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BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Latest on the developments in Iraq as government forces and their allies press ahead in the battle for IS-held city of Mosul (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday said access to food and water is a basic human right, and called on believers and people of good will everywhaere to take personal responsibility for the needs of their neighbors. The appeal came during the Holy Father's weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square. The Pope focused on feeding the hungry – the first of the Corporal Works of Mercy – during the catechetical portion of the event.Below, please find the official English-language summary read out following the main catechesis in Italian***************************************************Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we have reflected on God’s mercy and our own responsibility, as followers of Jesus, to be “merciful like the Father”. Among the corporal works of mercy, the first is that of feeding the hungry. Access to food and water is a basic human right, yet so many members of our hum...
(Vatican Radio) A letter from the Holy See regarding the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been published on the website of the UN General Assembly.The letter, dated 25 September 2016 and signed by Archbishop Bernadito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, evaluates the Agenda and makes some considerations regarding the Agenda in light of Pope Francis’ address to the United Nations when he travelled to New York in September 2015 and of other principles.You can find the full text of Holy See’s letter to the UN General Assembly here.Below, is the synopsis of the letter provided by the United Nations:On October 5, The United Nations General Assembly published on its website a September 25, 2016 letter from the Holy See regarding the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on the first anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda. The UN published it as an annex to Agenda Items 13 and 117 of the 71st Session of the General Ass...
Orange, Calif., Oct 19, 2016 / 03:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Stephanie Packer cherishes every moment with her husband and four children. Living with a terminal illness in Orange, California, her goal is “to do everything I can to have one more second with my kids.”When assisted suicide legislation was officially passed in California in 2016, Packer experienced the ultimate slap in the face: her insurance company denied the coverage of critical chemotherapy treatment that her doctors recommended for her condition.Her insurance would, however, cover end-of-life drugs for just $1.20.“It was like someone had just hit me in the gut,” said Packer, who shared her story in the new documentary, Compassion and Choice Denied.Produced by the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, the documentary details Packer’s experience of living with a terminal illness in an age where assisted suicide is cheaper than the fight for life.Particularly concerning: the insurance com...
Vatican City, Oct 19, 2016 / 04:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said that while donating money to charity might make us feel good, seeing real poverty in the flesh is a challenge we have to face, rather than trying to avoid it.“Poverty in the abstract doesn’t challenge us, it makes us think, lament, but when you see poverty in the flesh of a man, woman or child, yes, this challenges us,” he said Oct. 19.To see our brothers and sisters in this state, he said, questions “the attitude we have to run away, the attitude of running away from the needy and not drawing near to them.”Pope Francis’ comments were made during his catechesis for the general audience, which centered on the passage in James 2 that says “faith without works is dead.” In particular, Francis highlighted the corporal works of mercy of feeding the hungry and giving drink to the thirsty.When faith is dead, it is “incapable of doing works, of charity...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Pyongyang's newly opened zoo has a new star: Azalea, the smoking chimpanzee....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When a student athlete at San Jose State University in California was accused of sexually assaulting two women at an off-campus party over Labor Day weekend, school officials acted decisively....
KHAZER, Iraq (AP) -- A senior Iraqi general on Wednesday called on Iraqis fighting for the Islamic State group in Mosul to surrender as a wide-scale operation to retake the militant-held city entered its third day....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was barely three weeks ago that Donald Trump opened the first presidential debate by asking, with faux deference, if it was OK to refer to his opponent as "Secretary Clinton."...
Walking with Christ is not a carefree stroll. There are obstacles and hardships along the way. However, there's also immeasurable blessings. It's natural to prefer these to the difficulties. The way...
