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IMAGE: CNS/Dennis SadowskiBy Dennis SadowskiMODESTO,Calif. (CNS) -- The push for sanctuary was on a lot of minds at the U.S.Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements.Concernsabout President Donald Trump's intention to deport millions of unauthorizedimmigrants rose throughout the Feb. 16-19 gathering of more than 600grass-roots and church leaders in California's Central Valley.Declaringsanctuary for people fearing forced removal and the breakup of family life wasone way to resist government actions, activists and Catholic clergy said.Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Delimanof Philadelphia, who also is pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish insuburban Bensalem, received a standing ovation when he told thegathering Feb. 18 that "what would be disruptive would be if we woulddeclare our parish a sanctuary church.""Ifthat would spread and every parish in the diocese would do the same, wecertainly could do what Jesus would want us to do," said Bishop Deliman,who has ministered alongside Latino...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Newly released video shows a small plane piloted by Harrison Ford flying low over an airliner with 116 people aboard moments before he mistakenly landed on a taxiway at a Southern California airport....
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The firm that owns the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security worldwide following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years....
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) -- On New Year's Eve, some 1,200 inmates enjoyed funk music and danced with family members inside the walls of Complexo Penitenciario Anisio Jobim, the largest prison complex in Brazil's northern state of Amazonas...
DENVER (AP) -- Republicans who benefited from rowdy town halls six years ago and harnessed a wave of discontent with Democrats to win seats in Congress are learning a hard lesson this week as they return home: The left is happy to return the favor....
PARIS (AP) -- More and more people want to join France's unpredictable presidential race - hopefuls who might never win but could garner enough votes to tilt the outcome....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Latest on plans to close a protest encampment near the Dakota Access pipeline construction site in North Dakota (all times local):...
In Orange County, California, dozens of immigrants have signed powers of attorney authorizing relatives and friends to pick up their children from school and access their bank accounts to pay their bills in the event they are arrested by immigration agents....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration plans to lift an Obama-era directive that told public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their chosen gender identity....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration will revoke federal guidelines that tell public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity, the White House said Wednesday....
