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HONOLULU (AP) -- A Hawaiian Airlines in-flight manager called his brother as smoke filled his 26th-floor apartment in Honolulu before he and his mother lost their lives in the blaze, the man's brother said....
(Vatican Radio) Protests are planned after Poland's Parliament rushed through a controversial law that will enable the government to appoint judges without consultation with judicial circles. Plans are also underway to allow the justice minister to get rid of all of the country's Supreme Court judges and appoint new ones, adding to international concerns about Poland's democratic credentials. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Under cover of darkness and without consultation beforehand the ruling Law and Justice party introduced controversial legislation that critics say will erode the independence of the judiciary. But as the governing party and its have a comfortable majority, the law was soon passed by parliament in the middle of the night. Under the legislation, the justice minister and parliamentarians will have the power to appoint judges without consulting judicial officials.The right-wing nationalist government claims the reforms are needed be...
LONDON (AP) -- As a kid, Garbine Muguruza sat in awe in front of the TV as the Williams sisters accumulated Grand Slam titles. They were her role models....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Waving large red Turkish flags, tens of thousands joined a national unity march in Istanbul on Saturday, converging at the iconic July 15 Martyrs' Bridge to mark the anniversary of the failed military coup attempt that 250 people died resisting....
HONOLULU (AP) -- Karen Hastings was in her 31st floor Honolulu apartment when she smelled smoke. She ran out to her balcony, looked down, and saw flames five floors below her....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has often said he doesn't want people "dying in the streets" for lack of health care....
Senior religious leaders drawn from different faiths in the country under the auspices of the Multi Sectoral Forum have made an appeal to government bodies to conduct the coming general election in a credible, peaceful, free and fair manner.In their statement issued at the end of the meeting held in Nairobi on 13th, July, 2017 the religious leaders stated that the primary factor that would cause conflict during and after the elections is credibility. “For this reason, we call upon all stakeholders to do all that is required of them for the elections to be credible,” read the statement.In ensuring credible election, the religious leaders listed some of the preventive measures against violence as commitment by all actors to resolve disputes through courts, severe and immediate punishment for incitement to violence and hate speech and intolerance to disparaging of the courts calling on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to ensure that all electoral...
Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Malawi Most Rev. Julio Murat has challenged the faithful to be today’s missionaries.In his homily during the Holy Mass held for Catholic Bishops of Zambia who are meeting for their third 2017 plenary and Catholic Secretariat staff in Lusaka, Archbishop Julio Murat called on the bishops, priests, religious men and women and the lay faithful to ask themselves what they should do to make Christ present in Zambia today.“We, who are baptised, must ask ourselves what we should do to make Christ present in Zambia,” he said.As the Catholic Church concludes the 125 years celebrations of Catholicism in Zambia on 15th July 2017, Archbishop Murat added that the faithful should emulate the first disciples and early missionaries who left everything to follow Christ.“There is need to leave everything, our preferences and follow Jesus. To preach the good news of Jesus, to preach the beauty of our Catholic faith with courage and firmness and m...
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, wraps up a week-long visit to Ukraine on Monday.He made the trip as a sign of solidarity with the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the wake of continued conflict in the eastern regions of the country.Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: Cardinal Leonardo Sandri agreed to the week-long visit to Ukraine at the invitation of Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.The first stop of Cardinal Sandri’s visit was to Maidan Square in the capital Kiev. There he prayed silently at the cross erected to mark the Euromaidan Protests of 2014. He placed a floral homage and lit a candle for the victims.The Prefect for the Congregation for the Oriental Churches was accompanied by Archbishop Shevchuk and the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti.While in Kiev, he prayed at the tomb of the late Cardinal Lubomyr Hu...
LONDON (AP) -- Garbine Muguruza already knew what it's like to lose to a Williams in the Wimbledon final. Now she knows how it feels to beat one for a championship at the All England Club....
