WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday that the president would veto legislation to rename the area in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington after a prominent Chinese political prisoner.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters that the bill proposed by Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, which has passed the Senate, would only complicate efforts to impress upon China the need to respect human rights and release Liu Xiaobo.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – Catholic clergy have a "moral and ethical responsibility" to report sexual abuse, the cardinal tasked with reforming the Vatican's approach to sexual crimes said after criticism of the Holy See.
Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley sought to reaffirm the church's position on reporting abuse in his role as head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, which Pope Francis set up in 2014.
