Every time Nathalie Piraino returns home to Rwanda, she sees a country advancing economically and politically and where the development of people, especially women, is foremost.She also has found that memories from her homeland's genocide 20 years ago remain vivid, not forgotten.Searing memories
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Pope to Celebrate Holy Thursday Mass at Center for Elderly, Disabled
Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at a Rome rehabilitation facility for the elderly and people with disabilities.He will preside over the Holy Thursday evening Mass and foot-washing ritual at the Father Carlo Gnocchi Foundation's Our Lady of Providence C
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Lessons from Rwanda: Diplomacy, peacebuilding head off violence before mass atrocities
Healing and reconciliation continue 20 years after Rwanda's 100 days of genocide, making the central African nation a strong example for troubled states to emulate, international observers said.Hutus and Tutsis, the country's primary social groups, now work alongside each other to rebuild a
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More Reforms for Scandal-plagued Vatican Bank
Pope Francis has approved a new direction for the scandal-ridden Vatican bank as it seeks to improve transparency and compliance with international guidelines, the Vatican said on April 7.The bank, known as the Institute for Religious Works, was founded in 1942 to manage funds for Roman Catholic ins
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Crimea: After the Annexation: Ukrainian church using all means to remain legal
Ukrainian Catholic bishop warned his church could lose its legal status.
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Lebanon Overwhelmed by Syria Crisis: Hosts more than 1 million refugees
The number of refugees fleeing from Syria into neighboring Lebanon passed the 1 million mark on April 3, according to U.N. officials, a bleak milestone exacerbated by rapidly depleting social resources and a host community stretched to the breaking point. Just over three years after Syria’s co
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Sex Abuse Investigator to Visit Edinburgh Archdiocese : Vatican sends bishop to review misconduct allegations
More than a year after Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien admitted to sexual misconduct amid allegations by three priests and a former priest, the Vatican Congregation for Bishops is sending an investigator to the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh to collect testimony.A statement distributed
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In Another First, Laywoman to Head Le Moyne: Linda LeMura is first laywoman to head Jesuit college
Linda LeMura, newly named president of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, is the first laywoman to be appointed president of a Jesuit college or university. The college, founded in 1946, is used to some firsts. It also was the first Jesuit school of higher education to open as a coeducational institution
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No mandatory Reporting in Italian Abuse Norms: Bishops urge ‘cooperation’ with civil authorities
The Italian bishops' conference encouraged its members to cooperate with civil authorities in cases of clerical sexual abuse, but said the bishops have no legal obligation to report abuse allegations to the police or other civil authorities.In addition, the new Italian church norms say the bisho
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Bishop Pates: Make a ‘Clear Stance Against Torture’ : He urges release of Senate’s report on CIA interrogations
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace said he welcomed the possible release of a Senate intelligence committee report that says the CIA used torture techniques in interrogating some terror suspects after 9/11."It is time for the United States to take