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Europe Struggles
to Find Solution
to Increasing
Migrant Crisis
RHODES, Greece (CNS) -- Migrants
pay thousands of dollars to human
traffickers in countries like Turkey
and Libya to ferry them to what they
hope are the greener pastures of Europe. The growing crises in places
like Libya allow traffickers to work
almost unobstructed. As the warmer
weather once again brings on the start
of the smuggling season, Europe is
still struggling to come up with a humane response that will not be seen as
encouraging the phenomenon. Mare
Nostrum, a yearlong Italian naval operation in the southern Mediterranean,
which, according to European Council
on Refugees and Exiles, saved more
than 140,000 people, was canceled in
2014 partially because of budgetary
constraints but also because of strong
domestic opposition to the operation,
which some believe could be encouraging more migration. It was replaced
last November by a smaller EU mission,
May 26, 2015
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U.S. Trappist Monks say Beer Brewing
Enhances American Monastic Life
An Afghan refugee stands behind a fence at the
yard of an abandoned hotel on the island of Kos,
near the sea border with Turkey and Greece, May
6. (CNS photo/Yannis Kolesdis, EPA)
both monetarily and mandate-wise,
apparently resulting in a more deadly
journey for the refugees. The International Organization for Migration put
the death count for refugees at sea from
January through early May at 1,829
people, compared to 207 at the same
time last year. Last year, 3,300 migrants
died trying to enter Europe by sea, according to the organization’s statistics.
SPENCER, Mass. (CNS) -- The
whoosh of the beer tap opening, the
gentle glug of the golden brew pouring into the goblet and the sizzle of the
foaming mousse are joyous sounds to
Trappist Brother Jonah Pociadlo’s ears
as he prepares to savor the signature ale
created in his monastery’s brewery. The
monk -- swathed in his trademark black
and white habit -- then holds the glass
above his head, squints to examine the
bubbling liquid inside, before drawing it
to his nose to savor the aroma radiating
from the tumbler, which is ornamented
with the name of the brew, Spencer
Trappist Ale. “It’s got a wonderful smell
to it,” said Brother Jonah, as his eyes
gently close and his satisfied grin grows
wider. “I hesitate to describe it, because
it’s something I think is pretty subjective. But I can almost taste it without it
even touching my lips.” He then joins
his fellow beer-brewing monks and lay
workers to taste the ale at the Spencer
Brewery, which officially began operations a little more than a year ago on
the grounds of St. Joseph’s Abbey in
the tiny hamlet of Spencer, home to 57
Trappist Father Isaac Keeley takes a whiff of
Spencer Trappist Ale during an April 29 taste
testing at the new state-of-the-art brewery on
the grounds of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer,
Mass. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)
monks who are Cistercians of the Strict
Observance, more commonly known as
Trappists. Though Trappist Monastery
brew houses have existed in Europe for
at least 300 years, this community of
monks opened the first Trappist brewery in the United States.
Catholic Archbishop Teaches the Quran
to Christians, Muslims alike
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio
(CNS) -- There’s a book that Archbishop
Michael L. Fitzgerald believes can
inspire Christians to appreciate the
God of all creation. And it’s not just
the Bible.
Archbishop Fitzgerald, who retired
at the end of 2012 as the papal nuncio
to Egypt, said the Quran, with all of
its na