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Napa, Calif., Jul 27, 2017 / 04:40 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a world that can sometimes seem disheartening, Christians have a path to the future in lives of joy and love, Archbishop Chaput said Thursday.While Christians need to see the world’s problems as they are, “we can’t let the weight of the world crush the joy that’s our birthright by our rebirth in Jesus Christ through baptism,” he said.“If we cling to that joy, if we cling to God, then all things are possible,” he added. “The only way to create new life in a culture is to live our lives joyfully and fruitfully, as individuals ruled by convictions greater than ourselves and shared with people we know and love. It’s a path that’s very simple and very hard at the same time. But it’s the only way to make a revolution that matters.”Archbishop Chaput spoke July 27 at the Napa Institute conference in Napa, Calif. The institute aims to help Catholic leaders face t...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chris Helgren, ReutersBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Citing the significant economic contributionsof immigrants under a federal program known as Temporary Protected Status, a new studysays ending the program -- as some in the Trump administration have suggested --would negatively impact the U.S. economy.That's because more than 80 percent of the approximately 325,000immigrants in the country with the status known as TPS have jobs, many havemortgages, pay taxes and work in industries crucial to the economy, such as construction,child care and health care, and collectively have some 273,000 U.S.-bornchildren, says a July report by the Center for Migration Studies in New York.Kevin Appleby, the center's senior director of internationalmigration policy, said if extensions for the migrants are not granted or theprogram is terminated, crucial industries would see a shortage of workers, bankswould see defaults in mortgages, and government coffers would lose out on tax...
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Rust Belt state that built a manufacturing legacy through assembly-line jobs will have to quickly transition to a more highly skilled workforce now that Foxconn has selected Wisconsin as the site of its coveted U.S. electronics plant....
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A Utah man killed his wife aboard an Alaska cruise and told an acquaintance who later walked into the couple's blood-splattered room that he did it because she laughed at him, the FBI said in documents released Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unmoved by President Donald Trump's proclamation-by-Twitter, top Pentagon leaders declared on Thursday they'll allow transgender troops to remain in uniform until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives an authoritative directive to remove them....
NEW YORK (AP) -- He vows to be a fresh voice in the Trump administration, but in one way he is like many of the others: He is wealthy, with a vast and complicated array of assets....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Days before a polarizing vote to start rewriting its constitution, Venezuela is convulsing to a rhythm of daytime strikes and nocturnal clashes. The most recent violence drove the death toll from nearly four months of unrest above 100 Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three Republican senators on Thursday threatened to hold up health legislation in the Senate unless they got assurances from Speaker Paul Ryan that the House would negotiate a more comprehensive replacement to "Obamacare" and not vote to make the Senate bill law....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is likely to sign a tough new sanctions bill that includes proposed measures targeting Russia - a remarkable concession that the president has yet to sell his party on his hopes for forging a warmer relationship with Moscow....
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- His loyalty to the boss severely tested but seemingly intact, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he will stay in the job for as long as President Donald Trump wants him to serve....
