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Dallas, Texas, Jul 8, 2016 / 02:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid tensions following two high profile police shootings of African-Americans and the subsequent killing of police in Dallas, Catholic bishops have called on Christians to be a force for healing and compassion in response to hatred and inhumanity.Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas said the shooting attack on the police is “staggering.” Writing in a July 8 blog post, he prayed for consolation and healing for the victims and their families.“We have been swept up in the escalating cycle of violence that has now touched us intimately as it has others throughout our country and the world. All lives matter: black, white, Muslim, Christian, Hindu. We are all children of God and all human life is precious.”“Let us implore God our Heavenly Father to touch the minds and hearts of all people to work together for peace and understanding,” he said.Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, president of the Unite...
Sacramento, Calif., Jul 8, 2016 / 03:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Churches and other organizations in California will be forced to buy insurance plans that cover abortions due to the Obama administration’s clear misinterpretation of a pro-life law, said prominent pro-life thinker Richard Doerflinger.Doerflinger is a public policy fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture. He served for 36 years as head of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. bishops’ conference.In a July 6 essay for Public Discourse, Doerflinger discussed what he sees as serious threats to the Weldon Amendment.First passed in 2005, the amendment bars federal funds to state or local governments if they discriminate against institutional or individual healthcare entities that decline to pay for, cover, or refer for abortions. The amendment’s definition of healthcare entities includes “a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility...
Washington D.C., Jul 8, 2016 / 04:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Ten states have announced that they are suing the federal government over a rule that would allow students to use the restrooms and locker rooms of their choice, rather than those that match their biological sex.The July 8 lawsuit was filed in Nebraska federal court. In addition to the state of Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming joined in the legal challenge.Friday’s lawsuit follows an earlier lawsuit by 11 states challenging the same federal directive.“When a federal agency takes such unilateral action in an attempt to change the meaning of established law, it leaves state and local authorities with no other option than to pursue legal clarity in federal court in order to enforce the rule of law,” said a statement by Nebraska’s attorney general, announcing the new lawsuit.“Current state law and federal regulations allow sc...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- NATO leaders geared up Friday for a long-term standoff with Russia, ordering multinational troops to Poland and the three Baltic states as Moscow moves forward with its own plans to station two new divisions along its western borders....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In this heated and deeply divisive campaign year, America's presidential candidates responded Friday with striking reflection and restraint to the week's killings of five police officers and two black men....
DALLAS (AP) -- A 37-year-old Texas woman who generally shied away from marches and rallies took her four sons to the protest in downtown Dallas because she was "fed up" after two black men were fatally shot by police, her family said Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Can this really be America in 2016?...
DALLAS (AP) -- An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers amassed a personal arsenal at his suburban home, including bomb-making materials, bulletproof vests, rifles, ammunition and a journal of combat tactics, authorities said Friday....
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama will cut short his European trip and visit Dallas early next week, as the city mourns five police officers killed by a sniper....
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) -- The man who killed five Dallas police officers and wounded seven others was described as a loner, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and a follower of black militant groups on social media....
