(Vatican Radio) An earthquake struck central Italy near the town of Perugia early Wednesday morning, killing at least 6 people with others trapped under rubble.The 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit at 3:35 am, 76 km southeast of Perugia in the small town of Accumoli at a depth of 10 km, and was followed by 3 more aftershocks.Fire Department spokesman, Luca Cari, told Reuters news service the worst hit towns are likely to be Accumoli, Amatrice, Posta, and Arquata del Tronto.The mayor of the nearby town of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, told Radio RAI 1 the town had sustained heavy damages."The roads in and out of town are cut off. Half the town is gone. There are people under the rubble... There's been a landslide and a bridge might collapse."Buildings shook over much of the Italian penisula from Rimini to Naples.
(Vatican Radio) An earthquake struck central Italy near the town of Perugia early Wednesday morning, killing at least 6 people with others trapped under rubble.
The 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit at 3:35 am, 76 km southeast of Perugia in the small town of Accumoli at a depth of 10 km, and was followed by 3 more aftershocks.
Fire Department spokesman, Luca Cari, told Reuters news service the worst hit towns are likely to be Accumoli, Amatrice, Posta, and Arquata del Tronto.
The mayor of the nearby town of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, told Radio RAI 1 the town had sustained heavy damages.
"The roads in and out of town are cut off. Half the town is gone. There are people under the rubble... There's been a landslide and a bridge might collapse."
Buildings shook over much of the Italian penisula from Rimini to Naples.
(Vatican Radio) Residents in central Italy awoke this Wednesday morning to the tremors of a magnitude 6.1 earthquake which struck just after 3.30 am local time.Listen to Lydia O'Kane's report As daylight dawned, the damage that had be wrought by the quake in parts of the regions of Lazio and Umbria was clearly visible. Television images showed collapsed buildings and sizable debris littering the streets.The worst hit towns were Amatrice, and Accumoli, with the epicenter in Norcia. Shocks were also felt 170 kilometers away in Rome.A number of people are known to have died in the quake and there are residents reportedly trapped under rubble.An emotional Mayor of Accumoli, Stefano Petrucci told Italy’s RAI Television that he knew of one family that was trapped. “There is at least one victim", he said, "and a family of four – two children and their parents – are trapped under the rubble and are not showing signs of life.”The mayor o...
(Vatican Radio) Residents in central Italy awoke this Wednesday morning to the tremors of a magnitude 6.1 earthquake which struck just after 3.30 am local time.
Listen to Lydia O'Kane's report
As daylight dawned, the damage that had be wrought by the quake in parts of the regions of Lazio and Umbria was clearly visible. Television images showed collapsed buildings and sizable debris littering the streets.
The worst hit towns were Amatrice, and Accumoli, with the epicenter in Norcia. Shocks were also felt 170 kilometers away in Rome.
A number of people are known to have died in the quake and there are residents reportedly trapped under rubble.
An emotional Mayor of Accumoli, Stefano Petrucci told Italy’s RAI Television that he knew of one family that was trapped. “There is at least one victim", he said, "and a family of four – two children and their parents – are trapped under the rubble and are not showing signs of life.”
The mayor of the small town of Amatrice also reported extensive damage, saying “half the town is gone.”
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi tweeted this morning that “that heavy equipment was on its way.” Meanwhile, the Italian fire department said they were sending helicopters to assess the damage.
In 2009, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck L'Aquila in central Italy, killing more than 300 people.
(Vatican Radio) Greece's government has called on East European countries to ease their restrictions on Middle Eastern migrants, saying it cannot keep operating its holding camps indefinitely.Listen to John Carr's report: The Greek minister for migrant issues, Yannis Mouzalas, aimed the call at the Visegrad group, consisting of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, all of which have virtually closed their borders. The group influences other countries bordering Greece, such as Macedonia and Bulgaria, whose borders remain sealed.Mouzalas denied claims by the Visegrad group that about 700 migrants manage to sneak into Macedonian and Bulgarian territory each day. That figure, he said, was highly exaggerated. More than 58,000 migrants are penned up in Greek holding camps. About half of them are eligible to pass on to other countries, but, of course, are unable to do so.Mouzalas also said that if had not been for the present EU-Turkey agr...
(Vatican Radio) Greece's government has called on East European countries to ease their restrictions on Middle Eastern migrants, saying it cannot keep operating its holding camps indefinitely.
Listen to John Carr's report:
The Greek minister for migrant issues, Yannis Mouzalas, aimed the call at the Visegrad group, consisting of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, all of which have virtually closed their borders.
