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Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 2, 2017 / 04:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Jorge Urosa of Caracas has warned President Nicolás Maduro and the high command of the armed forces that they will be accountable to God for the deaths of Venezuelans killed by military personnel and Chavista groups during demonstrations against the country’s contentious Constituent Assembly."In the name of God, stop the repression!" exclaimed the cardinal, adding that "there are citizens who were murdered and wounded by Venezuelan military personnel and, presumably, by armed forces that act illegally and criminally. This is totally intolerable and cries out to heaven."In statements made to the local press, the cardinal referred to the violent repression of protests against the country’s July 30 election for a 545-member Constituent Assembly. The newly appointed assembly will be responsible for reforming the country’s 1999 constitution. Its first sitting is scheduled fo...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Calling a proposed piece of legislation "discriminatory,"the head of the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops' Committee on Migration called on the president and Congressto reject a bill that seeks to drastically cut legal immigration levels over adecade, and which also would greatly limit the ability of citizens and legalresidents to bring family into the U.S."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, chairof the bishops' migration committee.In a news release late Aug. 2, he criticized the RAISE Act introduced earlier in the day by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Arizona, and David Perdue, R-Georgia.Other limitations proposed by the RAISE Act wouldpermanently cap the number of refugees allowed safe passage, "thereby denyingour country the necessary flexibility to respond to humanitarian crisis," saidBishop Va...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department said Wednesday it had no broad plans to investigate whether college and university admission programs discriminate against students based on race, seeking to defray worries that a job posting signaled an effort to reverse course on affirmative action....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- There's an unwanted record in the Gulf of Mexico: This year's "dead zone ," a largely human-caused phenomenon where there's too little oxygen to support marine life, is the biggest ever measured....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killing young athletes - a big step toward one day preventing a list of inherited diseases....
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Forecasts for triple-digit heat have caused a minor panic across the Pacific Northwest, a region famous for cool weather where many people do not have air conditioning to help them endure the rare furnace-like blast....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump embraced legislation Wednesday that would dramatically reduce legal immigration and shift the nation toward a system that prioritizes merit and skills over family ties....
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's embattled president survived a key congressional vote that could have suspended him over a bribery charge, mustering enough support late Wednesday to stay in office and avoid being tried by the country's highest court....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Revelations on Wednesday that turnout figures were apparently manipulated in a crucial vote for an all-powerful constituent assembly in Venezuela cast an even longer shadow over the controversial body hours before it was to convene....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dealt a striking congressional rebuke, Donald Trump grudgingly signed what he called a "seriously flawed" package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, bowing for the moment to resistance from both parties to his push for warmer ties with Moscow....
