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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump has said he may keep some parts of his predecessor's signature health care overhaul. No final decisions have been made. Based on interviews with congressional Republicans, here's a general idea of what goes, what may stay, and what's in doubt:...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump elicited wild cheers on the campaign trail by pledging to "drain the swamp" in Washington, but the president-elect's transition team is populated largely with creatures of the capital, including former federal bureaucrats, think-tank academics, corporate lawyers and special-interest lobbyists....
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(Vatican Radio) Last Testament: in his own words is the final book-length interview of Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI. Conducted by veteran journalist Peter Seewald, the volume comes as close as anyone has a right to expect to an autobiography from the man who has remained “hidden from the world” in a renovated convent in the Vatican gardens since resigning the See of Peter in 2013.Bloomsbury Publishing has brought out an English edition of the work, which was written in German, based on the conversations between the two native German-speakers.Both accurate and engaging, the translation captures the depth, poetry and surprising playfulness of the Pope-emeritus. Dr. Jacob Phillips of St. Mary’s University Twickenham, London, and the Benedict XVI Centre for the Study of Religion and Society at St. Mary’s, translated the work for Bloombury. Phillips spoke with Vatican Radio about the project.“I do genuinely think this is a book for everyone,” he s...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held the last special Saturday audience for the Jubilee Year of Mercy this week, during which he stressed the need for inclusion, especially towards the poor, the weary, and the burdened.By showing mercy, love, and forgiveness, the Holy Father said, the Church bears “faithful witness to God’s inclusive love.”Below is the official English language synthesis of the Pope’s address, which he delivered in Italian:Dear Brothers and Sisters: In this, the last of our special Saturday Audiences for the Holy Year of Mercy, I would like to stress the importance of inclusion. God’s mercy, which excludes no one, challenges us to be merciful and open to the needs of others, especially the poor and all those who are weary and burdened. We, who have experienced that love and mercy, have a part to play in his saving plan, which embraces all of history. In his mercy, God calls all men and women to become ...
Pope Francis, on Saturday appointed Bp. Joseph Arshad, the present bishop of Faisalabad as also the Apostolic Administrator of the vacant see of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, under the supervision of the Holy See.The See of Islamabad-Rawalpindi was rendered vacant with the death of Bishop Rufin Anthony, who died on October, 17, 2016.Bishop Joseph Arshad has also had a rich experience of working in the Vatican’s diplomatic service. He has held important positions in the apostolic nunciatures of Malta, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Madagascar and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a Message to the participants in the thirty-first international conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers.Please find the official English translation of the Holy Father’s Message, below***********************************To the Most Reverend MonsignorJEAN-MARIE MUPENDAWATUSecretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care WorkersI wish to send my cordial greetings to those taking part in the thirty-first international conference on the subject ‘Towards a Culture of Health that is Welcoming and Supportive, at the Service of People with Rare and Neglected Pathologies’, organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, which I thank for this initiative. I also address grateful thoughts to the memory of my much lamented brother in the episcopate, H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, the former President of the Pontifical Council, who returned to the House of the Father last July.Qualified experts, from...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a Message to the participants in the thirty-first international conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. The theme of this year’s iteration of the annual conference is: Towards a Culture of Health that is Welcoming and Supportive: at the Service of People with Rare and Neglected Pathologies.In his Message to participants, Pope Francis highlights three “cornerstones” of good care in a Catholic context: the primacy of the human person along with an integrated, integral awareness of the place of human being within the economy of creation and the duty to stewardship of the created order; the missionary and “outward-moving” character of the Church’s commitment to caring for the sick; the question of justice involved in assuring the necessary care to people suffering disease – especially rare disease – and without means to care for themselves or get the care they need.“O...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over the last special audience for the Jubilee of Mercy this morning, during which he called on Christians to witness to God’s mercy by being inclusive.Listen to Ann Schneible’s report: God, in his loving design, excludes no one, the Pope Francis to the crowds gathered in Saint Peter’s Square.Just as we are made children in Christ through baptism, the Pope said, we in turn are called to show mercy and “include others in our life,” rather than becoming closed within ourselves and “our egotistical safety”.The Holy Father based his reflection on Jesus’ invitation in the Gospel of Matthew: “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”“No one is excluded from this appeal,” the Pope said, “since Jesus’ mission is to reveal to each person the Father’s love.”Inclusion, which the Holy Father says is an “...
NEW YORK (AP) -- New Yorkers struggling with post-election stress have found an outlet for the blues - by pouring their political souls onto sticky notes that fill walls of a Manhattan subway station....
