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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Virginia to commission an aircraft carrier (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats announced Saturday that a bipartisan group of House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a sweeping Russia sanctions package to punish Moscow for meddling in the presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine and Syria....
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- With praise and a blessing for the military, President Donald Trump helped hand over the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Navy on Saturday and said the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier will send a "100,000-ton message to the world" about America's military might when it is ultimately deployed....
(Vatican Radio) American Bishops have urged Senate members to oppose any effort to repeal Obama’s Affordable Care Act without a concurrent replacement plan that protects poor and vulnerable people, including immigrants, safeguards the unborn, and supports conscience rights.In a letter addressed to the Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops reiterates its belief that health care should be truly universal and genuinely affordable.The letter, signed by Bishop Frank Dewane, Chairman of Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, follows a statement by President Donald Trump this week who tweeted that the new Republican healthcare policy should be to allow the current law to collapse.Support for the Republican Senate bill fell apart on Monday when two more senators said they could not back it.Bishop Dewane strongly affirms “that a repeal of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act ought not be undertaken without the concurrent passage ...
(Vatican Radio) American Bishops have urged Senate members to oppose any effort to repeal Obama’s Affordable Care Act without a concurrent replacement plan that protects poor and vulnerable people, including immigrants, safeguards the unborn, and supports conscience rights.
In a letter addressed to the Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops reiterates its belief that health care should be truly universal and genuinely affordable.
The letter, signed by Bishop Frank Dewane, Chairman of Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, follows a statement by President Donald Trump this week who tweeted that the new Republican healthcare policy should be to allow the current law to collapse.
Support for the Republican Senate bill fell apart on Monday when two more senators said they could not back it.
Bishop Dewane strongly affirms “that a repeal of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act ought not be undertaken without the concurrent passage of a replacement plan that ensures access to adequate health care for the millions of people who now rely upon it for their wellbeing”.
“To end coverage for those who struggle every day without an adequate alternative in place would be devastating” he said.
Dewane concludes saying that reform is still needed to address the ACA's moral deficiencies and challenges with long-term sustainability, and while a law is needed that protects the conscience rights of all stakeholders in health care as well as religious freedom, it is imperative to “remove current and impending barriers to access and affordability, particularly for those most in need”.
(Vatican Radio) People in Timor-Leste or East Timor, Asia's most Cathollic nation, cast their vote on Saturday to elect a government that can alleviate poverty, healthcare and education issues that have stalled the tiny nation's progress. Ahead of the elections, the country’s prominent Catholic Church leader urged his countrymen to choose those who will deliver on the basic needs of the people. "Choose whom you think can side with the people, who can improve health, sanitation, education, agriculture, as well as provide clean water," Bishop Basilio do Nascimiento of Baucau, chairman of the Timor-Leste Bishops Conference, said in Dili. "Don't choose whom you believe only give empty promises during campaigns. Vote for the ones who have honest views about society," he said.Asia's most Catholic nationMore than 700,000 East Timorese were registered to vote in the impoverished country 1.2 million population that is over 95...
(Vatican Radio) People in Timor-Leste or East Timor, Asia's most Cathollic nation, cast their vote on Saturday to elect a government that can alleviate poverty, healthcare and education issues that have stalled the tiny nation's progress.
Ahead of the elections, the country’s prominent Catholic Church leader urged his countrymen to choose those who will deliver on the basic needs of the people. "Choose whom you think can side with the people, who can improve health, sanitation, education, agriculture, as well as provide clean water," Bishop Basilio do Nascimiento of Baucau, chairman of the Timor-Leste Bishops Conference, said in Dili. "Don't choose whom you believe only give empty promises during campaigns. Vote for the ones who have honest views about society," he said.
Asia's most Catholic nation
More than 700,000 East Timorese were registered to vote in the impoverished country 1.2 million population that is over 95% Catholic. Twenty-one political parties are vying for 65 parliamentary seats amid widespread concern over successive government's failure to use the wealth generated by oil and gas sales to support development and create jobs.
The July 22 parliamentary election was to determine the next prime minister, following a presidential election in March which saw former resistance fighter Francisco 'Lu-Olo' Guterres become head of state. Former president and prime minister Xanana Kayrala Gusmao's CNRT (National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction) party remained the front runner, with Gusmao saying he will seek another term as premier if the party wins. The present government is a coalition between CNRT and Fretilin led by Fretilin's Rui Maria de Araujo. The official results of the election is expected to be announced by Aug. 6, although preliminary results should come much earlier.
Asia's youngest nation
Timor-Leste, a former Portuguese colony, was invaded by neighbouring Indonesia in 1975. An often violent 24-year resistance movement took Timor-Leste to independence in 2002 and many of its key figures still feature prominently in running the country. Both the presidential and parliamentary elections are the first since the United Nations ended its peacekeeping operations at the end of 2012.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- When federal prosecutors asked to meet last month with Eric Garner's family, it stoked speculation that their investigation into his death was finally nearing a resolution three years after his last words - "I can't breathe" - became a rallying cry for protests over police killings of black men....
