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7 inmates dead, 17 injured in South Carolina prison fighting
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Seven inmates have been killed and at least 17 others seriously injured amid fighting between prisoners inside a maximum security prison in South Carolina....
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jorge Silva, ReutersBy VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis led thousands of peoplein St. Peter's Square in prayers for the success of the inter-Korean summit,scheduled for April 27.SouthKorean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, are scheduled tomeet in Panmunjom, avillage in the demilitarized zone that has separated the North and South sincethe Korean War ended in 1953."The encounter will be an opportune occasion to begin atransparent dialogue and a concrete process of reconciliation and rediscoveredfraternity to bring peace to the Korean peninsula and to the whole world,"Pope Francis told pilgrims at his weekly general audience April 25."To the Korean people, who ardently desire peace,"the pope said, "I offer assurances of my personal prayers and thecloseness of the entire church."Pope Francis explained to the pilgrims in the square thatthe Holy See "accompanies, supports and encourages every useful andsincere initiative" to build peace and ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPABy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Restorative justice should be advocated as a key element in criminaljustice reform, according to participants at an April 25 conference in Washingtonsponsored by the Catholic Mobilizing Network, which champions restorativejustice as well as an end to the death penalty.Justlooking at the numbers, recidivism rates for adults are between 65 and 70percent, according to Tim Wolfe, a sociology and criminal justice professor atMount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland."Dependingon the nature of the restorative justice program, this can be cut in half, andcan be even lower," Wolfe said.He quotedJesuit Father Greg Boyle, who runs Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles for formergang members. Father Boyle had said, "A job may keep a kid from going back toprison, but a heal -- he'll never go back to prison again." Wolfe said thepriest was alluding to the pain many in prison or facing jail time have feltsince childhood ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Funeral arrangements have been set for three of the four fatal victims of the Waffle House shooting rampage, their deaths mourned as donations poured in Thursday for victims of last weekend's attack....
