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TOKYO (AP) -- The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant switched on a giant refrigeration system on Thursday to create an unprecedented underground ice wall around its damaged reactors. Radioactive water has been flowing from the reactors, and other methods have failed to fully control it. The decontamination and decommissioning of the plant, damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, hinge of the success of the wall....
KOLKATA, India (AP) -- A long section of an overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood and sent tons of concrete and steel slamming onto midday traffic, killing at least 21 people and leaving scores of others injured, police said....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Thunderstorms rumbled across parts of the South on Thursday, bringing the threat of possible tornadoes, a day after at least seven people were injured when severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma....
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- In a rare courtroom victory for a Serb defendant, a U.N. war crimes tribunal on Thursday acquitted ultranationalist politician Vojislav Seselj of atrocities and pronounced him a free man. The decision inflamed simmering tensions in the Balkans, sparking joy in Serbia and horror and deep anger in Bosnia and Croatia....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- In a story March 30 about the 2016 race for president, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Kristi Noem is a congresswoman from North Dakota. She is from South Dakota....
(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition edition of There's More in the Gospel than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Second Sunday of Easter, Feast of Divine Mercy. Listen: Gospel Jn 20: 19-31On the evening of that first day of the week,when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,for fear of the Jews,Jesus came and stood in their midstand said to them, “Peace be with you.”When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,“Receive the Holy Spirit.Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,and whose sins you retain are retained.&rd...
(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition edition of There's More in the Gospel than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Second Sunday of Easter, Feast of Divine Mercy. Listen:
Gospel Jn 20: 19-31
On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.”
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
and put my finger into the nailmarks
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
Now a week later his disciples were again inside
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples
that are not written in this book.
But these are written that you may come to believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that through this belief you may have life in his name.
(Vatican Radio) Poland's foreign minister says the government stands by its pledge to take in 7,000 refugees under "strict conditions" after previously suggesting that Poland would walk away from the deal with the European Union following last week's terror attacks in Brussels which killed dozens of people.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: The announcement came amid growing frustration among rights activists and refugees stranded near the border with Macedonia as several countries have closed their borders and announced new measures to halt the influx of people fleeing war and poverty.Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has told Polish television that his country will be ready to "review the applications" of refugees. However he warned that his country would only accept people whose identities are confirmed, who are found to pose no security threat and who are willing to come to Poland. He expressed doubt as to whether 7,000 such ref...
(Vatican Radio) Poland's foreign minister says the government stands by its pledge to take in 7,000 refugees under "strict conditions" after previously suggesting that Poland would walk away from the deal with the European Union following last week's terror attacks in Brussels which killed dozens of people.
Listen to Stefan Bos' report:
The announcement came amid growing frustration among rights activists and refugees stranded near the border with Macedonia as several countries have closed their borders and announced new measures to halt the influx of people fleeing war and poverty.
Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has told Polish television that his country will be ready to "review the applications" of refugees. However he warned that his country would only accept people whose identities are confirmed, who are found to pose no security threat and who are willing to come to Poland. He expressed doubt as to whether 7,000 such refugees could be found. Yet his comments suggested that Poland's recently right wing government would keep the door a little bit open for potential refugees.
Following the attacks in Brussels, which is the capital of both Belgium and the EU, Polish Prime Minster Beata Szydlo said she saw "no possibility" of accepting any migrants. Her words were seen as walking away from Poland's pledge to the EU to take in 7,000 refugees. Poland isn't alone in tightening rules; Austria plans to place further limits on who qualifies for safe haven.
Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says that under the new rules, asylum applications will be accepted only from people Austria is compelled to take in, for instance persons who face threats to safety in a neighboring country through which he or she transited.
NEW LIMITS
Austria has set a limit of 37,500 asylum applications for the year, after receiving nearly 90,000 in 2015. Officials say 14,000 were submitted as of the end of March. Besides Austria several countries along the traditional Balkan route towards the West have closed their borders.
And the government in Hungary, which already erected razor wire fences along its frontiers with Serbia and Croatia, says the army is being prepared to send more than 6,000 troops to the borders if in its words the migrant situation so requires.
The developments have added to frustration among thousands of refugees stranded in Greece, for instance near the closed border of Macedonia and in other areas. A refugee from Afghanistan told reporters that he has not given up dreams to start a better life in the West. “We want nothing from the Greek government. They themselves are in trouble, the Greek economy right now,” he said. "We’re asking the world, the big countries, to open the borders for us. We’re not here for money. We’re here for a safe place. We want a peaceful land on the planet.”
