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Vatican City, May 18, 2017 / 08:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Thursday offered a message of hope and love to patients with Huntington’s disease, a rare and incurable genetic brain disorder that causes intense suffering.In his speech, Francis said the fears and difficulties of people affected by Huntington’s disease have been surrounded “with misunderstandings and barriers (for) far too long.”“In many cases the sick and their families have experienced the tragedy of shame, isolation and abandonment. Today, however, we are here because we want to say to ourselves and all the world: ‘HIDDEN NO MORE!’” he said.This isn’t just a slogan, but a commitment we must foster, he continued.“The strength and conviction with which we pronounce these words derive precisely from what Jesus himself taught us,” he said, noting that throughout his ministry, Jesus “met many sick people; he took on their suffering; he tore ...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will celebrate thefeast of the Body and Blood of Christ and the Corpus Christi procession on aSunday -- June 18 -- and not on the traditional Thursday feast day, which isJune 15 this year.Throughout Italy and in most other countries, the feastwas transferred to the following Sunday years ago. The pope celebrating on theSunday "can strengthen the participation of the faithful in this solemn,public act of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament," said Cardinal AgostinoVallini, the papal vicar of Rome.Announcing the change in a letter May 1, the cardinalsaid he hoped changing the date of the celebration to a non-work day wouldallow more people to participate in the traditional procession through Romefrom the Basilica of St. John Lateran to the Basilica of St. Mary Major.The date of the papal celebration was announced by theVatican May 18 along with a list of Pope Francis' other public liturgical celebrationsfor June.Pope Francis will celebra...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Thefrailty associated with illnesses like Huntington's disease is not a reason toshun the sick but a reminder of the value of life, Pope Francis said.Jesus came to tear down thewalls of stigma and marginalization and proved through his love that diseaseand sickness are "never an obstacle to encountering people," the popesaid May 18 during a meeting with 1,700 people -- those with the fatal genetic disorder and their families. "Fragility is not anevil. And disease, which is an expression of fragility, cannot and must notmake us forget that, in the eyes of God, our value is always priceless," hesaid. The meeting was sponsored by HDdennomore(pronounced "Hidden no more"), a coalition of neuroscientists,research experts and institutes with the goal of "ending the stigma andshame around the disease."Huntington's disease results in the death of brain cells and causesproblems with a person's mental abilities, bo...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard unloaded cocaine in South Florida worth nearly $500 million from 20 separate seizures in the eastern Pacific Ocean....
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis embraced weeping mothers, fathers and children with Huntington's Disease on Thursday as he sought to remove the stigma of an incurable genetic disorder that causes such devastating physical and psychiatric effects that its sufferers are often shunned and abandoned....
A Pennsylvania man locked his 22-month-old son in a makeshift wooden cage and left the boy home alone with his two younger siblings, including a sister born hours earlier, police said Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Business leaders began an aggressive lobbying effort Thursday to ensure that their vision for overhauling the U.S. tax system isn't lost in the chaos consuming President Donald Trump's administration....
Chris Cornell had become one of the most lauded and respected contemporary lead singers in rock music, thanks to his charismatic energy onstage and wide vocal range. He was a leader of the grunge movement with Seattle-based Soundgarden - with whom he gained critical and commercial acclaim - but also found success outside the band with other projects, including Audioslave, Temple of the Dog as well as solo albums....
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday mocked U.S. news reports suggesting President Donald Trump inappropriately shared sensitive intelligence with him about terror threats involving laptops on airplanes....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Roger Ailes, the communications maestro who transformed television news and America's political conversation by creating and ruling Fox News Channel for two decades before being ousted last year for alleged sexual harassment, died Thursday, according to his wife, Elizabeth Ailes. He was 77....
