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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma lawmakers have moved to effectively ban abortion in their state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, an effort the bill's sponsor said Thursday is aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Phil Mickelson has agreed to forfeit nearly $1 million that authorities say was unfairly earned on a stock tip from a professional gambler, part of an insider trading probe that resulted in two arrests but spared the wealthy pro golf star from facing criminal charges....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Morley Safer, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent who was equally at home reporting on social injustices, the Orient Express and abstract art, and who exposed a military atrocity in Vietnam that played an early role in changing Americans' view of the war, died Thursday, according to Kevin Tedesco, a CBS News publicist....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump kept himself planted firmly in the political spotlight this week with one headline-grabbing move after another - launching a social media defense of his treatment of women, listing possible Supreme Court nominees, rapidly declaring an Egyptian plane crash an act of terrorism....
CAIRO (AP) -- An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard swerved wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, authorities said. Egyptian and Russian officials said it may have been brought down by terrorists....
TORONTO (AP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized before the Canadian Parliament for a third time Thursday, saying he expects better behavior of himself after elbowing a female lawmaker in the chest and grabbing another lawmaker....
(Vatican Radio) More than 1000 young people in Scotland will soon receive the Pope Benedict XVI Caritas Award 2016 at an awards ceremony in Glasgow.Listen: The award encourages and promotes the ongoing faith journey of young people. Pupils in their final year of secondary school are able to enroll, and members of parish communities can nominate young people in areas where Catholic schools do not exist.The participants are asked to use their faith learning as a starting point for further faith reflection, which should lead to actions that show their faith witness. They are supported in deciding how best to develop their God-given talents in a way that witnesses to God’s love.While many of the participants in the past have been active members of their schools, parishes and dioceses before enrolling, many more have responded to God’s call to ‘love thy neighbor’ precisely because they have signed up for the scheme. Michael McGrath is the Director of the S...
Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey is an Assistant Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University in New Jersey, United States. Also the First Vice President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, she has done specific studies in the use of sexual violence as a weapon of genocide. Dr. Joeden-Forgey was invited to address a special event at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 28, organized by Archbishop Bernadito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. The event, co-sponsored by +Libres, CitizenGo and In Defence of Christians, had as its theme, “Defending religious freedom and other human rights: stopping mass atrocities against Christians and other believers.” Dr. Joeden-Forgey specifically addressed the discussion on Christian and Yazidi women and girls as sexual victims of crimes against humanity. According to her, sexual vi...
Caritas Pakistan renders financial help to victims including four who are Muslims of Easter Sunday terrorist attack.A Caritas program was established after the suicide attack in a public park that killed more than 70 people. Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw of Lahore joined Caritas Pakistan in distributing checks to victims of the attack, which targeted a children's play area in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Lahore on March 27."It was a very painful incident, families celebrating a joyful occasion were targeted," said Archbishop Shaw at Lahore's Sacred Heart Cathedral, May 18 while addressing 19 families, including four who are Muslim, affected by the attack. "Our help won't heal wounds but at least you can buy some medicine with it," said the bishop.The checks — worth 40,000 rupees each — were part of the Lahore blast victims support program, which was launched by Caritas Pakistan Lahore in April.The attack death toll climbed to 78 on May 15...
(Vatican Radio) After reaching an agreement with all the Christian denominations, the British charity, the Halo Trust, has embarked on a project to clear mines and unexploded ordinance from one of the most sacred Christian sites in the world, where Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan. The one square kilometer site that contains 7 churches and monasteries has been a no-go area for almost 50 years after thousands of mines and booby traps were laid during the 1967 war. The Chief Executive of the Halo Trust, Major General James Cowan, spoke to Susy Hodges about this landmark project.Listen to the interview with James Cowan of the Halo Trust: HUGE SYMBOLISMCowan says the Halo Trust is “very excited” about this important and hugely symbolic project to clear thousands of mines and unexploded ordinance from Jesus’ baptism site along the western bank of the River Jordan. He explained how access to this sacred site, known as Qasr Al-Yahud, with its 7 churche...
