(Vatican Radio) Brazilian politics descended further into chaos yesterday, as the speaker of the lower house of Brazil’s parliament annulled an earlier vote to begin impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.Christopher Wells has more: Monday's move by acting Speaker Waldir Maranhao looks set to delay and complicate the impeachment process that was widely expected to see the embattled President suspended later this week.A Senate vote on whether to accept the matter and put Rousseff on trial had been scheduled for Wednesday, with the expectation that the vote would lead to Rousseff's immediate suspension and Vice President Michel Temer taking over. Senate President Renan Calheiros told colleagues that he intended to ignore Maranhao's action and move forward with the proceedings as scheduled. He criticized the speaker's action as “toying with democracy.”Whether the Senate would be able to go forward was unclear, however, since both th...
(Vatican Radio) Brazilian politics descended further into chaos yesterday, as the speaker of the lower house of Brazil’s parliament annulled an earlier vote to begin impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
Christopher Wells has more:
Monday's move by acting Speaker Waldir Maranhao looks set to delay and complicate the impeachment process that was widely expected to see the embattled President suspended later this week.
A Senate vote on whether to accept the matter and put Rousseff on trial had been scheduled for Wednesday, with the expectation that the vote would lead to Rousseff's immediate suspension and Vice President Michel Temer taking over. Senate President Renan Calheiros told colleagues that he intended to ignore Maranhao's action and move forward with the proceedings as scheduled. He criticized the speaker's action as “toying with democracy.”
Whether the Senate would be able to go forward was unclear, however, since both the government and opposition were likely to appeal Maranhao's decision. At the very least, the impeachment process could be pushed back a few days.
President Dilma Rousseff is battling impeachment over allegations that her government violated fiscal rules, in what critics say was a bid to artificially bolster the country's flagging economy. Rousseff has said that prior presidents used such fiscal maneuvers and that the impeachment effort amounts to a “coup” aimed at removing her and her left-leaning Workers' Party, which has governed the country for 13 years.
Families, donors, and others gather with Bishop Erik Pohlmeier for the dedication of the "Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum" at the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, on April 23, 2024. / Credit: Fran Ruchalski/courtesy of the Archdiocese of St. AugustineCNA Staff, Apr 26, 2024 / 09:51 am (CNA).Families gathered with St. Augustine Bishop Erik Pohlmeier on a sunny Tuesday this week for the dedication of the "Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum" at the city's San Lorenzo Cemetery.Six years in the making, the 44,000-pound granite mausoleum is designed for babies lost at a young age through miscarriage, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), or stillborn births. A brick walkway marked by a charcoal cross leads up to the brilliant white mausoleum, which is full of burial spaces that are ready to honor little ones. Miscarriages are common events, and women often suffer through them quietly, one 2018 study found. About 10% to 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, usually be...
Kennedy opened up to veteran EWTN News anchorman Raymond Arroyo about his family's strong faith growing up, how his faith helped him overcome drug addiction and how it impacts him in his day-to-day life in the travails of U.S. presidential politics. / Credit: EWTN News "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" / ScreenshotWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 06:30 am (CNA).Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed the importance of his Catholic faith in his daily life, his plan to reduce abortions without federal restrictions, and his opposition to biological males playing in women's sports during an exclusive interview on "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" Thursday night.Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, is running a vigorous independent campaign to be the next president of the United States. He launched an independent bid for the White House last October after initially challeng...
Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaACI Prensa Staff, Apr 25, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA).Asked during a new interview if he has any message for Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who instigated the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis stated that "a negotiated peace is better than an endless war."CBS News broadcast some excerpts April 24 from a new interview conducted by journalist Norah O'Donnell with Pope Francis at St. Martha House, the pontiff's residence in the Vatican.During the exchange, the full version of which will be released on May 19, the Holy Father reflected on world conflicts and especially on the suffering of children during wars.O'Donnell asked the Holy Father if he had any message for Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine, to which the pontiff replied: "Please, countries at war, all of them... Stop the war. Seek to negotiate. Seek peace. A negotiated peace is better than an e...
