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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairmanof the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities has called for increasedefforts and "renewed vigor" to stop legalized physician-assisted suicide afterthe practice was approved by voters in Colorado and the District of ColumbiaCity Council.Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of NewYork urged Catholics to join medical professionals, disability rights groupsand others "in fighting for the authentic care" of people facing terminalillness in a statement released Nov. 21."The act of prescribing a fatal,poisonous dose, moreover, undermines the very heart of medicine," CardinalDolan said. "Doctors vow to do no harm, and yet assisted suicide is theultimate abandonment of their patients."His concern comes after votersin Colorado passed a physician-assisted suicide measure that was on the ballotNov. 8. The law also allows insurance companies to refuse treatment of patientsthey consider terminal.Colorado became the sixth statein the nati...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Saying nothing is beyond the reach of God's mercy, Pope Francis told Catholics worldwide he is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of abortion - women and health workers alike - even while stressing that it is a grave sin in the eyes of the church to "end an innocent life."...
TOKYO (AP) -- Coastal residents in Japan were ordered to flee to higher ground on Tuesday after a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's the idea: Swiftly pass a repeal of President Barack Obama's health care law, perhaps soon enough for Donald Trump to sign it the day he takes the presidential oath. Then approve legislation restructuring the nation's huge and convoluted health care system - despite Republican divisions, Democratic opposition and millions of jittery constituents....
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Six people were killed Monday when a Chattanooga school bus with 35 young children aboard crashed, turned on its side and wrapped around a tree, according to the district attorney....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump held court from his perch high above Manhattan on Monday, receiving a line of former rivals, longtime allies and TV executives while overseeing a presidential transition that at times resembles a reality show like the one he once hosted....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has named Indian Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo as his special envoy to the XI Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC). The meeting will take place in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, from November 28th to December 4th.The cardinal will be accompanied by two officials from the archdiocese of Colombo, Rev. Don Placidus De Silva, episcopal vicar for foreign relations, and Rev. Don J.D. Anthony, episcopal vicar for formation for vocations to priestly and religious life.Below please find the original letter in Latin from Pope Francis to Cardinal ToppoVenerabili Fratri Nostro TELESPHORO PLACIDO S.R.E. Cardinali TOPPOArchiepiscopo Metropolitae RanchiensiAnimum utique ad antiqua referre iuvat, cum seduli Evangelii praecones ad Asianas oras appulerunt, benignissimi ipsids Salvatoris salutaria dona ibis gentibus ministrantes. Regiones igitur apud illas Dei Verbi sparsum semen sapienter, divinae gratiae copiose irrigatum, se di...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday denounced the smuggling, trafficking and degrading treatment of fishermen who make a crucial contribution to global food security. He also warned of the risks of uncontrolled fishing which leads to the drastic depletion of certain species and threats to the food chain for future generations.Philippa Hitchen reports: The cardinal’s words came as he visited the Rome headquarters of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation for an event marking World Fisheries Day. He noted that the fisheries sector is a fast growing industry that employs millions of people, enabling the sustenance of families and communities, especially in the developing world.Cardinal Parolin said that two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, almost 21 million people continue to work under coercion, largely in the informal or illegal economy and primarily in labour intensive i...
(Vatican Radio) Ukraine is marking the third anniversary of the deadly Euromaidan protests that ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych but were followed by a war that killed thousands. Monday's commemoration came amid new tensions over the Crimean Peninsula which was annexed by Russia and a pledge by US president Barack Obama to try to reach a peace settlement before he leaves office. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Government officials, Maidan protest participants, and ordinary citizens are holding ceremonies to mark the Day of Dignity and Freedom, a national day commemorating the beginning of the Euromaidan protests in 2013 that overthrew Yanukovych.They placed flowers at a monument in Kiev to the "Heavenly Hundred". It's a reference to the many protesters who were killed in clashes with security forces during the protest.In a speech, President Petro Poroshenko called on the nation to unite and stand against the Russian "threat"....
Washington D.C., Nov 21, 2016 / 12:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- If you are itching to welcome in the yuletide with Christmas carols, a new album released by the friars of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. might just be the holiday tune you’ve been searching for.Good Christian Men, Rejoice! from Blackfriars Media on Vimeo.From traditional classics such as Away in a Manger, Silent Night, and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, the Dominicans of the Eastern Province have just released their Christmas album Christ Was Born to Save, available on CD or for digital download on iTunes.“All the music on this album flows from our prayerful contemplation of this great mystery: that God became man to save us from ourselves, and make us more like him,” wrote Fr. Gabriel Gillen, OP in a statement from the Dominican Foundation.The Dominican House of Studies isn’t new to the music business – they have produced three other albums over the years, including In Medio...
