Nepal reels from scope of earthquake loss | Baltimore seeks to rebound | Indonesian executions cause international outcry | Pope Francis front and center on climate change
This Sunday’s responsorial psalm proclaims that “our God is Lord of the living and the dead.” The number of the dead as a result of the deadly earthquake in the Himalayan nation of Nepal last weekend has crossed 5,000, a home ministry official said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sushil Koirala feared that the death toll . . .
The reading from Acts of the Apostles this Sunday gives us the good news that “the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. . . . It was being built up.” After a night of violence Monday after the funeral of a black man who died under unexplained circumstances while in police custody, the city of Baltimore became more peaceful . . .
To the Lord “my soul shall live” proclaims the psalmist this Sunday. Despite months of desperate legal and diplomatic appeals to let them live, eight convicted drug traffickers—citizens of Australia, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil, and Indonesia—were executed by the Indonesian government Wednesday morning. . . .
The message of this Sunday’s gospel of the vine and the branches is that discipleship is defined by actions and not by words alone. Pope Francis is urging the world not just to discuss but to act on climate change, and this week the Vatican and the United Nations teamed up to warn the world of the alarming situation . . .
Poor nutrition contributes to more than one out of two deaths (53 percent) associated with infectious diseases among children under five years of age in the least developed countries.