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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....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Charting a new American course abroad, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, using one of his first actions in office to reject a centerpiece of Barack Obama's attempts to counter China and deepen U.S. ties in Asia....
(Vatican Radio) The new director of the Vatican museums, Barbara Jatta, presented a new multimedia web site to journalists at the Vatican press office on Monday. The user-friendly site, available in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German, contains thousands of images plus over fifty videos and virtual tours and has taken almost three years to complete.Listen to our report: Jatta explained that the new site is a ‘work in progress’ with some four thousand of the Vatican’s treasures available to discover and explore online. Over the course of the coming year, she said, she hoped all 20.000 works which are on display in the museums will also be available for consultation online. She said that is only a fraction of the 200.000 works of art belonging to the museums, many of which are kept in in store rooms or other locations unavailable for public viewing.Also present at the press conference was Mgr Dario Viganò, head of the Vatican’s Secretari...