The group influences other countries bordering Greece, such as Macedonia and Bulgaria, whose borders remain sealed.
Mouzalas denied claims by the Visegrad group that about 700 migrants manage to sneak into Macedonian and Bulgarian territory each day. That figure, he said, was highly exaggerated.
More than 58,000 migrants are penned up in Greek holding camps. About half of them are eligible to pass on to other countries, but, of course, are unable to do so.
Mouzalas also said that if had not been for the present EU-Turkey agreement on limiting the migrant flow, Greece could well have been swamped with up to 180,000 by now – three times the present number.
London, England, Aug 24, 2016 / 12:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- British inspectors have barred some abortions at Marie Stopes International due to concerns about safety and informed consent for abortion.Clara Watson, a spokeswoman for the Life charity that helps women in crisis pregnancies, said the move calls into question about the safety of the abortion providers’ clinics around the world.“It is absolutely scandalous that Marie Stopes International, which likes to talk about women dying from unsafe abortions, is itself being rapped for exposing patients to potential harm,” Watson said, according to the Catholic Herald. “This is not the first time that Marie Stopes clinics have been in the news.”In 2015, a doctor and two nurses were charged with manslaughter when a 32-year-old woman from Dublin died hours after undergoing an abortion at a west London Marie Stopes clinic in January 2012.The England Care Quality Commission (CQC) said that its routine inspect...
London, England, Aug 24, 2016 / 12:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- British inspectors have barred some abortions at Marie Stopes International due to concerns about safety and informed consent for abortion.
Clara Watson, a spokeswoman for the Life charity that helps women in crisis pregnancies, said the move calls into question about the safety of the abortion providers’ clinics around the world.
“It is absolutely scandalous that Marie Stopes International, which likes to talk about women dying from unsafe abortions, is itself being rapped for exposing patients to potential harm,” Watson said, according to the Catholic Herald. “This is not the first time that Marie Stopes clinics have been in the news.”
In 2015, a doctor and two nurses were charged with manslaughter when a 32-year-old woman from Dublin died hours after undergoing an abortion at a west London Marie Stopes clinic in January 2012.
The England Care Quality Commission (CQC) said that its routine inspections of clinics prompted the concerns. It made unannounced inspections of Marie Stopes International’s corporate headquarters in England and then its call center, the U.K. newspaper The Guardian reports.
The commission said it raised concerns about the provider’s corporate and clinical governance arrangements and patient safety protocols.
It said that there were not adequate protocols to ensure girls under 18 and other vulnerable women could give informed consent, so Marie Stopes must stop performing abortions on these women. It has also suspended any abortions carried out under general anesthetic or sedation after 12 weeks into pregnancy.
The care commission’s action drew further response from pro-life advocates.
“Abortion is always destructive of the lives of unborn children, but when prosecuted as it has been by some abortionists, it can leave women scarred as well,” said Peter D. Williams, executive officer at Right to Life U.K.
He said he hopes the commission action can open a debate about under-regulation of abortion in the U.K., the Catholic Herald reports.
Prof. Edward Baker, the deputy chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission, explained the commission action.
“We believe that the action taken is appropriate to address our concerns. We will continue to monitor these services very closely and we will not hesitate to take further action, if needed,” he said Aug. 19.
Baker added that the commission’s priority is “to ensure that patients get safe, high-quality and compassionate care.”
Marie Stopes International chief executive Simon Cooke said its U.K. branch agreed to suspend some abortions voluntarily. He said the suspension would allow the branch “to resolve areas of concern in its training and governance procedures.”
About 250 women per week who would normally seek an abortion through Marie Stopes are now going elsewhere, including to the U.K.’s largest abortion provider, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.
The Marie Stopes abortions can only begin again once it assures inspectors that it has made the required changes. The restrictions also apply to the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast.
However, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children charged that the abortions are already illegal under laws it says permits abortion only when there is a health risk.
“Pregnant women are suffering intolerably,” charged Paul Tully, the society’s general secretary. “The CQC is defending illegal government abortion policy which kills children and sometimes women too. Women are not being offered proper support when facing difficulties in pregnancy - simply being channeled into the abortion industry funded by the Department of Health.”
“Abortion is an inherently risky interference in the natural pregnancy process,” he said.
Previous oversight of U.K. abortion clinics found that clinics were side-stepping a requirement that two doctors approve each individual abortion. Some clinics had doctors pre-sign the required paperwork so that in effect only one doctor gave approval for an individual abortion case.
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