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Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rar ....
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rar ....
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. There was more attention this week to the ethical debate weaponized drones in the war on terror. The discussion came amid a Senate IntelligenceCommittee Confirmation hearing for john brennan, nominated to be the next head of the cia. Brennan helped lead the obama administrations largely secret drone program. A leaked memo revealed the justice departments view that it is legal for the government to kill u. S. Citizens overseas if it believes they pose an imminent threat, even if there is no evidence of an immediate specific attack. Some ethicists say that amounts to illegal targeted killings. They are not the best strategy, they are not ethically right, and they are not morally right. After much campaigning by outside groups on both sides, the boy scouts postponed until may a decision on lifting its ban on ....
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. There was more attention this week to the ethical debate weaponized drones in the war on terror. The discussion came amid a Senate IntelligenceCommittee Confirmation hearing for john brennan, nominated to be the next head of the cia. Brennan helped lead the obama administrations largely secret drone program. A leaked memo revealed the justice departments view that it is legal for the government to kill u. S. Citizens overseas if it believes they pose an imminent threat, even if there is no evidence of an immediate specific attack. Some ethicists say that amounts to illegal targeted killings. They are not the best strategy, they are not ethically right, and they are not morally right. After much campaigning by outside groups on both sides, the boy scouts postponed until may a decision on lifting its ban on ....
Build for peace and mitigate conflict, we have to understand the religious dimensions of all of those sectors and frankly in the past we probably havent had the capacity we should have in our diplomacy. He said they will not shy away from addressing the places where religion is part of the problem. Its not just dealing with the good religious people and ignoring the negative aspects of religious, religion in politics. So its going to be very dicey, its going to be very complicated. We have solve some sophistication about how to engage. Particularly in those areas where religion may be a source of conflict. In other news, humanitarian officials are sounding the alarm about the impact of a massive drought in a subsarahan nation of namibia. Unicef, the United Nations childrens agency, said 100,000 children are at risk of malnutrition. Namibia is suffering the worst drought in 30 years, with women and children bearing the brunt. The c ....