He was among hundreds of refugees, human rights activists and students who took to the streets of Athens chanting “open the borders.” Their show of anger on Wednesday came shortly before Turkey was to start taking in those people deemed to be "illegal migrants" from Greece under a controversial deal with the European Union.
(Vatican Radio) As the world continues to reel from terrorist attacks in Brussels, Paris, Africa and the Indian sub-continent, world leaders from 56 countries gather in Washington, USA, to deal with the frightening possibility that such terrorists will obtain a nuclear device. This comes as US officials ahve confirmed that nuclear power installations in Belgium were spied upon by operatives associated with those who executed the Brussels attacks.Listen to Priscilla Huff's report: US Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said that terrorist organizations are trying to obtain the raw materials for a nuclear device. “We know that terrorist organizations have the desire to get access to these raw materials,” he said, “and to have a nuclear device.”Sharon Squassoni, who is with the Centers for Strategic and International Studies, says these revelations, together with the fact that one of Belgium’s nuclear plants was sabotaged several years ago, m...
(Vatican Radio) As the world continues to reel from terrorist attacks in Brussels, Paris, Africa and the Indian sub-continent, world leaders from 56 countries gather in Washington, USA, to deal with the frightening possibility that such terrorists will obtain a nuclear device. This comes as US officials ahve confirmed that nuclear power installations in Belgium were spied upon by operatives associated with those who executed the Brussels attacks.
Listen to Priscilla Huff's report:
US Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said that terrorist organizations are trying to obtain the raw materials for a nuclear device. “We know that terrorist organizations have the desire to get access to these raw materials,” he said, “and to have a nuclear device.”
Sharon Squassoni, who is with the Centers for Strategic and International Studies, says these revelations, together with the fact that one of Belgium’s nuclear plants was sabotaged several years ago, means that everyone is paying attention to the threat now.
Add to this context the factor of North Korea's recent alleged test of a nuclear weapon, together with ballistic technology which may enable it to deliver a device to many of its neighbours. A priority for the summit is to deal with Asian leaders who fear further escalation and instability in their region.
One key global player in the nuclear safety debate, however, will not be present: Russia. President Vladimir Putin refused to attend what it suggested is US efforts to take control of the process. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also will not be attending to represent a country which many say does not have adequate measures in place to keep its nuclear weapons and facilities safe from terrorists. Sharif canceled his trip following an Easter bombing that killed 72 people.
According to nuclear security experts, there are four scenarios for a possible nuclear attack: theft of a fully functional nuclear device from a country such as Pakistan; using enriched uranium into a crude nuclear device delivered by truck or ship; bombing an existing nuclear facility in order to cause meltdown; or the most likely, using radioactive material from industrial and medical use in a ‘dirty bomb.’
The havoc caused by any of these possibilities in a major city is so serious that leaders have scheduled a special session during the two day summit in order to discuss such a hypothetical scenario and how to deal with it.
The Holy Father accepted the resignation of Msgr. Florentino F. Cinense, from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Tarlac (Philippines) in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law, and appointed Enrique V. Macaraeg, of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, the new Bishop of the said diocese. Currently Fr. Enrique was the parish priest of Saint Ildefonse parish, Malasiqui, Pangasinan. Msgr. Enrique V. Macaraeg was born in Manila on December 28, 1955. He completed his philosophical and theological studies at the 'University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary in Manila and achieved a Masters degree in Arts in Oriental Religions and Cultures.After he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan in May 1979, he served the diocese as the dean of seminarians at the San Pablo Seminary, Baguio City, resident priest at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Quezon City, Parish priest in Mangalda...
The Holy Father accepted the resignation of Msgr. Florentino F. Cinense, from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Tarlac (Philippines) in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law, and appointed Enrique V. Macaraeg, of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, the new Bishop of the said diocese.
Currently Fr. Enrique was the parish priest of Saint Ildefonse parish, Malasiqui, Pangasinan. Msgr. Enrique V. Macaraeg was born in Manila on December 28, 1955. He completed his philosophical and theological studies at the 'University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary in Manila and achieved a Masters degree in Arts in Oriental Religions and Cultures.
