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Rome, Italy, Jan 26, 2017 / 05:19 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The secretary general of the Italian bishops conference on Thursday said that torture can never be a response to terrorism, shortly after United States president Donald Trump condoned the idea.“I realize that any response in this case seems banal; that is, torture annuls the negative, very negative impact of terrorism,” Bishop Nunzio Galantino, Bishop Emeritus of Cassano all'Jonio, told reporters Jan. 26.“I don’t think terrorism is overcome with another form of terrorism, because in the end torture becomes this.”Bishop Galantino was speaking to journalists in Rome at the conclusion of the Italian bishops' permanent council meeting.“Above all … I don’t know with what criteria one can decide with certainty that this person is a terrorist,” he commented. “It doesn’t seem like problems can be solved with torture.”The bishop was responding to a question ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man charged with protecting America's borders was ousted Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump announced ambitious plans to build a massive wall at the Mexican border and bolster the ranks of the Border Patrol....
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The Latest on the scheduled execution of Texas inmate Terry Edwards (all times local):...
DALLAS (AP) -- Bodycam video from a white Fort Worth police officer who was suspended for wrestling a black woman and her daughter to the ground appears to show the officer using his foot to push the 15-year-old girl into a police car....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- President Donald Trump's plan to erect a wall along the Mexican border overlooks a key change in how people enter the U.S. illegally: Many of them make no attempt to jump a fence or evade authorities; they simply turn themselves in and ask for asylum....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Determined to wall off America's border with Mexico, President Donald Trump triggered a diplomatic clash and a fresh fight over trade Thursday as the White House proposed a 20 percent tax on imports from the key U.S. ally and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto abruptly scrapped next week's trip to Washington....
Washington D.C., Jan 26, 2017 / 10:13 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Weeks of speculation were confirmed on Thursday, when the White House verified that Vice President Mike Pence will speak at the national March for Life on Jan. 27.According to the New York Times, a senior White House official confirmed the news the day before the march, which is generally held close to the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that mandated legal abortion nationwide.The presence of a sitting vice president is a major boost for the annual pro-life march, which regularly sees hundreds of thousands of attendees from across the country, but generally receives minimal coverage in major media outlets.Other speakers at this year’s rally and march include Kellyanne Conway, senior counselor to President Donald Trump; Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York; Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson; and former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson.Pence, who formerly served as governor of...
Vatican City, Jan 26, 2017 / 10:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis sent a letter to Chile voicing his nearness to everyone suffering from the devastating effects of more than 100 wildfires, which have ravaged areas of the country for over a week now.The letter, sent on behalf of the Holy Father by Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to the president of the Chile bishops' conference, conveys Francis' condolences for the deceased and their families in “this beloved country.”Pope Francis “offers condolences for the eternal rest of the deceased,” the Jan. 23 letter states, asking Bishop Santiago Silva Retamales “to transmit to the families of the victims his heartfelt condolence and express his spiritual closeness to the wounded and to those who suffer the consequences of this catastrophe.”The government of Chile has declared a state of emergency as they fight blazes which have destroyed homes, farmland, and livestock in the central ...
Paris, France, Jan 26, 2017 / 11:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Fr. Jacques Hamel – the French priest who was brutally killed by ISIS terrorists last year – has been honored by the Ermont district north of Paris with a town square named after him.The dedication took place Jan. 22, with all the area religious communities and the family of the priest in attendance.Ermont mayor Hugues Portelli told Le Parisien that the square was previously unnamed, and is located in front of the John Paul II parish center, which is used to host Catholic and ecumenical gatherings. Portelli said that the decision to name this square in honor of Fr. Hamel was put to a vote two months a go and the result was “unanimous” – all in favor.Fr. Hamel was killed July 26, 2016 while celebrating Mass after two armed gunmen stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy. The assailants entered the church and took the priest and four others hostage. Local law enforcement reporte...
Katiola, Ivory Coast, Jan 26, 2017 / 02:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After two weeks of mutinies over pay by Ivory Coast's army and paramilitary, the nation's bishops are calling for open dialogue on unemployment, working conditions, and the cost of living.“Feelings of frustration and revolt still harbor in the hearts of so many Ivorians,” the Ivory Coast bishops' conference said in a Jan. 23 statement at the conclusion of their plenary assembly in Katiola.“Several fighters and military involved in the successive crises that have shaken our country are not serene, and fear for their future.”Unrest in Ivory Coast began Jan. 6, when mutinying soldiers took control of the city of Bouake, demanding $8,000 and a house each. A similar pay rebellion had begun in Bouake in 2014.The mutiny spread to cities across the country, and the following day President Alassane Ouattara announced he had “agreed to take into account the demands of the soldiers over bo...
