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(Vatican Radio) Hungary's government-sponsored anti-migration referendum has been declared invalid because of low turnout, though citizens participating in it overwhelmingly rejected the mandatory European Union quota to relocate asylum seekers among member states. Less than half of 8.3 million eligible voters bothered to cast ballots after several opposition groups urged Hungarians to boycott Sunday's referendum. Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Official results showed that roughly 98 percent of the more than three million voters casting valid ballots backed the government. The referendum asked: "Do you want the European Union to be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary even without the consent of Parliament?" Most voted "No", against EU plans to resettle at least 160,000 migrants fleeing war and poverty among member states, even though Hungary would have to accommodate ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis, during the inflight press conference on his return from Azerbaijan, was asked how he would counsel the faithful in America and what wisdom would he have them keep in mind next month when the Presidential election there occurs?Responding to the question, the Holy Father said that, “in electoral campaigns, I never say a word. The people are sovereign. I'll just say a word: Study the proposals well, pray and choose in conscience.”The Pope’s answer mirrors that of Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’, who is in Rome this week.Listen: Speaking to Lydia O’Kane, Archbishop Kurtz said, “…It’s important that our faithful, in fact all people of good will form their consciences well. The Church is not going to endorse this candidate or that candidate, never has and certainly will not now and into the future. But we will talk ab...
(Vatican Radio) The Catholic Bishops of Canada have concluded their 2016 Plenary Assembly, which took place from September 26-30 in Cornwall, Ontario.“We had many interesting presentations,” said Bishop Douglas Crosby, OMI, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). “It was a very full Plenary; the agenda was perhaps too packed.”In an interview with Vatican Radio, Bishop Crosby spoke about some of the most important themes of the Plenary Assembly. Notably the Bishops discussed the recent legalization of euthanasia in the county. “The law is called ‘Medical Assistance in Dying,’” said Bishop Crosby, “which I think we would all want medical assistance in dying. So it really is misleading in terms of the title but this is really assisting suicide.” The Bishops heard from Cardinal Willem Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland, on the social and cultural impact of legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia i...
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries on how cells break down and recycle content, a garbage disposal system that scientists hope to harness in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Fighting in northern Syria between Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and Islamic State militants killed at least 15 rebels as the opposition tries to push toward a town of symbolic importance for the extremists, an activist group and Turkish officials said Monday....
PARIS (AP) -- Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kim Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom before making off with more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis returned to Rome late Sunday evening, after an intense weekend pilgrimage to Georgia and Azerbaijan in the Caucasus region. The Holy Father spoke with reporters traveling with him on his return flight, during which he offered reflections on a wide range of themes including marriage and divorce, homosexuality, and gender identity – further to his reflections offered on the same during the course of his whirlwind weekend visit.Listen to Chris Altieri's report: Catholic News Agency has prepared a full transcript of the in-flight press conference, available here.Responding to a question from Georgia’s public broadcaster, Ketevan Kardava, Pope Francis offered his own overview of his visit there. “I had two surprises in Georgia,” he said. “One, Georgia: I've never imagined so much culture, so much faith, so much Christianity…It is a believing people and an ancient Christian culture! A people of so many marty...
(Vatican Radio) Hidden behind an ancient church on one of the seven hills of Rome, a new secret garden has been brought to life by members of the different English speaking churches in the Eternal City.On Wednesday October 5th, Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will pray together at Vespers in the church of St Gregory on the Caelian hill to celebrate the significant progress that has been made in Anglican-Catholic relations over the past half century.The church and monastery, run by the Benedictine Camaldoli community, have a special place in the history of Christianity in England and it’s here that the new garden has been developed, next door to a home for the elderly run by sisters of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.The ecumenical garden project (ecumenicalgarden.blogspot.com) was the brainchild of Rev Dana English, assistant chaplain at All Saints Anglican church in Rome. She talked to Philippa Hitchen about the aims of the project a...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Forget the pink ribbons. Spitting in a tube for science is what unites a growing group of breast cancer patients taking part in a unique project to advance treatment for the deadliest form of the disease....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Activists on Sunday called on Los Angeles police to publicly name the officers involved in the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old black man near his home and to conduct a quick and transparent investigation....
