A Vatican conference called “Sport at the Service of Humanity” in October was a heady experience. Just at the opening ceremony itself, Pope Francis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach all spoke. Artists from several cultures gave stirring dance
London, England, Jan 26, 2017 / 04:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Proposed standards for U.K. medical professionals could force them to violate their religious beliefs on the job, both Christian and Muslim groups have warned. David Clapham, a treasurer of the group Christians in Pharmacy, says
OAKLAND, Calif. — A California law that decriminalizes underage prostitution for the minors involved went into effect Jan. 1, after sparking a flurry of debate on social media. “Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California,” claimed California Assemblyman Travis Allen,
You can learn a lot from fairy tales. But first you have to know whether you’re living in one. In Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” all the king’s subjects go along with the consensus view that their monarch has a beautiful new
Many people see addiction . . . as a character flaw or a bad choice. They don’t recognize that addiction is in fact a chronic disease of the brain.” That statement by Vivek Murthy, surgeon general of the United States, reflects the current medical and
Of the 4,000 Americans waiting for heart transplants, only 2,500 will receive new hearts in the next year. Even for those lucky enough to get a transplant, the biggest risk is their bodies will reject the new heart and launch a massive immune reaction against
New research shows that a great many of our older people are suffering from loneliness, as you can read here. This is not news, but it is good to be reminded of this, as it should spur us on to do something about this terrible situation,
The archbishop of Toronto is given to deprecating himself as “just a simple country cardinal.” In my experience, though, Cardinal Thomas Collins is one of the premier leaders of the Catholic Church today. He’s a bishop of the New Evangelization who does a lot of
GREENWICH – Young Americans are dying at a rate not seen since the Vietnam War. But they are not dying in combat – they’re dying of the effects of drug overdoses, alcoholism, mental illness and suicide, at a rate 200 percent higher than during the 1980s
As most of you know, the Washington, D.C. City Council recently took a step toward legalizing physician-assisted suicide for those with less than six months to live. Although I have written elsewhere about the dangerous implications of this legislation, in today’s post I want to stand up
