The latest development in the worst Ebola crisis since the 2014-16 outbreak in West Africa has turned fears into reality.World Health Organization officials have feared Ebola's arrival in Goma for months. That’s because the city is home to a highly mobile population of more than 1 million,
The Gilroy Garlic Food Festival was winding down on Sunday afternoon when a 19 year-old man began shooting at random with a semi-automatic rifle. Three people died, including a 6-year old boy and a 13-year old girl. At least another 12 were injured. Police killed the shooter within minutes of him op
As up to 150 migrants are feared to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, Pope Francis made an appeal to the international community Sunday to act decisively to ensure the safety and dignity of migrants.“I learned with pain the news of the dramatic shipwreck that occurred
"As a boy I felt the goal of my life was to become a priest”. This is how the conversation with Victor Pogrebnii begins. He did become a priest: he was ordained seven years ago, in Kyiv (Ukraine), on 7 January 2012. By that time, he was already 66 years old and a grandfather, and had spent mos
Scalabrinian Missionaries in Brazil say the murder of an indigenous leader in the Amazon shines the light on a “truly alarming” situation that allows for the destruction of an extraordinary habitat for economic gain.Emrya Wajãpi, leader of the indigenous Wajãpi people, was kill
At 5pm on Friday, August 2, the first visitors will be welcomed into the Alpine home where Albino Luciani grew up.The village where he was born, in the magnificent Dolomite Mountains, 976 meters above sea level, is called Canale d’Agordo. It was once an economic hub for the entire Bioi
The Vatican reported Sunday that bones discovered in previously hidden ossuaries pre-date the 20th century – and therefore cannot be the remains of a Vatican teen who went missing in the 1980s.Hundreds of partially intact bones and thousands of bone fragments were studied by a forensic ant
In Nigeria, a ban on a Shiite Muslim group came after a court ruled the government could classify it as a "terrorist organization." Cardinal Onaiyekan of Abuja decries the move saying it sets a dangerous precedent for all religious minorities.This week marks 10 years since the start of t
The Bishop of Galway, Brendan Kelly, has strongly condemned an act of vandalism perpetrated against a mosque on the outskirts of the city of Galway.It was the second attack on the Masjid Maryam mosque in two years: in June 2017, a stone was thrown through a window while the faithful were gat
Pope Francis contributes the preface to a new book on human trafficking, entitled "Women crucified. The shame of human trafficking as told from the street".The original title of the book in Italian is “Donne crocifisse. La vergogna della tratta raccontata dalla strada”, by Fr Aldo Buonai