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Washington D.C., Dec 1, 2016 / 11:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pro-life leaders have expressed their dissatisfaction as House Democrats re-elected pro-abortion Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as the House Minority Leader.“We have been in trouble since 2010, and failed to realize that we have alienated parts of our party, including the pro-life wing. And by making the platform more supportive of abortion, taxpayer funding of abortion, it further pushed people away,” Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats for Life of America, told CNA on Wednesday.“We need a leader that’s going to pull people together and make a change, rather than business-as-usual,” she continued.Pelosi was re-elected by House Democrats as the Minority Leader on Tuesday, winning 134 votes to 63 for Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio).Pelosi, 76, has served in Congress since 1987. She is a long-time abortion advocate who has won the praises of Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Rights Action ...
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Dec 1, 2016 / 11:44 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- As devastating wildfires continue to burn in East Tennessee, a startling discovery was made.This statue of Jesus was the only thing left standing in a house burned by the Tennessee wildfires https://t.co/1El3FQqhJm pic.twitter.com/65JrtUdXeE— CNN (@CNN) December 1, 2016On Thursday, CNN said that one of its affiliate reporters had found a statue of Jesus in the remains of a burnt-down house in Sevier County. The statue was the only thing standing amid the rubble.Earlier in the week, Dollywood theme park employee Isaac McCord found a page from Scripture that had survived the flames.In a Facebook post, he said that he found the page from the Bible while helping clean part of the theme park.Several verses from the book of Joel are visible on the burnt page, including, “To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.&rdqu...
IMAGE: CNS photo/David MaungBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Prayer services and special Masses will be held in manydioceses across the country as the U.S. Catholic Church has asked that the Dec.12 feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe be a day of prayer with a focus on migrantsand refugees.Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the Americas."As Christmas approaches and especially on this feast of Our Lady, we arereminded of how our savior Jesus Christ was not born in the comfort of his ownhome, but rather in an unfamiliar manger," said a Dec. 1 statement from CardinalDaniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.The day of prayer is intended to be a time to place before a merciful God thehopes, fears and needs of all those families who have come to the United Statesseeking a better life."So many families are wondering how changes to immigration policy might impactthem," Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles,USCCB vice president, said in a D...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The tedious task of recounting Wisconsin's nearly 3 million votes for president began Thursday with scores of hastily hired temporary workers flipping through stacks of ballots as observers watched their every move....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Broadway megahit "Hamilton" has already spawned a best-selling cast album, a PBS documentary and a book about its creation. Now it's spinning off a CD by fans who happen to be some of popular music's biggest stars....
MOSCOW (AP) -- An unmanned Russian cargo spaceship heading to the International Space Station broke up in the atmosphere over Siberia on Thursday due to an unspecified malfunction, the Russian space agency said....
BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand has a new king, with the country's crown prince formally taking the throne to succeed his much-revered late father, who reigned for 70 years....
SEATTLE (AP) -- A Washington state police officer responding to a domestic violence call was fatally shot and his fellow officers were still "taking fire" as they removed him from a home, beginning an 11-hour standoff during which authorities say the gunman used two young children as human shields....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The most extreme tornado outbreaks are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study claimed....
PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande announced Thursday that he would not seek a second term in next year's presidential election, saying he hoped to give his Socialist party a chance to win "against conservatism and extremism" by stepping aside....
