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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....
MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas and nearly 2 million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes Wednesday, a mass exodus ahead of a major storm packing power the U.S. hasn't seen in more than a decade....
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....
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) -- Donald Trump pushed back Wednesday on Hillary Clinton's accusation that he's cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin after Mike Pence found himself on the defensive over the issue in the vice presidential debate against Tim Kaine....
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on Wednesday presided at the celebration of Vespers in the Rome church of St Gregory on the Caelian Hill to mark the 50th anniversary of Anglican-Catholic relations.During the liturgy the two leaders signed a common declaration and sent out on mission together 19 pairs of Anglican and Catholic bishops from countries around the world.Please find below the text of the Common Declaration of Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin WelbyFifty years ago our predecessors, Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey met in this city hallowed by the ministry and blood of the Apostles Peter and Paul. Subsequently, Pope John Paul II with Archbishop Robert Runcie, and later with Archbishop George Carey, and Pope Benedict XVI with Archbishop Rowan Williams, prayed together here in this Church of Saint Gregory on the Caelian Hill from where Pope Gregory sent Augustine to evangelise the Anglo-Saxon people. On ...
