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Tracey Stahl lost part of a leg to bone cancer last fall, and she has to wince through bouts of crippling pain from an ill-fitting artificial limb because of a strange health insurance limit: Her plan covers just one limb per lifetime....
NEW YORK (AP) -- When Hillary Clinton arrived at her brand-new campaign plane, she greeted crew members, climbed aboard and then made a surprise move: a beeline to the dozens of journalists seated in the back....
WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) -- Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying her Republican opponent had "failed" at proving he can be commander in chief....
(Vatican Radio) Resuming the daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta after the summer break, Pope Francis, in his homily, spoke about the importance of working for peace in small, daily actions – because, he said, it is in small daily gestures that peace on a global scale is born.It is not so much great international meetings that produce peace, he said. Rather, peace is a gift from God which is born in small places: in the heart, for instance; or in a dream, as happened to St Joseph when the angel told him not to fear to take Mary as his wife, because she would give the world “Emmanuel”, that is, “God with us.” And “God with us”, the Pope said, “is peace.”A gift we work for each dayThe Pope began his reflection from the liturgy, which pronounces the word “peace” from the very first prayer. The Holy Father focused on the words of the opening prayer, “that we might all grow in unity and in peace.” We must work...
(Vatican Radio) As an important international conference on human trafficking wrapped up this week in Nigeria, it becomes more and more obvious that women religious have increasingly become the protagonists in the fight against this global scourge.The history of their formidable battle against trafficking dates back to the earliest days of this modern evil and their insistent work has expanded to address all forms of trafficking, mobilizing millions of sisters and laywomen, and resulting in a myriad of concrete initiatives and organizations.One such organization is RENATE, a European network of religious committed to work together against human trafficking and exploitation. Represented in 25 European countries, RENATE members are working, alongside many other organizations around the world, to eradicate modern-day slavery. RENATE was present in Abuja, Nigeria, to bring its experience and connect with other actors at the 3-day International Conference on Human Trafficking...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met this morning with the new Australian ambassador to the Holy See, Melissa Hitchman, who presented her credentials.The newest member of the Vatican’s diplomatic corps is an experienced career officer with Australia’s department of foreign affairs and trade. She has previously served overseas as first secretary at the Australian High Commission in London.Diplomatic relations between Canberra and the Holy See were formally established in 1973 but Hitchman is both the first career diplomat and the first woman to hold the post of resident ambassador.She sat down with Philippa Hitchen to talk about her goals and to share her perspectives on refugees, aboriginal rights, counter-terrorism and on the role of women in society today….Listen: Ambassador Hitchman says she’s building on the strong foundations of her predecessors but notes she’s the “first career diplomat and first woman to hold this position as res...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Losing thrust in both engines but still managing to land an airliner full of people in the Hudson River without the loss of a single life is plenty dramatic. But the drama in "Sully," the movie about the "Miracle on the Hudson" ditching of U.S. Airways Flight 1549, doesn't stop there....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Does this gun make me look fat?...
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed "in principle" to meet in Moscow for talks in what the Russians hope will relaunch Mideast peace talks after a more than two-year break....
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican Donald Trump proves he isn't qualified to be president "every time he speaks," adding that he was confident Americans would ultimately reject the brash billionaire on Election Day....
