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(Vatican Radio) American Bishops have urged Senate members to oppose any effort to repeal Obama’s Affordable Care Act without a concurrent replacement plan that protects poor and vulnerable people, including immigrants, safeguards the unborn, and supports conscience rights.In a letter addressed to the Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops reiterates its belief that health care should be truly universal and genuinely affordable.The letter, signed by Bishop Frank Dewane, Chairman of Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, follows a statement by President Donald Trump this week who tweeted that the new Republican healthcare policy should be to allow the current law to collapse.Support for the Republican Senate bill fell apart on Monday when two more senators said they could not back it.Bishop Dewane strongly affirms “that a repeal of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act ought not be undertaken without the concurrent passage ...
(Vatican Radio) People in Timor-Leste or East Timor, Asia's most Cathollic nation, cast their vote on Saturday to elect a government that can alleviate poverty, healthcare and education issues that have stalled the tiny nation's progress. Ahead of the elections, the country’s prominent Catholic Church leader urged his countrymen to choose those who will deliver on the basic needs of the people. "Choose whom you think can side with the people, who can improve health, sanitation, education, agriculture, as well as provide clean water," Bishop Basilio do Nascimiento of Baucau, chairman of the Timor-Leste Bishops Conference, said in Dili. "Don't choose whom you believe only give empty promises during campaigns. Vote for the ones who have honest views about society," he said.Asia's most Catholic nationMore than 700,000 East Timorese were registered to vote in the impoverished country 1.2 million population that is over 95...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- When federal prosecutors asked to meet last month with Eric Garner's family, it stoked speculation that their investigation into his death was finally nearing a resolution three years after his last words - "I can't breathe" - became a rallying cry for protests over police killings of black men....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's eldest son and his former campaign chairman won't be forced to testify publicly next week and are instead discussing being privately interviewed by a Senate committee investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, the panel said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actor John Heard, best known for playing the father in the "Home Alone" movie series, has died. He was 72....
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israel's military sent more troops to the West Bank and placed forces on high alert Saturday, a day after a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family and Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupted over tensions at the Holy Land's most contested shrine....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Repeal and replace "Obamacare." Just repeal. Or let it fail - maybe with a little nudge. President Donald Trump has sent a flurry of mixed messages, raising questions about the White House strategy on health care....