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By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation onthe family is an example of the "ordinary magisterium" -- papal teaching-- to which Catholics are obliged to give "religious submission of willand intellect," said an article in the Vatican newspaper.Father Salvador Pie-Ninot, a well-known professor ofecclesiology, said that while Pope Francis did not invoke his teachingauthority in a "definitive way" in the document, it meets all thecriteria for being an example of the "ordinary magisterium" to whichall members of the church should respond with "the basic attitude ofsincere acceptance and practical implementation."The Spanish priest's article in L'Osservatore Romano Aug. 23came in response to questions raised about the formal weight of the pope'sdocument, "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love"). Forinstance, U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has said on several occasions that thedocument is "a mixture of opinion and doctrine."Father Pie-Ninot said he examined th...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Steven Hill, a versatile character actor in theater, films and television who achieved his greatest success late in life as grumpy District Attorney Adam Schiff on TV's long-running "Law & Order," died Tuesday. He was 94....
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- The closing of one of the last two Howard Johnson restaurants in a couple of weeks will mark the end of its fried clam strips, ice cream and other menu staples that nourished baby boomers and leave the once-proud restaurant chain teetering on the brink of extinction....
HONOLULU (AP) -- Federal regulators are proposing to ban swimming with dolphins in Hawaii, a move that could imperil one of the Aloha State's most popular tourist delights and the industry that has sprung up around it....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former Fox News host has sued the network, its ousted chairman and other top executives, claiming they retaliated after she detailed unwanted sexual advances made by her onetime boss, Roger Ailes....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first high-profile al-Qaida terror suspect captured after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 appeared Tuesday at a U.S. government hearing called to determine whether he should remain in detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Standing amid piles of waterlogged debris, President Barack Obama on Tuesday promised a sustained national effort to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Louisiana "even after the TV cameras leave" on a visit aimed in part at stemming campaign-season criticism that he's been slow to respond to the disaster....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For more than three years, lobbyist Jim Slattery worked in Washington to secure the release in Ukraine of the imprisoned political rival of the country's then-president. He said the work was sometimes harder than expected....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation. It's an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president....
(Vatican Radio) The Bishops Conference of Poland has released the text of a letter sent by Pope Francis to thank the country for the reception he received last month during World Youth Day.In the letter, Pope Francis told the Church in Poland he was “deeply moved by your strong faith and the unwavering hope that you have kept in spite of difficulties and tragedies, and by your fervent love, which animates your human and Christian pilgrimage.” The full text of the letter is below Venerable BrotherArchbishop Stanislaw GadeckiArchbishop of PoznanPresident of the Polish Bishops’ ConferenceHaving returned from the Apostolic Journey to Poland, I want to renew the expression of my lively gratitude to you, Bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful, for your warm welcome and for the zeal with which my visit was prepared. I am deeply moved by your strong faith and the unwavering hope that you have kept in spite of difficulties and tragedies, and by y...
