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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump unless some of them can be brought aboard....
Aleppo, Syria, Jun 23, 2017 / 10:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians who fled Aleppo because of the four year battle for the city are now returning, and in the face of such challenges as poverty, destruction, and a shortages of basic goods, they persevere with the help of the local Church.Fr. Ibrahim Alsabagh, a Franciscan priest in the city, told CNA that between January and June, 18 Catholic families have returned to Aleppo from places like Armenia, France, Germany, and Venezuela. In addition, 400 Christian families of the Armenian community returned to the area.He said these families have decided to return because in their host countries “they live in poverty and feel like foreigners. Also because they miss the warmth of the Christian community that welcomes, heals, and accompanies each family with all its needs.”“When they see they aid that we give to the Christians in Aleppo, they say, ‘Why don’t we return home, to our culture, to our society when t...
Washington D.C., Jun 23, 2017 / 11:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops' conference has warned that the proposed Senate health care bill will put serious burdens on poor families and is “unacceptable as written.”After the draft of a Senate health care bill was finally released on Thursday, Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, chair of the U.S. bishops’ domestic justice and human development committee, stated that “this proposal retains many of the fundamental defects of the House of Representatives-passed health care legislation, and even further compounds them.”He had previously explained, in a March letter to members of Congress, how the House bill was problematic for vulnerable populations such as the poor, the seriously ill, and the elderly.After the Senate draft, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, was released June 22, he reiterated that “it is precisely the detrimental impact on the poor and vulnerable that makes the Senate draft...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Miguel Gutierrez, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Two former Latin American presidentssaid the world is running out of time to find a solution to the crisis inVenezuela as President Nicolas Maduro aims to consolidate power over thecountry.Despite widespread protests, Maduro's push to "put a group ofhis friends in what is called a 'constituent assembly,' would be the end ofdemocracy and the annihilation of the Republic of Venezuela," said JorgeQuiroga, former president of Bolivia. That election "will install a Soviet state inVenezuela, liquidate democracy, end the Congress, cancel elections and turnVenezuela into a sort of Caribbean 'North Korea,'" he said. Joined by former Colombian President Andres Pastrana, Quirogaspoke to journalists at the Vatican June 23 on the deteriorating situation in Venezuela andattempts to diffuse the crisis following their meeting with Cardinal PietroParolin, Vatican secretary of state. Protests began after March 29, whe...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Leonardo Munoz, EPABy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Days after rebels in Colombia announced turningin the last of their cache of weapons over to international observers, theVatican announced June 23 details of Pope Francis' September trip to thewar-torn South American country.The pope is scheduled to visit four cities, starting histrip in the Colombian capital of Bogota Sept. 6, followed by day tripsto Villavicencio and Medellin Sept. 8 and 9, respectively, and headingback to Rome from Cartagena after Mass Sept. 10.Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos had said the pontiffhad promised him he would visit Colombia if the government and the rebel group knownas FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias) signed a peace agreement. Though Colombianvoters last year rejected a referendum on the peace agreement between thegovernment and FARC, Santos later negotiated a modified deal withColombian opposition leader and former President Alvaro Uribe. The process camewith help fr...
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A second mistrial was declared Friday in the case of a white University of Cincinnati officer who killed an unarmed black motorist during a traffic stop. It's the latest racially charged police shooting case to show the reluctance of U.S. jurors to convict officers....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- With just days to decide, Qatar on Friday weighed an onerous list of demands by its neighbors as a way out of a regional crisis, and a top Emirati official warned the tiny country to brace for a long-term economic squeeze unless it is willing to acquiesce....
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a military jet apparently practicing for an Ohio air show has been involved in an accident....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Depp apologized Friday for joking about assassinating Donald Trump during an appearance at a large festival in Britain, the latest example of artists using violent imagery when dealing with the president....
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Vice President Mike Pence's visit Friday to Colorado to celebrate the anniversary of Focus on the Family comes at a time of change for the religious right during the age of President Donald Trump....
