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NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump, a foreign policy novice, was deepening his focus on national security Thursday, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as a former secretary of state and a possible contender to be his top diplomat....
(Vatican Radio) Business executives and Church leaders are meeting in the Vatican for a conference on social and economic inclusion in business environs.The conference carries the title: ‘Business Leaders as Agents of Economic and Social Inclusion’ and is hosted by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and UNIAPAC.Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and Felix Pole, Chairman of mining conglomerate CMI, spoke to Devin Watkins to express their desire that the conference promote social inclusion among business leaders.Pope Francis on Thursday addressed the conference.Listen to the full interview: Archbishop Tomasi: 'Conference emphasizes dialogue and dignity of work'Archbishop Tomasi said the conference is a follow-up to a previous one in 2014 on the topic of the Common Good, which saw the participation of Pope Francis. He said the conference focuses on two aspects. First, it "puts a lot of em...
(Vatican Radio) The diocese of Ferns located on the South East coast of Ireland is one of the many dioceses in the country that has been celebrating the Extraordinary Year of Mercy.The Bishop of Ferns, Denis Brennan was in Rome recently and spoke to Lydia O’Kane about how they have been celebrating the Jubilee.Listen: “We have opened five or six Holy Doors”, the Bishop explained, “for different reasons in different parts of the diocese. We took Pope Francis at his word when he said, you don’t have to come to Rome, you can have your own door in your own place…”Bishop Brennan said that everywhere that there was a Holy Door large numbers turned up, adding that the message of the Year of Mercy has really filtered out.So will the Holy Year have a legacy in Ferns? The Bishop hopes that it will. He said, “it struck a chord; the way that Pope Francis talks about it and the way he exemplifies it in his own life. I think peo...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday addressed the participants in a Vatican conference promoting business leaders as agents in social and economic inclusion, reflecting with them on three challenges of business: the proper use of money, honesty, and solidarity.The conference carries the title: ‘Business Leaders as Agents of Economic and Social Inclusion’ and is hosted by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and UNIAPAC on 17-18 November.Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: Addressing business executives participating in the Vatican conference in his native Spanish, Pope Francis called on them to be aware of what he said are three challenges of doing business, namely, “the good use of money, honesty, and solidarity”.Good use of moneyThe Holy Father said money is “one of the most difficult topics of moral perception” and repeated his characteristic phrase with emphasis: “money is the dung of the devil”.He said the ...
Young Christian Workers (YCW) Malawi, a religious movement within the Catholic Church comprising young Christians from the age of between 15 to 40 years at the weekend celebrated their 60-year anniversary at Mua Catholic Parish in the Diocese of Dedza.As part of the celebration, Malawi YCW members from all the eight dioceses of Malawi celebrated with the Holy Mass led by the Bishop of Chikwawa Diocese, Peter Musikuwa. The Bishop is also the Episcopal Conference of Malawi Bishop-Chair for the Pastoral Commission. YCW used the occasion to donate Mattresses to nearby Mua School for the Deaf.During the Holy Mass, Bishop Musikuwa challenged young people to be agents of change in the Church and the country at large. “Let us utilise the strength that we have as young people to contribute positively to our society. We should not be the ones causing problems in the country rather we should be agents of change by ensuring that we do the right thing at all times,” said Bisho...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence on Thursday morning – the liturgical memory of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the devout queen who was a 3rd Order Franciscan renowned for her solicitude to the needy.In remarks following the Readings of the Day, Pope Francis addressed words to the gathered faithful that focused on the episode proclaimed from the Gospel according to St. Mark, in which Our Lord wept for the sins of Jerusalem. The Holy Father spoke especially of the stark contrast of God’s steadfast and faithful love for His people, and His people’s faithlessness – which is our faithlessness:“That is what pains the heart of Jesus Christ, this story of infidelity, this story of not recognizing the caresses of God, the love of God, a God in love with you who is looking for you, and desirous of seeing you happy. Jesus saw in that moment [when, shortly before His passion, He wept over Jerusalem’s sinful...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A single drop of milk. A newborn baby. The ravages of war and terrorism. The defiance of those who protest and the fear of those entrapped....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Due to poor weather and cloudy skies, Iraq special forces on Thursday paused temporarily in their push into the northern city of Mosul but still faced deadly attacks by the Islamic State group that killed at least seven civilians and a soldier....
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian airstrike in northern Syria this week killed at least 30 members of an al-Qaida-linked group, including some of its leaders, the Russian military said Thursday....
MILAN (AP) -- A migration organization says that about 340 migrants have died or gone missing in four Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over the past two-and-a-half days....
