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Catholics in southern India’s Kerala state have been urgedto show greater solidarity with the suffering Christians of Odisha state and spread the message of their exemplary witness. Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly who heads the eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, made the appeal on June 6 while releasing the Malayalam version of a book by rights advocate and journalist Anto Akkara that details the atrocities of the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. The riots orchestrated by Hindu extremists that raged for weeks claimed the lives of more than 100 Christians because they refused to abandon their faith. Over 6,000 Christian homes and 300 churches were plundered and torched leaving more than 56,000 homeless. Nearly 9 years after the violence, many Christians are still awaiting justice and compensation from the government. Many have not been able to return to their homes.A...
(Vatican Radio) The Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Peter Turkson, has issued the full text of his prepared statement to the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of the 14th Sustainable Development Goal, which deals with Conserving and Sustainably Using the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources. Please find the full text of Cardinal Turkson’s statement, below…*****************************************Statement of His Eminence Peter Cardinal Turkson,Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development,Head of the Delegation of the Holy See to theUnited Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of SDG 14:Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resourcesfor Sustainable DevelopmentNew York, 5-9 June 2017Distinguished Co-Chairs,Last month the Holy See launched a new initiative called “Laudato Si’ Challenge,” in a roll out that included the President of the ...
Copenhagen, Denmark, Jun 8, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Danish parliament has repealed an anti-blasphemy law at a time when such laws are still used around the world.“I am glad they are dropping the law. But the law was almost never used in the last 46 years, so it is only a small step,” Paul Marshall, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, told CNA. He thought it significant that it had not been used in recent instances of blasphemy against Christians.“Throughout the world blasphemy laws and accusations are misused, and they are bad even if used as intended,” Marshall said. “They are vague, and are frequently used against dissenters and critics of dominant religious and political views. Most of their use is against anyone accused of criticizing Islam.”Bruno Jerup, a spokesman on church issues for the Denmark's Red-Green Alliance political party, characterized the Danish law as “an unneces...
GANZHOU, China (AP) -- When the police called, Deng Guilian was at an indoor playground watching her 3-year-old. It was 2:19 p.m., Tuesday, May 30....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family's real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his properties that lie just feet from the encroaching sea in low-lying South Florida....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Five of the men who launched an attack in the heart of Iran's capital previously fought for the Islamic State group, the country's Intelligence Ministry said Thursday, acknowledging the first such assault by the extremists in the Shiite power....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- This city knows how to do big hearings - even Titanic ones....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a hugely anticipated hearing, fired FBI director James Comey will recount a series of conversations with President Donald Trump that he says made him deeply uneasy and concerned about the blurring of boundaries between the White House and a law enforcement agency that prides itself on independence....
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Peter Turkson has called for more attention and protection of Earth’s seas and oceans in remarks to a United Nations conference on the need to “Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas, and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development”.The Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development noted to "The Ocean Conference" that no global accord yet exists for the protection of the oceans’ resources. He said such an accord is becoming ever more urgent.Cardinal Turkson said the oceans’ value goes beyond fishing and navigation. “They are also a vast source of renewable energy and biological and mineral wealth, including those used by the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.”He also said they have a vast role in “air purification, a significant role in the global carbon cycle, climate regulation, waste management, the maintenance of food chains and habitats th...
Dover, Del., Jun 8, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In Delaware, lawmakers’ vote to pass a bill that would strike down almost all remaining abortion restrictions drew strong criticism from pro-life advocates, who warned it would provide safe harbor for Kermit Gosnell-style abortionists.“Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are using Delaware as a testing ground for their extreme legislation to ensure abortionists can carry out abortions without limit – even on healthy children hours from birth,” charged Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List.Under Delaware’s current law, which was rendered inactive by federal laws and court decisions, abortion is allowed only in cases where the mother’s life is at risk, if there is a substantial risk the unborn child would be born with serious disabilities, or if the child was conceived in rape or incest, the Associated Press reports.Current law also bars abortion after 20 weeks into pregnancy....
