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CHICAGO (AP) -- Pilots were forced to abort a takeoff and evacuate passengers from a burning American Airlines flight Friday on a runway at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after the airliner experienced what a federal official said was a rare and serious type of engine failure....
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The stunning acquittal of seven people who occupied a federal wildlife sanctuary during an armed standoff raised fears Friday that the verdict could embolden other militant groups in a long-running dispute over government-owned Western lands....
Humility walks hand in hand with patience.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct 28, 2016 / 02:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Des Moines church has dropped its lawsuit against the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, after a federal court reassured the church it would not face penalties for preaching and following its views on homosexuality and transgender issues, including single-sex bathrooms.“The Iowa commission’s guidance was vague and empowered government bureaucrats far beyond what the constitution allows,” said Steve O’Ban, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel. “The court cut off this unconstitutional power grab by clarifying that the law does not apply to churches and reassured Iowa churches that they are free from improper state interference.”O’Ban represented Fort Des Moines Church of Christ in U.S. district court. The church filed suit based on fears that the state’s anti-discrimination policy on gender identity and sexual orientation would make it legally liable for preaching and followin...
Washington D.C., Oct 28, 2016 / 03:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a case on whether students identifying as transgender may be required to use restrooms according to their biological birth sex.“Schools have a duty to protect the privacy and safety of all students. That’s a compelling reason for the Supreme Court to review the 4th Circuit’s decision in this case, especially when other courts – including the 4th Circuit itself previously – have upheld that principle,” said Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Gary McCaleb, in response to the Court’s taking up the case G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board.“In light of the right to bodily privacy, federal law should not be twisted to require that a male be given access to the girls’ facilities, or a female to the boys’ facilities,” he continued. “The Supreme Court should reverse the 4th Circuit’s ruling, which ...
Munich, Germany, Oct 28, 2016 / 05:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a recent article for a German journal, Cardinal Walter Kasper – a protagonist for the admission of the divorced-and-remarried to Holy Communion – has written that Amoris laetitia marks a “paradigm shift” that allows for a “changed pastoral practice.”“There is leeway in the concrete elaboration of the dogmatic principles’ practical pastoral consequences,” the president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity wrote in his article for the November 2016 edition of Stimmen der Zeit, a monthly journal on Christian culture.Cardinal Kasper began by examining the range of interpretations of the apostolic exhortation issued by Pope Francis in March. He dismissed Cardinal Raymond Burke's denial that it is magisterially binding, saying this “formally contradicts the character of an apostolic exhortation as well as its content.”The cardinal ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Builders, churchleaders, choir members and journalists gathered atop eight floors ofscaffolding -- 159 feet high -- in the Basilica of the National Shrine of theImmaculate Conception Oct. 28 for the blessing of the workspace where a new mosaicwill be installed on the shrine's Trinity Dome."Itwill be a wonder to behold," said Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl ofthe dome, which is expected to be completed by the end of next year. The mosaic will depictthe Trinity, Mary and 13 saints associated with the United States or thenational shrine, the four evangelists and words from the Nicene Creed.Thefinished dome also will mark the completion of the national shrine, according to theoriginal architectural plans for the church set to mark its centennial in 2020-- the 100th anniversary of the placement of its foundational stone.Duringthe blessing, Cardinal Wuerl offered prayers for the success of the project andthe safety ...
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- A standoff between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and law enforcement over a highway roadblock diminished Friday without incident, a marked contrast to the forced removal a day earlier of protesters occupying private property....
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- When Deborah Giannecchini was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer four years ago, it didn't make sense. She had no family history, nor did she seem a high risk....
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The acquittal of seven people who occupied a federal wildlife sanctuary in Oregon was a rejection of the prosecution's conspiracy case, not an endorsement of the defendants' actions in the armed protest, a juror said Friday, a day after the stunning verdict that government officials feared could embolden other groups....
