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MOLCAXAC, Mexico (AP) -- Tamara Alcala Dominguez sobbed, barely able to speak, as she buried her face in the sweater of the woman who cared for her when she was a toddler....
Rome, Italy, Jan 23, 2017 / 04:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Monday confirmed the election of Monsignor Fernando Ocariz Braña as Prelate of Opus Dei. The priest becomes the third successor of St. Josemaria Escriva as head of the personal prelature.The Jan. 23 election of Msgr. Ocariz was not unexpected, as he had been auxiliary to the previous prelate, Bishop Javier Echevarría, and was his natural replacement. Bishop Echevarría died Dec. 12 at the age of 84.Msgr. Ocariz was born in Paris in 1944 to a Spanish family who had been exiled because of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.He studied physical sciences at the University of Barcelona, and received a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1969. In 1971 he was ordained a priest, and earned a doctorate in theology from the University of Navarre.The priest was among the founding professors of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, and has served as a consultor to severa...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Julie AsherWASHINGTON (CNS) --College senior Colleen McCrum stood with fellow pro-lifers in front of thesteps of the U.S. Supreme Court early Jan. 21 holding a sign that said, "PROLIFE,PROWOMAN, PROTRUMP."McCrum, 21, who attendsChristendom College, a Catholic school in Front Royal, Virginia, joined a grouporganized by Students for Life of America to participate in the Women's Marchon Washington.The pro-life organizationwas shut out of being an official sponsoring partner for the giant march, but thegroup's leaders said nothing prevented them from taking part and marching onbehalf of women exploited by abortion and for the rights of "pre-born women."President Donald J. Trump"has made a lot of promises to the pro-life movement and I want to hold him tohis promises," McCrum told Catholic News Service. She also felt it wasimportant to have the pro-life presence at the march because she feels themedia makes it look like there are more "pro-choice people" ou...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, ReutersBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- President Donald J. Trump issued an executive memorandum Jan. 23 reinstatingthe "Mexico City Policy," which bans all foreign nongovernmental organizationsreceiving U.S. funds from performing or promoting abortion as a method offamily planning in other countries.Theaction was hailed by pro-life leaders.Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York,chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities, applauded thenews in a Jan. 23 statement. "This is a welcome step toward restoring andenforcing important federal policies that respect the most fundamental humanright -- the right to life -- as well as the long-standing, bipartisanconsensus against forcing Americans to participate in the violent act ofabortion," he said."PresidentTrump is continuing Ronald Reagan's legacy by taking immediate action on dayone to stop the promotion of abortion through our tax dollars overseas." said aJan. 23 statement from Marj...
NEW YORK (AP) -- White House press secretary Sean Spicer told a roomful of reporters that "our intention is never to lie to you," although sometimes the Trump administration may "disagree with the facts."...
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- A tornado warning on television sent Anthony Mitchell, his pregnant wife and their three children scrambling for what little shelter their mobile home could provide. They crouched in a hallway as the twister started taking their home apart piece by piece....
BEIJING (AP) -- People across Asia are poised for a potentially dramatic change in relations with Washington under President Donald Trump after decades with the United States as a major military and economic presence....
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush is still suffering from pneumonia, but is well enough to leave the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital, doctors said Monday. His wife, Barbara, has been discharged from the same facility after completing treatment for bronchitis....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rex Tillerson's bid to be secretary of state narrowly won approval Monday from the Republican-led Foreign Relations Committee, a move that all but assures the full Senate will confirm President Donald Trump's pick for the key Cabinet post....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said he was protecting jobs as he officially pulled out from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday....