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Sacramento, Calif., Aug 16, 2016 / 04:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A bill that threatened to defund California religious colleges that do not accept same-sex marriage and gender ideology has been amended, but the danger could return.“The schools dodged an enormous bullet,” Gregory S. Baylor, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, told CNA Aug. 16. “The provisions that were dropped would have made it very difficult for them. They would have been forced to choose between remaining faithful to their religious beliefs about a variety of issues and participating in the CalGrant program.”Baylor’s religious freedom legal group helped defend some of the California schools targeted by California legislature bill S.B. 1146.A previous version of the bill would have imposed strict anti-discrimination rules on state-backed student grants, called CalGrants, to schools that disagree with same-sex marriage and gender ideology. Schools would have had to decline to a...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Alexander, Georgia BulletinBy Andrew NelsonATLANTA(CNS) -- Black women desiring to serve a life devoted to the Catholic faithwere not welcomed by religious communities with anti-black acceptancerequirements from the early 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, saidhistorian Shannen Dee Williams.Those whocould gain admittance faced discrimination from their fellow sisters, sheadded."Blacksisters matter, but they constitute a dangerous memory for the church," said Williams,assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.She wasjoined by Sister Anita Baird, a Daughter of the Heart of Mary, and Sister DawnTomaszewski, general superior of the Sisters of Providence, on an Aug. 12 paneldiscussing racism in religious life at the assembly of the LeadershipConference of Women Religious in Atlanta.Williamsupcoming book is called "Subversive Habits: Black Nuns and the Long Struggle toDesegregate Catholic America." It was the subject o...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The medal race at the Rio Olympics will likely remain close going into the final weekend....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Police investigating reports that American swimmer Ryan Lochte and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi so far have found little evidence supporting the account, and say the swimmers were unable to provide key details in police interviews....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- New Zealand runner Nikki Hamblin was lying on the track, dazed after a heavy fall and with her hopes of an Olympic medal seemingly over. Suddenly, there was a hand on her shoulder and a voice in her ear: "Get up. We have to finish this."...
The neighborhood rocked by violent protests after a black officer fatally shot a black man was calmer after police pledged to strictly enforce a curfew for teenagers in Milwaukee, the latest place where authorities have invoked decades-old, often little-enforced laws to try to tamp down unrest....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to bomb targets in Syria on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the deepening cooperation between two powerhouses heavily invested in the Syrian civil war....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Authorities went door to door and car to car to check for bodies Tuesday, and homeowners began the heartbreaking task of gathering up soaked family photos and mucking out houses dank with bayou mud, as the floodwaters started to recede across parts of southern Louisiana....
Vatican City, Aug 16, 2016 / 10:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday, Pope Francis voiced his sorrow for the damage done by wildfires raging on the Portuguese island of Madeira, entrusting the victims to the intercession of Our Lady and offering his closeness to their families.In a letter published Aug. 16 and signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope expresses his dismay at the terrible news and asks for his condolences to be conveyed “to the families of the victims.”Wildfires on the Portuguese island of Madeira and in Spain have so far killed at least five people, and forced hundreds to evacuate their homes. More than 2,000 firefighters have been sent to help fight the flames.Addressed to Bishop Antonio Cavaco Carrilho of the diocese of Funchal, the letter said that “on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of the Mount, His Holiness entrusts the diocese of Funchal to the Holy Mother of God so that, with her Assumption into heaven, maki...
