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The Catholic diocese in India’s troubled Jammu and Kashmir state has launched a programme to educate young people on the need for peace on the Indian side of the India-Pakistan border where hostilities between the two countries have killed hundreds of people. India-Pakistan rivalry since partitionJammu-Srinagar Diocese covers the entire state, of which the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley has been claimed by both India and Pakistan since the partition by the British  between the two nations 1947, and over which the two nuclear-armed rivals have fought at least three major wars.   The border between the two countries in Kashmir is one of the world’s heavily militarized, with frequent cross-fire shelling between them.   The peace project of Jammu-Srinagar Diocese is "an effort to foster friendship and oneness by accepting that we belong to one human family," explained Father Saiju Chacko, director of Catholic Social Service Soci...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on Muslims andJews in the Holy Land to "moderation and dialogue" as tensionscontinued around a key site in Jerusalem that is sacred to members of bothfaiths.After reciting the Angelus July 23, the pope asked peoplegathered in St. Peter's Square for the midday prayer to join him in asking theLord to inspire reconciliation and peace in the region.Tensions in Jerusalem have been high since July 14 whenthree Israeli Arabs armed with knives and guns killed two Israeli policeofficers at an entrance to the site the Jews call Temple Mount and the Muslims call Haram al-Sharif.The site includes the Western Wall and Al Aqsa mosque.In his main Angelus talk, Pope Francis spoke about theparable of the weeds among the wheat from the Sunday Gospel reading.The farmer in the parable from the Gospel of Matthew tellshis workers not to pull up all the weeds because they might uproot the wheat,but to wait until the harvest when the wheat and weeds...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Print outlets like The New York Times and Washington Post have developed a mutually beneficial relationship with cable television news over a string of bombshell stories about the Trump administration. It's a news war with a twist....
BERLIN (AP) -- A man armed with a chainsaw wounded five people at a health insurer's office Monday in the northern Swiss city of Schaffhausen, police said, triggering a manhunt for a suspect described as aggressive and psychologically unstable....
LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on the legal battle over critically ill baby Charlie Gard (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner denied Monday that he colluded with Russians in the course of President Donald Trump's White House bid, declaring in a statement ahead of interviews with congressional committees that he has "nothing to hide."...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The driver of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio was charged Monday in the deaths of 10 of his passengers and could face the death penalty....
(Vatican Radio) There is serious concern in Italy as soaring temperatures and a lack of rain deplete vital water sources which could lead to water rationing for Romans.Listen to this report:  Walk along the cobbled streets of Rome and you’re sure to find a fountain which supplies fresh drinking water to Romans and tourists alike. These fountains don’t have taps to stem the flow and now risk being turned off as searing heat and a lack of rain dry up vital water sources.Meteorologists say that Italy had one of its driest springs in 60 years and rainfalls in some parts of the country have been 80 per cent below normal. Rome had just 26 days of rain in the first six months of this year.It’s a disaster for agriculture in the country which has so far suffered 2 billion euro worth of damage. And if that weren’t enough, Italy is also grappling with a series of forest fires which also need gallons of water in order to be brought under control.The lack of w...
(Vatican Radio) Residents of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo have staged a week-long silent protest intended to send a message to the kidnappers of two Catholic priests kidnapped Sunday 16 July from a parish of Bunyuka. Activity in the area came to a complete standstill as residents shunned farms and public spaces. Silence marked entire villages. It was the least they could do in the face of all manner of gunmen.Bishop Sikuli Paluku Melchisédech of Butembo-Beni, who confirmed the silent protest to Vatican Radio said that Fathers Charles Kipasa and Jean-Pierre Akilimali, parish priest and assistant respectively, were abducted on the night of Sunday 16 July from their parish house of Marie Reine des Anges de Bunyuka by “men in uniform.”“It is with great sadness that we inform you that Fathers Charles Kipasa and Jean-Pierre Akilimali, respectively parish priest and vicar of Marie Reine des Anges de Bunyuka were abducted on Sunday around 9 pm by...
Washington D.C., Jul 24, 2017 / 03:13 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For some, it was a health-conscious decision. For others, it was environmental. For still others, it was faith-based.But no matter the reason, more and more women are ditching the pill and opting for fertility awareness methods as a natural way to achieve or delay pregnancy.“In the US, there does seem to be an increase in the interest in fertility tracking and understanding the signs and symptoms of our bodies to plan and prevent pregnancy,” said Dr. Victoria Jennings, director of the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University.“Our work has shown that simple fertility awareness messages are extremely attractive to a wide range of women and can address their family planning needs,” Jennings told CNA.July 23-29 is national Natural Family Planning Awareness Week, coinciding with the 48th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humane Vitae, which laid out the Church’s long-un...
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