Professional Standards Limited, was jointly announced by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia during the bishops’ plenary meeting with religious leaders at Mary MacKillop Place in Sydney, the Diocese of Hobart reports.The company will develop, audit, and report on professional protection standards across Catholic entities, with a special focus on areas that currently la...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a globally competitive world, American students have strides to make when it comes to math and science, where they lag behind a solid block of East Asian countries as well as Russia and Kazakhstan....
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