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Toronto, Canada, Aug 3, 2016 / 09:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Little Sisters of the Poor have received the Knights of Columbus’ highest honor for their fight for religious liberty and their continued service to the elderly poor.“We Little Sisters are honored and profoundly humbled to have been chosen to receive the Gaudium et Spes Award,” Mother Loraine Marie Maguire, superior of the Little Sisters’ Baltimore province, said at the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention in Toronto Aug. 2. “Although we never would have chosen to become the public face of conscientious objection to the HHS Mandate, we felt compelled to take a stand for the sake of the elderly residents we serve.”The Little Sisters of the Poor run 27 homes for the elderly poor in the U.S.They have challenged the Obama administration’s efforts to compel them to cover drugs and procedures that violate Catholic doctrine and ethics in their health care coverage for employees. T...
Vatican City, Aug 3, 2016 / 09:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Just two days before the Opening Ceremonies for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Pope Francis offered a message to those who will be competing in the international games.“In a world thirsting for peace, tolerance, and reconciliation, I hope that the spirit of the Olympic Games inspires all – participants and spectators – to ‘fight the good fight’ and finish the race together,” he said.The Holy Father voiced hope that in competing this year, the Olympic athletes will desire “to obtain as a prize, not a medal, but something much more precious: the construction of a civilization in which solidarity reigns and is based upon the recognition that we are all members of the same human family, regardless of the differences of culture, skin color, or religion.”Pope Francis offered these words at the conclusion of his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 3He offere...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a world traumatized by war, youngpeople gathered for World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, gave strong signs ofhope and brotherhood, Pope Francis said.World Youth Day was a "prophetic sign for Poland andEurope" and took on a "global dimension" in a world threatenedby a war fought in pieces, the pope said Aug. 3 at his weekly general audience."Precisely in this world at war, we need brotherhood, weneed closeness, we need dialogue, and we need friendship. And this is the signof hope: when there is brotherhood," he said. The pope entered the Paul VI audience hall greeted bythousands of pilgrims reaching out to him, asking him to bless their religiousarticles, kiss their babies or receive their gifts. But one gift stopped the pope in his tracks: apope doll.Pope Francis pointedto the doll and to himself, not completely convinced of the similarity, andthen laughed, thanking the pilgrim for her present. Before...
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FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) -- Two consultants who worked with a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation's first marijuana resort have been charged with drug offenses, South Dakota's attorney general announced Wednesday....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- It's been nearly 90 years since Haiti earned a medal at the Olympic Games. But swimmer Frantz Mike Itelord Dorsainvil is aiming to break that dry spell....
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday brought the first-ever terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the U.S., alleging that a patrol officer with the D.C. region's Metro Transit Police was caught buying $250 worth of cards for the Islamic State group....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican leaders' frustration with Donald Trump mounted Wednesday following a series of startling statements from the GOP nominee, including his refusal to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan's re-election. But there was no evidence GOP officials were backing off their support of Trump in the White House race....
(Vatican Radio) The Chargé d’Affaires of the Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations, Msgr. Simon Kassas, urged the Security Council on Tuesday to 'affirm and support families of children who are victimized in armed conflict'.Msgr. Kassas said Catholic Church has constantly advocated the role of families in the prevention of child victimization in armed conflict zones and in the reintegration of children into society.He said families "must be assisted in overcoming prejudices against child survivors of armed conflicts, in particular against women and girls who are victims of rape, and in welcoming back children into the family fold". He added that while the reintegration of child survivors "into society requires that we recognize the atrocities they may have committed, we must also build pathways for counseling and reconciliation with a view to accomplishing fully that reinteg...
