IMAGE: CNS photo/Garcia Rawlins, Reuters By Cody Weddle CARACAS, Venezuela (CNS) — Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino said the nation’s government must take the blame for at least 10 deaths related to a controversial election. “This is the responsibility of the president of the republic, the high command, and the ministers,” …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Garcia Rawlins, Reuters By Cody Weddle CARACAS, Venezuela (CNS) — Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino said the nation’s government must take the blame for at least 10 deaths related to a controversial election. “This is the responsibility of the president of the republic, the high command, and the ministers,” …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Aaron P. Bernstein, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — After the Senate Republicans failed to get enough votes to pass a “skinny” repeal to remove parts of the Affordable Care Act in the early hours of July 28, the U.S. Catholic Church’s lead spokesman on the issue said the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Marcel van Dorst – MaRicMedia, EPA By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Human trafficking is “brutal, savage and criminal,” Pope Francis said, but often it seems like people see it as a sad, but normal fact of life. “I want to call everyone to make a commitment …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Marcel van Dorst – MaRicMedia, EPA By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Human trafficking is “brutal, savage and criminal,” Pope Francis said, but often it seems like people see it as a sad, but normal fact of life. “I want to call everyone to make a commitment …

IMAGE: CNS/family handout, courtesy Featureworld By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Charlie Gard, the British baby whose legal battle caught the attention of the world, died July 28, just over a week before his first birthday, his family announced. Connie Yates, the baby’s mother, issued a brief statement saying: …

IMAGE: CNS/family handout, courtesy Featureworld By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Charlie Gard, the British baby whose legal battle caught the attention of the world, died July 28, just over a week before his first birthday, his family announced. Connie Yates, the baby’s mother, issued a brief statement saying: …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Aaron P. Bernstein, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — After the Senate Republicans failed to get enough votes to pass a “skinny” repeal to remove parts of the Affordable Care Act in the early hours of July 28, a U.S. bishop said the “task of reforming the health care …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlos Garcias, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Days before a referendum to elect a constituent assembly to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution, leaders of the country’s bishops’ conference said the referendum is illegal and will only increase the suffering of the people. The July 30 referendum …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Roytek, courtesy Boy Scouts of America By GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (CNS) — Scouting develops generosity, service and fraternity, which are all values “our world sorely needs,” the papal nuncio told Catholic Scouts gathered for a July 23 Mass during the annual Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree. …