By Yara Del Rio-Dominguez |Staff Writer| Tuberculosis on a Rise (Oct. 24) The Ebola outbreak has shifted everyone’s attention from the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic that is on the rise. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nine million cases of TB were reported in 2013. In terms of death toll, TB comes in second to HIV/AIDS. Vatican Library Goes Digital, Costing Millions (Oct. 26) The Vatican will use a digital format developed by NASA to digitize thousands of its rarest books. The Vatican is looking to raise $63 million in order to complete its digital transfer, according to geek.com. The public will be able to view the pages in its digital form for … [Read more...] about Chronicle news briefs
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Divisions at the Vatican
By Aimee Villalpando |Staff Writer| The Vatican was divided on the last day of the recent Synod, in a vote on whether the church should change their approach in dealing with non-traditional families. In the two week Synod, a council of the church, bishops from all over the world gathered in Rome to discuss modern family-related issues. The Synod's final report shows votes on three articles related to the divorced/remarried couples and that the welcoming of homosexuals did not attain the required two-thirds majority vote among the 183 voters, according to the Huffington Post. Pope Francis planned for this Synod to be unlike any other, as he encouraged bishops to express their … [Read more...] about Divisions at the Vatican
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