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Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 3, 2017 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Father José Miguel Machorro, who was stabbed in the neck and torso mid-May at the conclusion of Mass at the cathedral of Mexico City, died while at hospital on Thursday.“May the God of life already have him in his presence and may Our Lady of Guadalupe console and strengthen all the faithful who have suffered along with him this lamentable deed,especially his relatives, who suffer today this irremediable loss which most deeply pains us,” Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico said Aug. 3.Fr. Machorro, 55, was attacked the evening of May 15 in a knife attack. The assailant, Juan René Silva Martínez, is a 32 year old Mexican citizen.Martinez attempted to slit the throat of the priest, instead injuring him on the right side of his neck. Expert reports have determined that the assailant has a “psychotic disorder.”Fr. Machorro was in intensive care until late June. He was later ...
Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2017 / 04:21 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Senate proposal for immigration limits backed by President Donald Trump would hurt family unity and exclude too many vulnerable people, the U.S. Catholic bishops have said.“Had this discriminatory legislation been in place generations ago, many of the very people who built and defended this nation would have been excluded,” said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration.Bishop Vasquez voiced strong opposition to the legislation introduced by Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.). The proposed bill is called the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act, also known as the RAISE Act.The legislation announced on Wednesday would cut by half the number of legal immigrants the U.S. accepts each year. It would limit green cards for foreign nationals seeking to reunite with their families, and halve the number of refugees allowed to enter the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Zach Gibson, pool via EPABy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Calling a proposed piece of legislation"discriminatory," the head of the U.S. Conference of CatholicBishops' Committee on Migration called on the president and Congress to rejecta bill that seeks to drastically cut legal immigration levels in half over a decade and which also would greatly limit the ability of citizens and legal residentsto bring family into the U.S. Other Catholic groups also called for an end to the legislation."Had this discriminatory legislation been in placegenerations ago, many of the very people who built and defended this nationwould have been excluded," said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas,chair of the bishops' migration committee.In a news release late Aug. 2, he criticized the RAISE Actintroduced earlier in the day by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton, of Arkansas,and David Perdue, of Georgia. In addition to cutting legal immigration, the ReformingAmerican Immigration for a Str...
By WASHINGTON(CNS) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called onPresident Donald Trump to ease the "onerous" contraceptive mandate ofthe Department of Health and Human Services under the Affordable Care Act because it violatesreligious freedom.CardinalDaniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said in an op-ed piece in The Hill Aug.3 that the mandate, which requires most employer-offered health insurance programsto cover contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs and devices, "hastested this country's commitment to a healthy pluralism."CitingTrump's pledge to ease the mandate during a White House signing ceremony May 4 foran executive order promoting free speech and religious liberty, CardinalDiNardo lamented that after three months no steps have yet been taken to erasethe HHS mandate for organizations that object to it for faith reasons.Religiouscharities, schools and pro-life advocacy organizations, the cardinal wrote,could face millions of dollars in fines ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is revealing a brief advisory role with a firm related to a controversial data analysis company that aided the Trump campaign, The Associated Press has learned....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. "What's the point?" he asked....
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions took new steps Thursday to punish cities he believes are not cooperating with federal immigration agents in a move that was met with bewilderment by local officials who said they did not know why they were being singled out....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's tweets declaring transgender people unwelcome in the armed forces have plunged the Pentagon into a legal and moral quagmire, sparking a flurry of meetings to devise a new policy that could lead to hundreds of service members being discharged....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A fire broke out after midnight Friday in one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below....
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump plans a visit to the increasingly conservative state....
