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QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- The French Canadian university student charged with killing six Muslim men during evening prayers at a mosque was known for far-right, nationalist views and his support of the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Accusing her of betrayal and insubordination, President Donald Trump on Monday fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general of the United States and a Democratic appointee, after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his controversial refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court....
Washington D.C., Jan 30, 2017 / 03:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic bishops and relief leaders were among the critics of President Donald Trump’s order to implement stricter vetting on refugees and lower the cap for the number of refugees who can enter the United States.Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, in his role as chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, said the U.S. bishops “strongly disagree” with the halt on refugee admissions.“We believe that now more than ever, welcoming newcomers and refugees is an act of love and hope,” he said Jan. 27.“We will continue to engage the new administration, as we have all administrations for the duration of the current refugee program, now almost forty years. We will work vigorously to ensure that refugees are humanely welcomed in collaboration with Catholic Charities without sacrificing our security or our core values as Americans, and to ensure that families may be reunified with...
Quebec City, Canada, Jan 30, 2017 / 05:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The deadly mosque attack in Quebec on Sunday prompted massive grief from the city's cardinal, and pledges to support the victims and their families.“Whether we are Christians or not, an act of violence such as that experienced at the Great Mosque of Quebec touches us all,” Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix of Quebec City said Monday from Rome. “Hatred is the darkest expression of our humanity.”“The people of Quebec have always been recognized as a people who want to live in peace and respect,” he added. “We will respond to these hateful acts through our solidarity and pledge ourselves to continue building a society where social peace and respect for all cultures guide our daily lives.”Six people were killed and several injured after a gunman opened fire inside the Islamic Cultural Center of Quebec during evening prayers Jan. 29.One man has been arrested in connection with...
Washington D.C., Jan 30, 2017 / 06:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite recent legislative successes, the pro-life movement must reach hearts and minds to build a lasting culture of life, a panel of pro-life leaders maintained following Friday’s March for Life.“We may win some important legislative and judicial battles” but “we’re going to have to work hard not to lose the war,” Kim Daniels, a member of the Vatican Secretariat for Communications, told an audience of pro-life college students and advocates at Georgetown University on Saturday.Daniels was part of a Jan. 28 panel discussion at the 18th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.Moderator John Carr, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, praised the late Cardinal O’Connor, who was Archbishop of New York for 16 years until his death in 2000, as someone who put “defen...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yeganeh Torbati, ReutersBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As PresidentDonald Trump signed an executive memorandum intended to restrict the entry ofterrorists coming to the United States in the guise of refugees, the actionbrought quick response from Catholic and other religious leaders.The largest response came from morethan 2,000 religious leaders representing the Interfaith Immigration Coalition whoobjected to the action in a letter to the president and members of Congress. Theheads of Catholic charitable agencies, organizations working with immigrants andCatholic education leaders also decried the president's action.The action also drew supporters,with organizations such as the Heritage Foundation and some church leaders sayingit was necessary to protect the country's security.Trump signed the memorandum,titled "TheProtection of the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the UnitedStates," during aJan. 27 ceremony at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes as new Secretary of Defen...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- School shootings rise when the economy tanks, according to a new study of U.S. schools, even as violent crime in general appears to be unaffected....
DALLAS (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America announced Monday that it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys only programs....
QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- A French Canadian known for far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder over the shooting rampage at a Quebec City mosque that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism against Muslims....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- U.S. combat veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan say they are outraged at the temporary ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and the suspension of the U.S. refugee program that has blocked visas for interpreters who risked their lives to help American troops on the battlefield....
