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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California doctors will be required to check a database of prescription narcotics before writing scripts for addictive drugs under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed Tuesday that aims to address the scourge of opioid abuse....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was the most-watched presidential debate ever, with 84 million viewers....
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) -- When Donald Trump challenged Hillary Clinton's stamina on the debate stage, Pennsylvania voter Patricia Bennett said she heard a "dog whistle" that smacked of unmistakable sexism....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A defensive Donald Trump gave Hillary Clinton plenty of fresh material for the next phase of her presidential campaign on Tuesday, choosing to publicly reopen and relitigate some her most damaging attacks....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is concerned about the continuing tensions triggered by the situation in North Korea.Responding to a question about the delicate situation on the Korean Peninsula, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke on Tuesday said: "I can confirm that the concern of the Holy Father and the Holy See about the continuing tensions in the area on account of the nuclear tests carried out by North Korea, was reiterated today by Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, the Holy See’s Undersecretary for Relations with States, speaking in Vienna at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
(Vatican Radio) The Society of Jesus is to hold the first plenary session of its 36th General Congregation at the Jesuit Curia in Rome on October 3rd.The Congregation will last until it has completed its business which is to discuss the renewal of Jesuit life and mission within the complexities of the current world scenario; and to discuss renewal of governance.A General Congregation represents the supreme governing body of the Jesuit order. It has only taken place 35 times since the Society was founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius of Loyola.During this congregation 215 Jesuits from around the globe will gather to elect a new Superior General as Father Adolfo Nicolas has announced his intention to resign.Vatican Radio’s Linda Bordoni spoke to Jesuit Father Patrick Mulemi, Director of the Communications and Public Relations Office of the Society of Jesus about how he expects the General Congregation to play out.Listen:Asked what is the inspiration behind the Logo for GC 36 w...
Cartagena, Colombia, Sep 27, 2016 / 12:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin praised the signing of a peace agreement in Colombia on Monday, telling Colombians that a better future is possible, while also stressing that reconciliation is a commitment everyone must make, and which begins with those who have suffered.Cardinal Parolin spoke from Cartagena, where he said Mass Sept. 26 to mark the signing of the peace agreement between the country’s government and FARC rebels. He was present on behalf of Pope Francis for the signing of the agreement, where attendees dressed in white to symbolize peace.“You can build a different future in which you can coexist without massacring each other and which possesses different convictions,” the cardinal said Sept. 26.He stressed that while recent decades have been challenging, it’s possible to achieve a brighter future “within the framework of the respect of democratic rules, of h...
IMAGE: NS photo/L'Osservatore Romano handout via EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Don't respond to grief or anguishwith pills, alcohol or avoidance, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.Figure out what is going on inside your heart, then turnto God and beg him for help, he said Sept. 27 during an early morning Mass inthe chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.Reflecting on the day's readings, the pope looked at the"spiritual desolation" experience by Job and the responsorial psalm,"Let my prayer come before you, Lord." Job lost everything and felt utterly abandoned and unfairlytormented, the pope said. He unleashed his desperate cries to God, venting allof his feelings of hopeless despair and regret, and yet, he never blasphemed orcursed God in his ranting, he said.Everyone has experienced some degree of despair that"makes us feel as if our soul were crushed," unable to breathe andperhaps even eager for death, the pope said."We have to understand when our spirit is in thisstate...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic SpiritBy Jessica TrygstadST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Anestimated 12,000 students, teachers and staff of Catholic schools filled abaseball park in downtown St. Paul Sept. 22 for the first all-school Mass ofthe Holy Spirit in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and AuxiliaryBishop Andrew H. Cozzens and more than 60 priests concelebrated the Mass forfourth- through eighth-grade students from the archdiocese's 79 Catholic gradeschools after a performance from the local band Sonar.In his homily, Archbishop Hebdatold the crowd filling the stadium seats and spread across CHS Field --where the St. Paul Saints baseball team plays -- that the Holy Spirit is whatmakes Catholic schools great. And, in turn, students must ask the Holy Spiritto help them reach greatness."I am so happy that we have thatopportunity at the beginning of this school year to pray for an outpouring ofthe Holy Spirit," Archbishop Hebda said. "Cer...
CHASKA, Minn. (AP) -- Add Michael Phelps' name to the list of Americans who were less than amused by teammate Ryan Lochte's post-competition, early morning drunken antics at the Rio Olympics....
