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A girl snorkels in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Greece in this undated photo. In a message for the Sept. 27 celebration of World Tourism Day, Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said tourism cannot be seen as being part of "sustainable development" unless it includes respect for workers' rights, the local culture and the environment. (CNS photo/George Tzanakis, handout via EPA)

Tourism should benefit both travelers and local communities, Vatican says

Posted by - August 4, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While tourism can broaden travelers’ horizons and improve local economies, it cannot be seen as being part of “sustainable development” unless it includes respect for workers’…
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Dutch police search a Spanish truck at the border after nine immigrants were rescued from the freezer of the vehicle in early February in Hazeldonk, Netherlands. The truck driver was arrested as a suspect of human trafficking. (CNS photo/Marcel van Dorst - MaRicMedia, EPA)

Pope leads prayers for victims of ‘perverse plague’ of trafficking

Posted by - August 4, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Human trafficking is “brutal, savage and criminal,” Pope Francis said, but often it seems like people see it as a sad, but normal fact of life.…
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Leonard DiVittorio of the New York borough of Queens poses for a photo July 23 outside the Basilica of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec. DiVittorio has been organizing the Ahearn Memorial Pilgrimage to the basilica. (CNS photo/Philippe Vaillancourt, Presence)

Americans end pilgrimage to Canadian shrine after 95 years

Posted by - August 4, 2017
STE.-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec (CNS) — Leonardo DiVittorio approached the statue of St. Anne. As part of the opening ceremony of the feast of the grandmother of Jesus July 25, he laid…
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The solar eclipse of Aug. 21 is the first to cross the United States from coast to coast in 99 years. About 12.2 million people live in the path of totality and millions more are expected to travel into it to view the rare event. (CNS/Nancy Wiechec)

Upcoming eclipse a sign of end times? Hardly so, Wisconsin priest says

Posted by - August 4, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The word from some quarters is that the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse is a harbinger of the end times, but one Wisconsin priest hardly thinks so.…
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