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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others as congressmen and aides dove for cover. The assailant, prepared with "a lot of ammo," fought a gun battle with police before he, too, was shot and later died....
(Vatican Radio) Canada’s Environment Minister Catherine McKenna met with Pope Francis on Wednesday on the sidelines of the General Audience in St Peter’s Square.The Minister has been in Italy to attend the G7 environment summit in Bologna and has participated in meetings at the Vatican to discuss the issues of migration and climate change.Before meeting with the Pope, Minister McKenna spoke to Vatican Radio’s Alessandro Gisotti.Listen: Speaking about the commitment of the Church and the Pope’s leadership on the issue on climate change, Minister McKenna described it as “extraordinary”, adding, “it is really important because we have to be talking to as many people as we can about the challenges that we face… and I think that the Pope has a real opportunity to reach Catholics around the world and beyond to get them really to act and realize that every single thing you do has an impact on our planet…”Asked about the ...
(Vatican Radio) Canada’s Environment Minister Catherine McKenna met with Pope Francis on Wednesday on the sidelines of the General Audience in St Peter’s Square.
The Minister has been in Italy to attend the G7 environment summit in Bologna and has participated in meetings at the Vatican to discuss the issues of migration and climate change.
Before meeting with the Pope, Minister McKenna spoke to Vatican Radio’s Alessandro Gisotti.
Listen:
Speaking about the commitment of the Church and the Pope’s leadership on the issue on climate change, Minister McKenna described it as “extraordinary”, adding, “it is really important because we have to be talking to as many people as we can about the challenges that we face… and I think that the Pope has a real opportunity to reach Catholics around the world and beyond to get them really to act and realize that every single thing you do has an impact on our planet…”
Asked about the prospects for tackling climate change in the wake of the United States’ decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Minister said that in spite of that decision, she has been heartened to see not just other countries commitment to climate action but people around the world understanding that this is the one chance to act for a better future.
Stressing the close links between Canada and the Holy See, Minister McKenna said that she will bring back to Canada with her, “the opportunity for us to work very closely with the Vatican on issues that our very important to our government.”
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed 50 new members to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, two of them from Asia. Five of them are honorary members and the rest are ordinary. Among the ordinary members are Indian Missionary Society (IMS) priest Fr Tomi Thomas, former director-general of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), and Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher. The Pontifical Academy for Life was established by Pope St. John Paul II for the promotion and defense of human life, especially regarding bioethics in line with Christian morality. All the papal appointments to the academy have expertise in different fields of biomedical sciences and related disciplines.Fr. Tomi Thomas, a member of the Indian Missionary Society (IMS), served as director-general of CHAI from 2011 to 2016. The association, headquartered in Secunderabad, was established on 29th July 1943, by Austr...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed 50 new members to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, two of them from Asia. Five of them are honorary members and the rest are ordinary. Among the ordinary members are Indian Missionary Society (IMS) priest Fr Tomi Thomas, former director-general of the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), and Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher.
The Pontifical Academy for Life was established by Pope St. John Paul II for the promotion and defense of human life, especially regarding bioethics in line with Christian morality. All the papal appointments to the academy have expertise in different fields of biomedical sciences and related disciplines.
Fr. Tomi Thomas, a member of the Indian Missionary Society (IMS), served as director-general of CHAI from 2011 to 2016. The association, headquartered in Secunderabad, was established on 29th July 1943, by Australian nun-doctor Sr. Mary Glowrey of the Congregation of the Society of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (JMJ), in association with 16 religious sisters. Its vision is to provide holistic health for all – physical, mental, social and spiritual.
Serving over 21 million through its network of over 3500 member institutions spread across India, CHAI is one of the world’s largest not-for-profit association in health sector. Over 76,000 health professionals, including over a 1000 sister doctors are engaged in the CHAI network, that also includes 5 medical colleges and 3 u
The other ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy for Life from Asia is Professor Shinya Yamanaka, Director and Professor at the Center for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Japan. He is also a Professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto University. The 54-year old researcher has been honoured with several recognitions, chief among them the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine which he shared with John Gurdon for the discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells.
