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IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Development projects involvingindigenous communities must be planned in consultation with them and mustrespect their traditional relationship to the land, Pope Francis said.Having the "prior and informed consent" of thenative communities who could be impacted by development projects is essentialfor "peaceful cooperation between governing authorities and indigenouspeoples, overcoming confrontation and conflict," the pope said Feb. 15during a meeting with about three dozen representative of indigenouscommunities.The representatives from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, LatinAmerica and the Caribbean were in Rome for continuing discussions with theU.N.-related International Fundfor Agricultural Development. Their talks aim at ensuring developmentprojects impacting native communities are carried out in consultation with themand that they respect their land, cultures and traditions."I believe that the central issue...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When updating the Catholic Church'smedical and bioethical charter, experts decided it wasn't enough to aim theguidelines at health care professionals.The entire "ecosystem" encompassing medicalworkers, patients, the sick and vulnerable had to be addressed, said the headof the drafting committee.Everything in the system -- laws, social policies,economic situations, war, injustice, drug and insurance companies, social andfamily networks and the environment -- can have an impact on people's right tolife and access to basic healthcare, said Camillian Father Augusto Chendi,undersecretary delegate of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral HumanDevelopment.The "New Charter for Health Care Workers,"released in Italian in early February, was meant to update the charterpublished by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry in 1994. FatherChendi -- an expert in moral theology and bioethics -- spent years as ahospital chaplain, then worked at the Congreg...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A blunt and combative Republican who sneers at political correctness. Insurgent candidates striking populist notes. Establishment figures on the defensive. A former TV star with political ambitions....
MOSCOW (AP) -- As questions over the Trump administration's contacts with Russia roil U.S. politics, the Kremlin is taking a decidedly measured approach, carefully weighing what it says to avoid jeopardizing a chance for better relations between Moscow and Washington....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Trump administration appears to be easing away from longstanding U.S. support for Palestinian statehood as the preferred outcome of Middle East peace efforts, which may please some allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. But the alternatives are few, and each comes with daunting and combustible complications, including for Israel itself....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm. The measure now goes to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just six days into his presidency, Donald Trump was informed his national security adviser had misled his vice president about contacts with Russia. Trump kept his No. 2 in the dark and waited nearly three weeks before ousting the aide, Michael Flynn, citing a slow but steady erosion of trust, White House officials said....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday issued a sharp ultimatum to NATO Wednesday, telling allies they must start increasing defense spending by year's end or the Trump administration will "moderate its commitment" to them....
(Vatican Radio) A newly published book dedicated to Chapter 8 of Pope Francis’s Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” was presented on Tuesday in the Vatican.Written by Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, the 30-page booklet, is published by LEV, the Vatican publishing house.Presenting the book, Father Maurizio Gronchi, theologian, professor at Rome’s Pontifical Urbaniana University and consultant at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and veteran journalist Orazio La Rocca, expert in Vatican affairs.Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: La Rocca explained the publication aims to provide clear and simple guidelines for all readers who are interested in better understanding the Apostolic Exhortation’s chapter dedicated to the Church’s ministry of those who find themselves living outside the traditional boundaries of marriage.“I had asked myself whether the ...
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