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Washington D.C., Apr 13, 2017 / 02:03 pm (CNA).- Pro-life leaders applauded President Donald Trump for signing a repeal of what they called President Obama’s “parting gift to the abortion industry.”“Today we thank President Donald Trump for restoring states' freedom to direct taxpayer dollars away from abortion providers in favor of supporting community health centers that deliver comprehensive women’s care, and already outnumber abortion providers 20 to 1,” Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, said Thursday.In December, President Barack Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule that states could not deny federal funds to health clinics simply on the grounds that they provided abortions.The funding program, Title X, consists of “family planning” grants for services like contraception, pregnancy testing, and infertility treatments.Those federal grants, dispersed by the states, had to go to clini...
Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 03:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Early Easter greetings and birthday wishes were the reason for Pope Francis’ visit with Pope emeritus Benedict XVI on Wednesday.Following his annual custom, Francis visited his predecessor at Vatican City’s Mater Ecclesiae monastery on April 12 to extend his greetings ahead of Easter Sunday. The Vatican Press Office said the visit had “a double celebratory character” given that Benedict XVI’s 90th birthday, April 16, falls on Easter this year.Benedict XVI sends birthday greetings to Pope Francis every Dec. 17. Last December, on Pope Francis’ 80th birthday, the Pope emeritus sent a “very affectionate” written message that was “particularly appreciated” by the current pontiff, the Holy See press office said.That December day, the Pope emeritus also sent three small gifts and made a personal phone call to his successor.
Miao, India, Apr 13, 2017 / 05:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In the Diocese of Miao, located in India's northeasternmost state of Arunachal Pradesh, Bishop George Pallipparambil does not stay quietly in his cathedral for Holy Week, but rather holds services across the diocese in an effort to better serve his people.“What we're trying to do is to reach to as many places as possible. I'm not confining myself to the main church in Miao,” the bishop told CNA in a 2015 interview. “I'll be there only for the Easter Sunday Mass.”“I finished today in one place, tomorrow I'll be in a big community called Khonsa, and for Good Friday I'll be in another district headquarters. For the [Easter] Vigil I'll be in another place, and then for Sunday Mass I'll be in Miao.”The Miao diocese covers a vast area of nearly 17,000 square miles, and it is home to the easternmost portions of the Himalayas.The terrain ranges “from the very low ...
By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- When the U.S. Supreme Court looks at a Lutheranpreschool playground case April 19, it will go far beyond settling a schoolyard squabbleand step into religious liberty turf.Atissue in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer is if the state of Missouri can exclude housesof worship in a playground refurbishment grant program using tire scraps.TheLutheran church says its exclusion from the program violates the Constitutionbecause it discriminates against religious institutions. The state disagrees,saying the church can still worship and operate but just won't get state fundsfor its resurfaced playground.In 2015,the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the state's decision to deny thepreschool's grant application.A full benchwill hear oral arguments in this case, since Justice Neil Gorsuch is now fillingthe seat left vacant by Justice Antonin Scalia's death last year. They willlikely hear both sides argue different interpretations of the court's 2004decision...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox News Channel expects Bill O'Reilly back from his vacation on April 24, ready to resume his position as cable television news' most popular host....
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) -- A water sample from Lake Michigan near a wastewater spill at a U.S. Steel plant in Indiana contained an elevated level of a potentially carcinogenic chemical but well below federal safety standards, the Chicago Department of Water Management said Thursday....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Thursday urged all countries that provide troops for U.N. peacekeeping missions to hold soldiers accountable for sexual abuse and exploitation, an appeal that came after she cited an Associated Press investigation into a child sex ring in Haiti involving Sri Lankan peacekeepers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is abruptly reversing himself on key issues. And for all his usual bluster, he's startlingly candid about the reason: He's just now really learning about some of them....
