Ethics newsweekly is provided by the little endowment an indianapolis based private Family Foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its go to have you with us. This week the world health organization, w. H. O. , said the ebola death toll has risen to over 4,800 people worldwide. Most infections have been in west africa where hospital bed and food are in short supply. In liberia, Doctors Without Borders delivered thousands of medical kits to families forced to care for their infected relatives at home. Meanwhile, continued concerns here in the u. S. As a new york city doctor became the citys first person to test positive for ebola. Dr. Craig spencer had recently returned from guinea, where hed been working with Doctors Without Borders. Heavy fighting
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three eks unti election day, polls show divided cturamg 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 rare reference to his mormon faith. And i believe were all children of the same
Coming up, fred de sam lazaro reports on the fears of the alawites, an offshoot of shia islam and the religion of syrias president assad. If he is overthrown, will all alawites become targets . And bob faw on what some Catholic School systems are doing to try to survive . Our educational system was imploding. Enrollmentwise, finance wise, something radical, radical surgery had to be done. Announcer major funding for religion ethics news weekly is dedicated to i founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual group and retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. The january henson foundation, and the corporation for public broadcasting. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Arguments continue over the socalled fiscal cliff deal approved this week in the fina minutes of the 112th congress. And religious groups are among those weighing in. The Fami
Coming up, Deborah Potter on the controversial life of the late dorothy day. She was a convert to catholicism who fed the poor, defied authority, opposed all war, and is now being considered for sainthood. And this weekend of the Grammy Awards, kim lawton looks at the new mainstream success for contemporary christian music. 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 Intelligence Committee Confirmation hearing for john brennan, nominated to be the next head of the cia. Brennan helpelead the obama adminisations 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
Ethics newsweekly is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolisbased planet family foundation, dedicated to its founders interests in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. And the corporation for public broadcasting. Welcome. Im kim lawton sitting in for bob abernathy, thank you for joining us, muslims around the world celebrated the end of ramadan, with eid alfitr, one of their most important holidays. The festival was observed with special prayers and elaborate feasts to break the monthlong daytime fasting. But in some area, the holiday was marred with continued violence and threats of violence. Fighting continued in syria, where civilians prayed for an end to the conflict. Meanwhile, syrian friends of a prominent italian priest, father paolo delalio confirmed that he been abducted. He went missing as he tried to