Obama threatens veto as fetal pain bill passes House

Washington D.C., Jun 18, 2013 / 06:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Despite passing the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy faces an uncertain future as President Obama's administration has suggested that he will veto it.

Construction begins on new home for elderly in Thailand

Korat, Thailand, Jun 18, 2013 / 05:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A new home for the elderly in Thailand will seek to restore respect for senior citizens and to fight the escalating problems of elderly abandonment and suicide in the country.

Jesus 'wants pastors, not combers of sheep,' Pope Francis says

Vatican City, Jun 18, 2013 / 02:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Christians are called to be evangelists, seeking out the sheep who are lost rather than staying at home tending to the few who have never left, Pope Francis said at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.

Argentine bishops concerned over assisted reproduction law

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 18, 2013 / 01:04 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Responding to a new law on assisted fertilization, the bishops of Argentina stressed that “not everything that is technically possible is ethically and legally acceptable.”