Violent marriages: one woman helps synod bishops understand

Violent marriages: one woman helps synod bishops understand

VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) – Christauria Welland is a clinical psychologist who's worked with both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence – and with one in three women worldwide suffering from abuse at the hands of a partner, her goal is to make sure bishops know about the problem.

Often kept secret through shame or fear of stigma, the scourge of physical and emotional violence between couples is something the Catholics are anything but immune from, and Welland says she hopes to bring about healing and change through awareness and education.

The Roundup: Democrats stick to high road in first debate
gun control

The Roundup: Democrats stick to high road in first debate

Evan Lips

LAS VEGAS – It was all cordiality and handshakes Tuesday during the first of six Democratic presidential debates, making it a night to bolster the campaign of frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

Out of all the candidates on the debate stage, CNN gave the former secretary of state a whopping 30 minutes and 26 seconds of air time, compared with a meager 9 minutes and 2 seconds for Lincoln Chafee, the Republican senator and Democratic governor of Rhode Island. Bernie Sanders, an independent Vermont senator and Clinton's nearest competitor, ate up 26 minutes and 42 seconds.

Read More