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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Police have received reports that two of the Burundi teenagers gone missing after an international robotics competition were seen crossing the border into Canada....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's persistent overtures toward Russia are placing him increasingly at odds with his national security and foreign policy advisers, who have long urged a more cautious approach to dealing with the foreign adversary....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spurred Republican senators Thursday to resolve internal disputes that have pushed their marquee health care bill to the brink of oblivion. Yet the GOP's reeling effort to dismantle much of President Barack Obama's health care law may face even longer odds because of Sen. John McCain's jarring diagnosis of brain cancer....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Battling brain cancer, Sen. John McCain on Thursday promised to return to work, making a good-natured dig at his Republican and Democratic colleagues who were jolted by news of the six-term lawmaker's diagnosis....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he has no immediate plans to resign after President Donald Trump excoriated the nation's top prosecutor for recusing himself from the probe of suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. political campaign....
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva, has addressed a UN panel on the vulnerability of migrants.In seeking to understand the vulnerable situation in which a migrant is placed, Archbishop Jurkovic called on the UN to recognize the “intimate relationship between a migrant and his or her family”.He called this a “double vulnerability: first, for the migrant, but at the same time for his or her family.”“[T]he family truly is the foundation upon which stable social, cultural, and economic situations can flourish and is central in achieving SDG 16 to establishing peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development,” he said.Please find below the full address:Statement by H.E. Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, at the IOM International Dialogue on MigrationPanel 1: “Understandi...
(Vatican Radio) “Our broken system of immigration is a wound on this border community. It is a scandal to the Body of Christ in El Paso.”Using strong language, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso — which sits on the border between the United States and Mexico — has called on Catholics to “consider the challenges of a system that is breaking apart our community and to reflect upon how God is asking us to respond.”In a Pastoral Letter on Migration, Bishop Seitz denounces “narratives that paint our border as a place of chaos, violence and mayhem.” In contrast to “indefensible, hateful words towards our neighbors in Mexico, the demonization of migrants, and destructive language about our border,” Bishop Seitz paints a picture of a community shaped by migration from its very foundation; a community with its own unique identity and unique strengths, a place of safety and security.The Bishop, who was appointed to the See of El Pas...
(Vatican Radio) A Christian teenager was arrested last week by police in Pakistan on allegedly blasphemy charges. Shahzad Masih, 16, who worked as a sweeper at the Shahmim Riaz hospital in Dinga city in Punjab Province’s Gujrat district, was accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad by a member of Tehreek-e-Tuhafaz, an Islamist extremist party. Since his arrest on July 14, his family has not been able to see him and police have denied holding the boy.Shahzad’s family explained that last month the boy had an argument on religious issues with his accuser, Ishtiaq Qadri but a hospital physician, Dr. Tariq brought the situation under control. On 13 July, Qadri again provoked Shahzad, and accused him of insulting Mohammed."I have raised Shahzad as a devout Christian. I have never taught my son to hate people of other religions,” Shahzad’s mother said rejecting the accusation. “This is why I'm sure the charges against him are...
Denver, Colo., Jul 20, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- From a young age, Catholics are taught to pray about and discern their vocations – whether they're called to marriage, to the religious life, to the priesthood, or consecrated single life. This can leave the lay single person feeling that they are in a vocational limbo of sorts, and it's become a topic of much heated and emotional debate in the Catholic blogosphere: have these people missed their vocation? Is the lay single state, chosen or by default, a vocation?But actually, at the end of the day – does it matter?Fr. Ben Hasse is a vocations director for the Diocese of Marquette, Wisc. He said addressing the topic of singleness in the Church can be difficult because of the emotions surrounding the issue.“I have quite a few friends who would like to be married, so there's a much more emotional investment in the question because there’s more people who find themselves single” rat...
Washington D.C., Jul 20, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Undocumented young people brought to the U.S. by their parents contribute to American society and deserve continued protections from the Trump administration, said the U.S. Catholic bishops this week.“These young people entered the U.S. as children and know America as their only home. The dignity of every human being, particularly that of our children and youth, must be protected,” Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas said July 18.Young people who qualify under the program are “contributors to our economy, veterans of our military, academic standouts in our universities, and leaders in our parishes,” said the bishop, who chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee.The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy was implemented in 2012 by the Department of Homeland Security to address the situation of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. at a young age. I...
