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CHICAGO (AP) -- A blogger from Singapore who was jailed for his online posts blasting his government was granted asylum to remain in the United States, an immigration judge ruled....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the failure of Republican health care legislation, President Donald Trump's campaign promise to replace so-called Obamacare "immediately" has been broken....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump thought he had a deal....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans passed roughly 60 bills over the past six years dismembering President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Other than minor tweaks, they knew the measures would go nowhere because the Democrat still lived in the White House....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Once again, "Obamacare" has survived a near-death experience. It won't be the end of the political debate, but House Speaker Paul Ryan acknowledges, "We're going to be living with 'Obamacare' for the foreseeable future."...
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Vatican City, Mar 24, 2017 / 03:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a significant show of unity, officials from every Vatican department – including at least half a dozen cardinals who head various dicasteries – attended a recent Rome seminar on safeguarding minors.“I actually come from a dicastery that takes up the issue of human rights and justice,” said Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. As head of an office that deals with human rights, awareness of what’s going on in the realm of abuse prevention is “very crucial,” he told CNA, stressing that “it’s so very important that we try to be on the same page with this commission and what they do.”Every department of the Roman Curia was represented in some way at the March 23 seminar, an indication of its importance in the eyes of Vatican officials.It is rare for the cardinals who head dicasteries to attend events outside of those hoste...
By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Sister CarolKeehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic HealthAssociation, doesn't mince words when it comes to the American Health Care Act, which was short of votes and withdrawn by House Republicans late March 24.Two days before the GOPlegislation was set for an initial vote in Congress and then delayed due tolast-minute wrangling and efforts to gain support, she described the bill asa disgrace, a pro-life disaster, a huge step back, catastrophic for Catholicsocial teaching and something that would do incredible damage.The woman religious, who headsan organization of more than 600 hospitals and 1,400 long-term care and otherhealth facilities in the United States, has a vested interest in the nation'shealth care and she also knows the ins and outs of health care legislation fromworking behind the scenes "forever" -- as she describes it -- on theAffordable Care Act.At the time that the ACA wasbeing drafted, some Ca...
