内容摘要：For the last several months, Pentagon planners have been developing options — which the U.S. official described as medium, high and “extra high” choices, based on their cost — that include space-based interceptors. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to detail plans that have not been made public.

For the last several months, Pentagon planners have been developing options — which the U.S. official described as medium, high and “extra high” choices, based on their cost — that include space-based interceptors. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to detail plans that have not been made public.

Cardinal Joseph William Tobin attends a Mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)Cardinal Joseph William Tobin attends a Mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Tobin, 72, is archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, and a veteran of the Vatican bureaucracy who speaks five languages. The Detroit native was ordained in 1978 and earned master’s degrees in religious education and divinity at Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary in Esopus, New York. Benedict appointed Tobin in 2010 as secretary of the Vatican’s office overseeing religious orders. Tobin reportedly ruffled feathers by seeking to mend its frayed ties with U.S. nuns facing complaints they had become too liberal. Benedict appointed Tobin archbishop of Indianapolis in 2012. Francisand archbishop of Newark in 2016. Tobin welcomed Syrian refugees to Indiana despite opposition from then-Gov. Mike Pence. He has aSeven U.S. cardinals, due to being 80 or older, are not conclave electors: Edwin O’Brien, Roger Mahony, Adam Maida, Seán Patrick O’Malley, Justin Rigali, James Francis Stafford, Donald Wuerl.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — While“Nervous and excited,” the 31-year-old replied. “As it comes closer, I worry: Am I going to be able to cope with the pain?”

“It’s normal to feel nervous,” Brown assured her. “You want to be open to the entire process. You got this. You can do it!”Brown said she’s constantly awed by her patients’ strength. She recalled a teen just out of jail who overcame addiction and wound up giving birth vaginally without pain medication.

Joseph has no intention of returning to Europe. She has started a midwifery school, put together training programs for other health care professionals and convenes a national group of professionals and advocates who share ideas to improve maternal health and eliminate disparities over videoconference.She figures America needs her more.