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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....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump lashed out at the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations that his campaign collaborated with Russia to sway the 2016 election, tweeting Thursday that it is "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will not honor a subpoena issued by a Senate committee looking into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the panel's chairman said Thursday....
