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IMAGE: CNS photo/David AgrenBy David AgrenFRONTERA COMALAPA, Mexico (CNS)-- In the early 1980s, parishioners at the Santo Nino de Atocha parish in thistown on the Mexico-Guatemala border opened their church and homes to refugees fleeingcivil war in Guatemala. Three decades later, they're preparing for anotherinflux of asylum seekers -- this time from countries farther south as CentralAmericans seek safety from the gang violence gripping El Salvador and Honduras."The parish has always beena welcoming place for migrants," said Sister Maria del Carmen Diaz, a nunworking in the parish. "People here don't have much money. But they offerwhat they can and, what little they have, they share. There's a sense ofsolidarity."The parish opened the St.Raphael shelter for migrants in 2011, but it went unused as Central Americans,fresh from crossing the border, tended to move on quickly and head north towardthe U.S. border. But the shelter was recently expanded -- in cooperation with theJesuit Migr...
By Simon CaldwellMANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- TheCatholic Church has predicted that British pharmacists could be forced todispense lethal drugs under plans to prohibit conscientious objection on thegrounds of religion.Proposals by the GeneralPharmaceutical Council, the regulatory body that sets professional standardsfor the industry throughout Britain, were criticized by the Bishops'Conference of England and Wales and the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, a Catholicinstitute serving the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The pharmaceutical councilannounced in December that it wished to change "the expectations ofpharmacy professionals when their religion, personal values or beliefs might ...impact on their ability to provide services, and shift the balance in favor ofthe needs and rights of the person in their care." It intends to order pharmaciststo "take responsibility for ensuring that person-centered care is notcompromised because of personal values and beliefs.""We unde...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Calling health care "a vital concern for nearly every person in the country," the U.S. Catholic bishops said March 8 they will be reviewing closely a measure introduced in the House March 6 to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act."Discussions on health care reform have reached a level of intensity which is making open and fruitful dialogue difficult, even while most people recognize that improvements to the health care system are needed to ensure a life-giving and sustainable model for both the present and future," said a letter to House members signed by the chairmen of four U.S. bishops' committees."Given the magnitude and importance of the task before us, we call for a new spirit of cooperation for the sake of the common good," they wrote.The letter was signed by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman, Hoc Committee ...
Scarlett Johansson's husband was "shocked" by the star's divorce filing and sees the move as a "pre-emptive strike" in a battle over custody of the couple's toddler daughter, his lawyer said....
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Police in New Hampshire say a woman in labor demanded to be injected with heroin and methamphetamine before 911 could be called....
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Republican governors complain that a GOP proposal to replace former President Barack Obama's health care law would force millions of lower-income earners off insurance rolls or stick states with the cost of keeping them covered....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- American women are staying home from work, zipping up their wallets, wearing red and attending rallies across the country to show their economic strength and impact on society as part of International Women's Day celebrations happening across the globe Wednesday....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Gunmen wearing white lab coats stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Paul Ryan staunchly defended the House Republican health care plan Wednesday as the only alternative to the current Obama-era law, as he confronted forceful opposition from conservatives, medical professionals and others....
(Vatican Radio) Bringing the voices of Catholic women leaders from around the world to the heart of the Vatican is the goal of an event taking place on Wednesday to mark international women’s day.The annual ‘Voices of Faith’ event is jointly organised this year by the Fidel Gotz Foundation and by Jesuit Refugee Services, focusing on women working for justice and peacemaking in countries across the globe.Flavia Agnes is one of those who has been on the front line of this struggle in her native India. She’s a lawyer and co-founder of the Majlis Legal Centre in Mumbai for marginalized women and children. A survivor of domestic violence herself, Flavia has campaigned tirelessly to bring women’s rights to the forefront of her country’s legal system.She told Philippa Hitchen about the work of her Centre, saying that while women to continue to suffer from the invisible scourges of domestic and sexual violence, her country has seen much progress for wom...