After he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan in May 1979, he served the diocese as the dean of seminarians at the San Pablo Seminary, Baguio City, resident priest at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Quezon City, Parish priest in Mangaldan, Pangasinan in Lingayen Pangasinan and Santa Barbara. He was the Director of Santo Tomas School, Mangaldan, a professor and then the dean of studies at the Philosophy Seminary in Dagupan City. He was also the Director at St. John Cathedral School in dagupan City, at the Catholic School of malasiqui and then at St. Charles Academy. Later he served as the Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies and Zonal Vicar of the Vicariate. Since 1998 he was the Director of the Archdiocesan Commission for the Clergy until in 2005 he was appointed the pastor of St. Ildephonse parish in Malasiqui, Pangasinan.
The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Wonju, Korea presented by Msgr. Jacobus Kim Ji-Seok, in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Msgr. Basil Cho Kyu-man, Bishop of Elefantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Seoul. Msgr. Basil Cho Kyu-man was born on June 8, 1955 in Dongnae, Busan. Educational CourseMar. 1968 Entered Songsin Middle School (Minor Seminary)Mar. 1971 Entered Songsin High School (Minor Seminary)Mar. 1974 Entered Catholic University in Seoul (Major Seminary)Feb. 1978 Graduated from Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University in SeoulAug. 1982 Graduated from Graduate School of the Catholic University in SeoulJun. 1986 Held a Master's Degree in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Urbanian UniversityApr. 1990 Held a Doctor's Degree in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Urbanian UniversitySep. 1990 - Jun. 1991 S...
The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Wonju, Korea presented by Msgr. Jacobus Kim Ji-Seok, in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Msgr. Basil Cho Kyu-man, Bishop of Elefantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Seoul.
Msgr. Basil Cho Kyu-man was born on June 8, 1955 in Dongnae, Busan.
Educational Course
Mar. 1968 Entered Songsin Middle School (Minor Seminary)
Mar. 1971 Entered Songsin High School (Minor Seminary)
Mar. 1974 Entered Catholic University in Seoul (Major Seminary)
Feb. 1978 Graduated from Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University in Seoul
Aug. 1982 Graduated from Graduate School of the Catholic University in Seoul
Jun. 1986 Held a Master's Degree in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Urbanian University
Apr. 1990 Held a Doctor's Degree in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Urbanian University
Sep. 1990 - Jun. 1991 Studied at the Institute of St. Anselm , UK
Biographical History
Aug. 26, 1982 Ordained to the Priesthood
Sep. 1982 - May 1984 Parochial Vicar of Yeonhui-dong Parish of Seoul
Sep. 1991 - Jan. 2006 Professor of the Catholic University of Korea
1995 Director of Student Affairs Office, Catholic University of Korea
1998 - Mar. 2004 Director of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of the Catholic University of Korea
Oct. 1998 - Dec. 2005 Secretary of the Committee for the Doctrine of the Faith of the CBCK
Mar. 1999 - 2006 Member of the Office of Theological Concerns of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)
Jun. 1999 - present Diocesan Censor of Seoul Archdiocese
Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2004 Member of Bioethics Committee under the Committee for the Doctrine of the Faith of the CBCK
Mar .2002 - Mar. 2004 Member of Episcopal Special Commission to Promote Beatification and Canonization of the CBCK
Feb. 9, 2004 - present Member of the International Theological Commission of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Mar . 18 ,2004 - Mar. 2006 Executive Secretary of the CBCK and Secretary General of the Catholic Conference of Korea
Jan. 3, 2006 Elected to the Titular See of Elefantaria di Proconsolare, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul
Jan. 25, 2006 Consecrated as Bishop
2006 - Feb. 2014 Episcopal Vicar for Western Seoul District of Seoul Archdiocese
2006 – Feb. 2014 Episcopal Vicar for Youth Ministry of Seoul Archdiocese
Oct. 2006 – present Bishop Member of the Office of Theological Concerns
of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)
Oct. 2006 - Mar. 10 2010 President of the Committee for Youth Ministry of the CBCK
Oct. 2006 - Mar. 10, 2010 Member of the Episcopal Commission for Mission and
Pastoral Care of the CBCK
Oct. 2007 – Feb. 2014 Member of the Episcopal Commission for Clergy &
Religious of the CBCK
Mar. 10 2010 - present President of the Committee for the Doctrine of the Faith of the CBCK
Mar. 10 2010 - present Member of the Episcopal Commission for Doctrine of
the CBCK
Feb. 4, 2014 – present Vicar General of Seoul Archdiocese
Awards
- Received the 9th Catholic Academic Awards, from The Catholic Times of Korea
