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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Rescue workers in Haiti struggled to reach isolated towns on Haiti's southern peninsula and learn the full extent of the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew as the powerful storm lashed at the Bahamas on Wednesday and triggered large-scale evacuations along the U.S. East Coast....
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Calgary, Canada, Oct 5, 2016 / 02:43 pm (CNA).- An 81-year-old walking into a tattoo shop may sound like the start of a joke, but to Christine Nagel, her new ink is no laughing matter.The Calgary grandmother recently had the words “Don’t euthanize me” tattooed on her arm.“It’s drastic, but this very clearly says, ‘I’m going to live until God’s ready for me’,” she told Canadian news outlet, Globalnews.ca.A devout Christian, Nagel opposes assisted suicide, which was legalized in Canada this summer. It is already legal in several other European countries.In the U.S., a handful of states currently allow for assisted suicide, and numerous states have seen legislative pushes to legalize it in the past year. The citizens of Colorado will vote next month on a ballot measure proposing the legalization of assisted suicide. The Catholic Church opposes all forms of suicide as violating the inherent dignity of human life. Ca...
Lincoln, Neb., Oct 5, 2016 / 03:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic leaders in Nebraska spoke out in favor of a vote to maintain a ban on the death penalty, calling it unnecessary and “unjustified.”“The Catholic Church and Nebraska bishops oppose the death penalty because it is not necessary to protect society,” Tom Venzor, executive director of the Nebraska Catholic Conference, said at a Sept. 29 press conference.“We urge Catholics and all people of good will to vote to retain the repeal of the death penalty on Referendum 426.”This November, voters can decide whether to approve or reject the Nebraska Death Penalty Repeal Veto Referendum, Referendum 426. The referendum would repeal the Nebraska legislature’s May 2015 vote to ban the death penalty. Gov. Pete Ricketts vetoed the bill, but the legislature overrode it.The Catholic conference is hosting speaking events about the referendum at each cathedral parish and other parishes and venues.Venzo...
Port au Prince, Haiti, Oct 5, 2016 / 03:48 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Hurricane Matthew caused severe damage and several deaths in Haiti, and relief workers have already started to evaluate the damage.“Catholic Relief Services teams are out today to get a sense of the level of damage in Les Cayes and surrounding areas and to determine the greatest needs,” Catholic Relief Services communications director Kim Pozniak told CNA Oct. 5. “Our response is likely to include distribution of potable water, hygiene and kitchen kits and shelter materials.”The supplies were pre-positioned in a Les Cayes warehouse, Pozniak said, adding that if they are undamaged “we’re ready to respond as soon as we determine the areas of greatest need.”The hurricane made landfall on Haiti at 7 a.m. local time Oct. 4 with winds up to 145 mph. The storm has passed Cuba and is in the Bahamas, and is set to arrive in Florida by Thursday in a weakened form. Some Florida residents a...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, ReutersBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Haitian first responders and nongovernmental aid workers were assessingthe damage from Hurricane Matthew even as they scrambled to deliver food, waterand shelter materials to communities isolated by washed-out bridges and blockedroads.Thestorm left southwestern Haiti in shambles after slamming into the country's Caribbeancoast Oct. 4. The cities of Les Cayes, on the southwest coast, and Jeremie, in thenorthwest, were said to be particularly hit hard by the strongest storm tostrike the Caribbean region in a decade.Waterstood shoulder-deep in some communities. Electrical service, the internet andcell phone service disruptions were widespread. Makeshift wooden homes weresplintered, and even concrete block houses were wrecked by the storm.Abridge on the main road to the peninsula had been washed away, effectivelyisolating people living in the region southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital.Elevendeath...
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- An East Texas man set to die for killing a neighbor couple 13 years ago during a shooting frenzy remains adamant about moving forward with his execution....
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- Republican Mike Pence emerged from the vice presidential debate Wednesday an energized No. 2 set on using his Midwestern reserve to win over small-town and rural conservatives in battleground states....
