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BANGKOK (AP) -- Concerts and colossal beach parties in Thailand have been canceled. An annual floating lantern festival meant to placate the country's goddess of water will not take place....
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Phoenix, Ariz., Oct 14, 2016 / 02:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, it immediately prompted concerns about freedom of conscience.From this seemingly adverse situation sprouted a new cost-sharing organization, Solidarity HealthShare, which aims to place Catholic values, the common good, and affordable healthcare at the center of its mission.“The inspiration of it was when the Affordable Care Act was passed. Some Catholic leaders in Phoenix realized that our religious liberty and our consciences were going to be violated if Catholics had to follow these mandates,” the company’s CEO Bradley Hahn told CNA.“So that kind of led the journey to find an ethical and affordable way to pay for medical costs,” Hahn continued.The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. It includes a mandate from the Department of Health and Human Services requiring insurance plans to fund contraception, sterilizations and early abortion pills. ...
The slide in NFL ratings could be as much a trend as a blip....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton's campaign asked former President Bill Clinton to cancel a speech to a Wall Street investment firm last year because of concerns that the Clintons might appear to be too cozy with Wall Street just as the former secretary of state was about to announce her White House bid, newly released emails show....
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A tornado struck an Oregon beach town Friday, sending debris flying and toppling power lines and trees as strong winds and heavy rain walloped the Pacific Northwest....
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) -- Elmer McDonald rolled up his blue jeans and sloshed into the ankle-deep floodwater on his street. The cool water was the color of strong tea....
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(Vatican Radio) The Rev. Dr Kaisamari Hintikka, is a senior member of the Lutheran World Federation and Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations who has been attending a meeting in Rome this week with secretaries of the Christian World Communions, an international ecumenical organization. Delegates attending the conference were received in audience by Pope Francis just before his Wednesday general audience. Dr Hintikka told Susy Hodges that these ecumenical conferences take place on a regular basis and all the different Christian denominations taking part that include Catholics and Orthodox Christians share a longer-term vision of unity and all of them were committed to that ultimate goal. Listen to the interview with the Rev. Dr Kaisamari Hintikka:
