5 faith facts about Dem. VP pick Tim Kaine Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton announced Tim Kaine, the junior Democratic senator from Virginia and former governor of that state, as her vice presidential running mate Friday. Kaine, a Roman Catholic, will appear with Clinton, a Methodist, at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Here are five faith facts about the new vice presidential candidate. 1. He was taught by Jesuits. Kaine was raised Catholic in Missouri. His parents were so devout, Kaine told C-SPAN, that “if we got back from a vacation......
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by Elise Harris Vatican City, Jul 15, 2016 / 02:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After a truck plowed through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing 84, Pope Francis voiced his sorrow for the act of “blind violence,” and assured the French people of his prayers. In a July 15 letter signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope expressed “his deep sorrow and spiritual closeness to the French people,” entrusting the dead to God’s mercy and uniting himself in the pain of grieving families. He offered his......
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Recent news reports indicate that Saudi Arabia has obtained nuclear weapons. If Iran’s 2016 testing of long range nuclear warhead capable missiles is an indicator, does this mean Iran was able to “beat the clock” in Uranium 235 enrichment before the treaty was signed? If so, Iran may already have nuclear bombs. LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) – “Yes, we have a nuclear bomb,” said Saudi political analyst Dahham Al-`Anzi. “We have said before that if Iran were to impudently announce a nuclear test, Saudi Arabia would announce one too. No problem” as......
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By Elise Harris Vatican City, Jul 1, 2016 / 07:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Though he has rarely spoken since resigning from the papacy, Benedict XVI granted several lengthy interviews to German journalist Peter Seewald shortly after stepping down – conversations that touched on themes such as the reform of the Curia, his resignation and his thoughts on Pope Francis. The interviews, conducted a few months after Benedict’s Feb. 28, 2013, resignation, are set to be released in one book simultaneously worldwide Sept. 9, according to Italian daily “Corriere della Sera.” About 240 pages in length,......
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Workers who tied Catholic colleague to a cross are cleared of religiously aggravated assault Two of the four men were convicted of separate charges of assault and harassment Workmates accused of abusing a Catholic colleague by tying him to a cross in a “mock crucifixion” have been found not guilty of religiously aggravated assault. York Crown Court heard that Andrew Addison, aged 31, Joseph Richard Rose, 21, Christopher Jackson, 22, and Alex Puchir, 37, had carried out a “sustained course” of bullying against a teenage boy over nine months, but the men were cleared......
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Priest shot dead by Islamists in Egypt’s Sinai region Officials say a priest was gunned down while walking in the city of el-Arish Egyptian officials say a priest and two members of the country’s security forces have been killed by suspected Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula’s turbulent north.They say the priest was gunned down while walking in the city of el-Arish on Thursday. Clerics have in the past been targeted by militants in Sinai. In a separate attack, a bomb blast killed one policeman and wounded two outside el-Arish’s main hospital.In a......
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By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jun 12, 2016 / 04:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Nigeria is a ticking time bomb, with violence and discrimination threatening to tear the country apart and spread its existing refugee crisis throughout the region, a new report claims.“Nigeria is a country on the verge of fracturing along religious fault lines,” stated a report “Nigeria: Fractured and Forgotten” released by the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative June 8.“What is unfolding in Northern and Central Nigeria is one of the worst, most neglected humanitarian crises in the world,” Elijah Brown, executive vice......
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BY SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORK JUNE 04, 2016 The Nigerian government has released statement declaring the total amount of cash recovered from looters of the federal treasury since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. A statement issued by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, however, did not reveal the names of persons from whom the recoveries were made. Below is the full statement of the minister showing a breakdown of the recoveries of assets made so far: The Federal Government made cash recoveries totaling N78, 325,354,631.82 (Seventy-eight billion, three hundred and twenty-five million,......
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