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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is "very close" to naming a new FBI director to replace the one he fired more than a week ago....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump denounced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate his campaign's ties with Russia Thursday, calling it an unprecedented "witch hunt" that "hurts our country terribly." Even as he erupted anew, fellow Republicans expressed hopes the move would restore some calm to a capital plunged into chaos....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday welcomed to the Vatican Nepal’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Ramesh Prasad Khanal, and 5 others. At a formal ceremony in the Vatican, all 6 ambassadors presented their credentials to the Pope at the start of their diplomatic mission with the Holy See. The other ambassadors are from Mauritania, Trinidad e Tobago, Sudan, Kazakhstan and Niger. The Nepalese Ambassador to Germany, residing in Berlin, is the accredited non-residential Ambassador to the Holy See. Pope Francis delivered a common address to the 6 ambassadorsThe Holy See and the Kingdom of Nepal established diplomatic relations on 10 September, 1983 and on 7 October 1983, the Holy See erected the Mission sui Iuris of Nepal, meaning ‘in its own right’ or an independent mission. Prior to that, Nepal’s Catholics were under the jurisdiction of the Indian Diocese of Patna. Fr. Anthony Francis Sharma, the first native Jesu...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis granted a special audience on Thursday in the Paul VI Hall, to people suffering from Huntington's Disease, along with their caregivers, researchers, and patient advocates. Below, please find the full text of Pope Francis' remarks on the occasion.*************************************Dear Brothers and Sisters,I welcome you with joy, and I greet each one of you present at this opportunity for meeting and reflection dedicated to Huntington’s Disease. I wholeheartedly thank all those who worked to make this day possible. I am grateful to Dr Cattaneo and to Mr Sabine for their introductory words. I would like to extend my greeting to all people who, in their body and in their life, carry signs of this disease, as well as those who suffer from other so-called rare diseases.I know that some of you have had to brave a very long and difficult journey in order to be here today. I thank you and I am happy you are here. I have listened to your account...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis welcomed hundreds of people who suffer from a rare degenerative neurological condition known as Huntington’s Disease on Thursday in the Paul VI Hall, along with their families and caregivers, as well as research leaders and patient-advocates.Click below to hear our report Huntington’s Disease is a genetic disorder that affects between 5 and 10 people per 100 thousand on average, worldwide – though the prevalence of the disease varies greatly from place to place, with the prevalence in much of Asia at 1 per 1 million, while in the Lake Maracaibo region of Venezuela the prevalence is as high as 700 per 100 thousand people.The onset of the disease typically comes between 30 and 45 years-of-age, and often manifests through Parkinson’s-like symptoms, though end-stage Huntington’s usually involves full-blown dementia as well as severe physical disability.Huntington’s Disease has no cure.In his remarks to Huntington’s...
Vatican City, May 18, 2017 / 08:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Thursday offered a message of hope and love to patients with Huntington’s disease, a rare and incurable genetic brain disorder that causes intense suffering.In his speech, Francis said the fears and difficulties of people affected by Huntington’s disease have been surrounded “with misunderstandings and barriers (for) far too long.”“In many cases the sick and their families have experienced the tragedy of shame, isolation and abandonment. Today, however, we are here because we want to say to ourselves and all the world: ‘HIDDEN NO MORE!’” he said.This isn’t just a slogan, but a commitment we must foster, he continued.“The strength and conviction with which we pronounce these words derive precisely from what Jesus himself taught us,” he said, noting that throughout his ministry, Jesus “met many sick people; he took on their suffering; he tore ...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will celebrate thefeast of the Body and Blood of Christ and the Corpus Christi procession on aSunday -- June 18 -- and not on the traditional Thursday feast day, which isJune 15 this year.Throughout Italy and in most other countries, the feastwas transferred to the following Sunday years ago. The pope celebrating on theSunday "can strengthen the participation of the faithful in this solemn,public act of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament," said Cardinal AgostinoVallini, the papal vicar of Rome.Announcing the change in a letter May 1, the cardinalsaid he hoped changing the date of the celebration to a non-work day wouldallow more people to participate in the traditional procession through Romefrom the Basilica of St. John Lateran to the Basilica of St. Mary Major.The date of the papal celebration was announced by theVatican May 18 along with a list of Pope Francis' other public liturgical celebrationsfor June.Pope Francis will celebra...
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....
