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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general in the Trump administration despite fierce Democratic opposition to the Alabama Republican over his record on civil rights and immigration....
There's much discussion and frankly, uncivil discourse among....
Augusta, Maine, Feb 8, 2017 / 04:28 pm (CNA).- A former priest previously convicted of sex abuse of an altar boy was indicted on 29 counts of sexual misconduct involving two other boys during his time as a priest based in the Archdiocese of Boston.Ronald H. Paquin on Feb. 7 was charged in York County, Maine for allegedly abusing two boys in Kennebunkport, Maine between 1985 and 1989. Thirteen of the charges involve a child who was under the age of 14, the Boston Globe reports.“When I found out he was released, I thought it was an outrage,” Keith Townsend, 42, told the Boston Globe. “This guy has so many victims.”Townsend, who said he is one of the victims involved in the indictment, said the abuse began when he was 8 or 9. It allegedly took place both in Massachusetts and at a camp in Kennebunkport. He said he has struggled as an adult with substance abuse and attempted suicide.He hopes additional victims will come forward.The former priest, who was laicized ...
London, England, Feb 8, 2017 / 04:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When the fetal ultrasound gained popularity in the 1970s, it was hailed as a “window to the womb.” But now, new technology could offer a much more in-depth view of babies before birth.Courtesy of a new multimillion dollar project based out of London, some parents are able to see clear scans of every movement and organ of their babies in the womb starting as early as 20 weeks, using advanced MRI technology.“There is nothing quite as emotional as seeing your unborn child moving inside you, and these MRI scans are taking images to the next level,” stated Cathy Ranson, the editor of ChannelMum.com, a website that is distributing videos of the MRI scans.“They are truly breathtaking,” Ranson continued.Traditionally, ultrasounds are used during pregnancy to check in on growing babies in the womb using high frequency sound waves. Although useful, ultrasounds usually produce limited visual scopes of...
Manila, Philippines, Feb 8, 2017 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Though the Philippines president has professed a willingness to go “to hell” to win his deadly war on drugs, the country’s bishops have said Catholics must speak out against its evils.“This traffic in illegal drugs needs to be stopped and overcome. But the solution does not lie in the killing of suspected drug users and pushers,” they said.“The life of every person comes from God. It is he who gives it, and it is he alone who can take it back. Not even the government has a right to kill life because it is only God's steward and not the owner of life.”Silence in the face of evil means becoming an accomplice to it, they warned.“If we neglect the drug addicts and pushers we have become part of the drug problem, if we consent or allow the killing of suspected drug addicts, we shall also be responsible for their deaths.”The pastoral letter, dated Jan. 30, bears the sign...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Stringer, EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- No country is immune to thetrafficking of organs, which has become a global problem that demands aconcerted and cooperative response, said a number of speakers at a Vaticansummit.To encourage nations to create, tighten or implementlegal and ethical best practices for organ donation, the Pontifical Academy ofSciences brought together government ministers, judges, law enforcementpersonnel, medical professionals, human rights activists and journalists Feb. 7-8.While much media attention focused on the Vaticaninviting officials from China, which has been criticized by human rights groupsfor harvesting organs from executed prisoners, the Vatican also invitedrepresentatives from more than 50 nations, especially those plagued by organtrafficking, including Mexico, India, Pakistan and Iran -- where the sale ofhuman organs is legal.The point of inviting countries struggling with orcondoning the organ trade was to give them th...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Dwight Powell lost his Lexus to the massive tornado that injured 33 people and destroyed or seriously damaged 940 properties on a half-mile wide rampage through two miles of east New Orleans....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Where the White House saw a father standing up for his daughter, an ethics expert saw an implicit threat....
SEATTLE (AP) -- A federal appeals court is considering whether to reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban, but another aspect of his executive order is still in effect - a review of visa procedures to ensure they are strict enough....
PHOENIX (AP) -- A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday on charges that he provided support to the Islamic State group by helping two followers with an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas that resulted in a deadly shootout with police....
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