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Minneapolis, Minn., Jan 5, 2017 / 04:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Two Minnesota parents are facing charges of child neglect after they prayed over their severely ill son rather than seeking medical attention just prior to the child’s death. A criminal complaint says the couple, Sarah Johnson, 38, and Timothy Johnson, 39, found their son Seth, 7, unresponsive and covered in vomit one morning in March 2015. The parents told authorities they had decided to pray over Seth and treat him with vitamins and honey the night before his death rather than call 911 because they had “issues with doctors.”The Johnsons said in social media postings that have since been deleted that they relied on their strong faith to overcome their son’s death, according to local news reports. But should the Johnson’s attempt to use a religious freedom defense in court, it almost certainly will fail, a legal counselor told CNA. “No religious freedom statute or law...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Mother's Day came early this yearat the Vatican.A number of feast days over the Advent and Christmasseasons gave Pope Francis a fresh opportunity to pay homage to the world's mothersand insist further on how and why he wants the entire church to become morematernal.But who is this archetypal mother figure the pope upholds?Pope Francis pointed to a few of his favorite biblical heroines, praising the seeminglycontradictory qualities of each:Like Mary, she is silently compliant to God's will; likeRachel, she weeps inconsolably, drawing God's and the world's attention to areality people would rather ignore; and like the persistent widow, she doesn'tlet being a nobody stop her from speaking up against injustice, making a fuss andpestering the one who does have power to make things right.So how and why does the church need to be this loving,humble, hard-as-nails champion? Let's count the ways:-- A cold, careless, selfish worl...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island Rail Road train was traveling more than 10 mph when it crashed at the end of a platform as it pulled into a major transportation hub, injuring 100 people, a federal investigator said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Republicans and Donald Trump's transition team are exploring whether they can make good on Trump's promise of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border without passing a new bill on the topic, officials said Thursday....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A law North Carolina Republicans approved reducing the new Democratic governor's election oversight powers won't be enforced until the governor's legal challenge to it is resolved, state judges decided Thursday....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The Latest on litigation between North Carolina's Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders over the governor's powers (all times local):...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- One by one, friends and family members walked up to the witness stand and testified about the nine black church members gunned down during a Bible study in Charleston on June 17, 2015. They described personalities, future plans and final conversations....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mobile video is changing the way we witness crime, from live footage of a mentally disabled man tortured by four assailants , to a recording that led to the manslaughter conviction of an Israeli soldier , to the body cameras designed to keep police accountable....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brushing aside Donald Trump's dismissiveness, the nation's intelligence chief insisted Thursday that U.S. agencies are more confident than ever that Russia interfered in America's recent presidential election. And he called the former Cold War foe an "existential threat" to the nation....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Thursday with participants in a Conference organized by the national Office for Pastoral Care for Vocations of the Italian Episcopal Conference.The theme of the conference is “Arise, go forth, and fear not. Vocations and sanctity: I am on a mission.”Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: During the encounter, Pope Francis set aside his prepared remarks and spoke off-the-cuff to the 800 seminarians and religious men and women present.Recalling the conference’s theme, the Holy Father asked himself aloud, “How many young people, boys and girls, today hear in their heart that ‘Arise’, and how many – priests, consecrated men and women – close the door? And they wind up frustrated.”To remedy this situation, the Pope offered several thoughts on ways to increase vocations to religious life and the priesthood.“The doors are opened through prayer, though good will, through risk,” he said. &...
