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Vatican City, Jun 26, 2017 / 04:34 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican's top personality on social justice issues has voiced his concern for the increased demand for drugs, including recreational marijuana, saying debate on the plant's usage doesn't take ethical concerns into account.In a June 26 letter on the occasion of the U.N. International Day against Abuse and Illicit Trafficking of Drugs, Cardinal Peter Turkson lamented the fact that narcotics “continue to rage in impressive forms and dimensions” throughout the world.“It is a phenomenon that is fueled – not without concessions and compromises on the part of institutions – by a shameful market that crosses national and continental borders, intertwined with mafias and drug trafficking,” he said.Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Turkson noted that compared to the recent past, drugs have now become “a consumer product made compatible with...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, ReutersBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Supreme Court of the United Statessaid that this fall it will hear a case involving President Donald Trump's travelban, which seeks to delay entry into the country by immigrants from sixmajority-Muslim countries and one that suspends, for a time, the entry of allrefugees.In the meantime, the court announced June 26, that some "foreignnationals" will be barred from entering the country, but decisions will be madedepending on the applicant's previous relationships with a person orinstitution in the U.S. Some called it a watered-down version of what theadministration is seeking.The ban "may not be enforced against foreign nationalswho have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entityin the United States," the court said, but "all other foreignnationals are subject to the provisions of (the executive order)."That means a person with family or a nexus with anorganization, such as a univer...
By Julie AsherWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Thenonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, in its analysis of the Senate healthcare bill, said late June 26 the measure would leave 22 million more peoplewithout insurance."This moment cannot passwithout comment," said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairmanof the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice andHuman Development."Today, the CongressionalBudget Office released a report on the 'discussion draft' of the Senate healthcare proposal, indicating that millions of people could lose their healthinsurance over time," he said in a statement issued in response to thejust-released analysis."As the USCCB has consistentlysaid, the loss of affordable access for millions of people is simplyunacceptable," the bishop said, noting he would continue to study the fullCBO report. "These are real families who need and deserve health care."He added, "We pray that theSenate will work in an open and unified way to keep the go...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A spokeswoman for Bill Cosby is clarifying the purpose of the comedian's planned town hall meetings after she and a colleague initially appeared to draw a link between the meetings and his mistrial on felony charges of sexual assault....
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A federal judge Monday questioned the reach of a new Texas "sanctuary cities" law supported by the Trump administration but that four of the nation's largest cities, some police chiefs and immigrant-rights groups are trying to stop taking effect in September....
LONDON (AP) -- The deaths of 79 people in a London apartment tower have triggered emergency inspections, evacuations and soul searching among British officials who failed to prevent the tragedy....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Latest on a retracted CNN story about a supposed investigation in a Donald Trump associated and the head of a Russian investment fund (all times local):...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil's attorney general formally accused President Michel Temer of corruption on Monday, making him the first sitting president in Latin America's largest nation to face criminal charges....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city that employed the officer, avoiding a federal wrongful death lawsuit that attorneys said could have taken years to resolve....
Takata's lethally defective air bags proved to be the company's undoing Monday. But it could take years to get the dangerous devices off the road in the U.S. and around the world....
