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Indianapolis, Ind., Jun 15, 2017 / 01:57 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops voted on Thursday to make their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty a permanent committee of the national bishops’ conference.“The very idea of religious freedom and its root in human nature is challenged” today, said Archbishop Lori, chair of the ad hoc committee, at a meeting of the U.S. bishops Thursday.He added, “how important it is that we remain in the public square through advocacy” for the freedom of religious institutions to fight poverty, provide health care and education, serve immigrants, and protect human life.In 2011, the ad hoc committee was formed for a period of three years, as the “bishops were deeply concerned about a broad trend” of threats to religious freedom on the local and national level, Archbishop Lori noted, speaking at the annual spring general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Indianapolis.Pope Benedict XVI, in ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The CriterionBy John ShaughnessyINDIANAPOLIS(CNS) -- At a time when an estimated 50 percent of Catholics 30 and younger nolonger identify with their religion, the U.S. bishops June 14 discussed theneed to reverse that trend and why the consultation process for the October 2018Synod of Bishops on youth and vocations is crucial to that effort.Onthe first day of the bishops' spring meeting in Indianapolis, Cardinal JosephW. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and Archbishop Charles J. Chaput ofPhiladelphia opened the discussion with a presentation on the consultations andquestions for the bishops to consider in preparing for the synod."Thesynod indeed comes at a critical time," Cardinal Tobin told his fellow bishopsin his opening remarks. "We know that there are both challenges andopportunities here in the U.S. The increased amount of disconnected millennialsis certainly a concern for us, as is the decline and the delay of marriageamong young people. Still the...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs has been captured in South Dakota while apparently living out of his pickup truck after nearly a year on the run, authorities said Thursday....
LONDON (AP) -- London firefighters combed through a burned-out public housing tower Thursday in a grim search for missing people as police and the prime minister launched investigations into the deadly inferno, with pressure building on officials to explain the disaster and assure that similar buildings around the country are safe....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Police in the U.S. capital issued arrest warrants for a dozen Turkish security agents accused of attacking protesters during a visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month, prompting an angry denunciation by Turkey's leader Thursday....
LONDON (AP) -- The official cause may not be known for months. The death toll is unclear - and rising. No one has said exactly where the fire started. But experts suspect recent renovations at the Grenfell Tower, including newly installed external cladding, played a tragic role in spreading the fire so quickly....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered more money and a bigger role for private companies in designing apprenticeship programs meant to fill some of the 6 million open jobs in the U.S....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A clear majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump has tried to interfere with the investigation into whether Russia meddled in the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign collusion, a new poll released Thursday shows. Just one in five support his decision to oust James Comey from the FBI....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Jurors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial said Thursday they are deadlocked on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, but a judge ordered them to keep trying to reach a unanimous decision in a case that has already helped obliterate the TV star's career and nice-guy reputation....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In critical condition and undergoing repeated surgery, GOP House Whip Steve Scalise faces a "much more difficult" struggle to recover from his gunshot wound than first thought, President Donald Trump said Thursday. The House lurched back to business in a somber mood as law enforcement tracked the path the shooter traveled to his ball field carnage....
