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By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is giving priests belonging to the Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria, 30 days to write a letterpromising obedience to him and accepting the bishop appointed for their diocese or they will be suspended.The papal text in English was posted June 9 on the blog of Archbishop IgnatiusKaigama of Jos, presidentof the Nigerian bishops' conference. Cardinal JohnOlorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja told Catholic News Servicethe same day that the text was what Pope Francis said. The Vatican press office released the text June 10.Nigerian church leaders had met Pope Francis June 8to discuss the situation of BishopPeter Ebere Okpaleke, who was appointed bishop of Ahiara by then-PopeBenedict XVI in 2012, but who has been unable to take control of the diocese because ofprotests, apparently by the majority of priests.Initially the Vatican issued only a short communique on themeeting with the pope, describing the situation in the diocese as "unacceptable" and sayi...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Generosity, hard work, solidarity anda recognition of the dignity of the human person are essential for facing themajor challenges posed by natural disasters, a large influx of migrants and acrisis in creating jobs, especially for young people, Pope Francis told Italian President Sergio Mattarella.Making a formal visit June 10 to the Quirinal Palace, Italy's presidential residence,Pope Francis said he looks at Italy with hope because "the dignity of theperson, family and work" are values that inspired generations of Italians-- including his forebears -- and continue to inspire people today.Using those values to "transform challenges intooccasions for growth," he said, is seen particularly in "thewelcoming of the numerous refugees who have landed on your shores," therescue work in the Mediterranean carried out by Italian ships and the vastnetwork of volunteers who assist the newly arrived migrants.Still, Pope ...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Too often, national and international policies leavemigrant children at the mercy of traffickers and sexual predators and are signsof a widespread failure to protect the innocent, a Vatican official said.Inaddition, policies that involve criminalizing and detaining child migrants "arean insult to human dignity" and are "the dramatic evidence ofexisting inequalities and failing systems," said Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic,Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva."The graveerror of the detention model is that it considers the children as sole,isolated subjects responsible for the situations in which they find themselvesand over which they have little, if any, control," the archbishop said. "Thismodel wrongly absolves the international community at large fromresponsibilities that it regularly fails to fulfill."Archbishop Jurkovic spoke about the plight of child migrants during a U.N. Human Rights Councilpanel discussion June 9on "Unaccompanie...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The global obesity problem now affects 1 in 10 people in the world, it is rising in countries rich and poor, and in many countries it is increasing faster in children than adults, according to a new study....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook western Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, injuring at least 10 people and damaging buildings, authorities said....
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- A detective testifying at a hearing for 18 Penn State fraternity brothers accused in the death of a 19-year-old pledge said Monday the student looked like a corpse in surveillance video from the frat house....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawyers for Hawaii tell the Supreme Court that letting the Trump administration enforce a ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries would "thrust the country back into the chaos and confusion" that resulted when the policy was first announced in January....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Shefveland's body was swollen with cancer, treatment after treatment failing until doctors gambled on a radical approach: They removed some of his immune cells, engineered them into cancer assassins and unleashed them into his bloodstream....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby's lawyers put on a case consisting of just one witness and six minutes of testimony Monday, wrapping up the defense side in the sexual assault trial without the comedian himself taking the stand....