(Vatican Radio) Ten women died in a sinking boat packed with forced migrants off the coast of Libya on Thursday, while hundreds of others were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard in two separate operations.Listen to the report by Christopher Wells: The latest deaths at sea came as the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last year with up to 800 people on board was due to arrive at a Sicilian port. The sunken wreck was raised on Wednesday.Nearly 120 bodies have already been recovered from the seabed but hundreds more are believed to be trapped below deck, where survivors said many women and children were locked. Speaking to Vatican Radio Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant peoples decried the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean and said unfortunately it will not be the last…Unfortunately, he said, there are still people who continue to not want to tackle the phenomenon of migration, they do not want to ...
(Vatican Radio) Ten women died in a sinking boat packed with forced migrants off the coast of Libya on Thursday, while hundreds of others were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard in two separate operations.
Listen to the report by Christopher Wells:
The latest deaths at sea came as the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last year with up to 800 people on board was due to arrive at a Sicilian port. The sunken wreck was raised on Wednesday.
Nearly 120 bodies have already been recovered from the seabed but hundreds more are believed to be trapped below deck, where survivors said many women and children were locked.
Speaking to Vatican Radio Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant peoples decried the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean and said unfortunately it will not be the last…
Unfortunately, he said, there are still people who continue to not want to tackle the phenomenon of migration, they do not want to have to deal with migrants...
And commenting on the fact that the people who are dying in the Mediterranean are people who leave everything and put their lives at risk in pursuit of safety and a dignified future, the Cardinal said he hopes this tragedy will move consciences and that it may speak to European policymakers who are called to respond to the challenge urgently.
The Augustine Institute's new facilities in Florissant, Missouri. / Credit: Boeing Company and Augustine InstituteCNA Staff, Apr 23, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA).The Augustine Institute, a Catholic educational and evangelization apostolate based in Denver for nearly two decades, announced on Tuesday that it will be moving its operations to a new campus in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The institute, founded in 2005 as a Catholic graduate theology school, currently has an enrollment of 550 students. It says on its website that it exists to serve "the formation of Catholics for the new evangelization" by "equip[ping] Catholics intellectually, spiritually, and pastorally to renew the Church and transform the world for Christ."The organization announced on Tuesday that it had purchased the former Boeing Leadership Center in Florissant, Missouri, just outside of downtown St. Louis. The school will "begin transitioning its operations over the next few years," it said in ...
Over a year after the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023, restoration of Aleppo's Church of St. George has been completed. / Credit: Abdul Kareem DanielAleppo, Syria, Apr 23, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).This year's feast of St. George was a particularly joyful one in the Syrian city of Aleppo, especially for the Melkite Greek Catholic community. The church is reopening its doors after undergoing restoration due to damage from a February 2023 earthquake. Additionally, Archbishop George Masri of the Melkite Archdiocese of Aleppo and its environs will celebrate his golden jubilee.The celebrations took place during the visit of Patriarch Joseph Absi, the current patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, who presided over the Divine Liturgy in the restored church on the evening of April 23. The evening before, there was a procession along Holy Bible Street followed by vespers.Restoration of the Church of St. George in Aleppo after the February 2023 earthquake...
Archbishop Luis Argüello and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. / Credit: Archdiocese of Valladolid; La MoncloaACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).The Spanish government approved today in the Council of Ministers a plan to implement recommendations made in a report on sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. While recognizing some good points in the plan, the Spanish Bishops' Conference (known by its Spanish acronym CEE) issued a statement strongly objecting to what it called unfair treatment and discrimination against the Church by the government.Before giving details of the government's plan, the minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Legislature, Félix Bolaños, extrapolating data from a survey commissioned by the People's Ombudsman, estimated that in Spain there are about 440,000 adults who were victims of sexual abuse as minors, representing 1.13% of the adult population in Spain."Around half of these abuses would have been committed...