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By WASHINGTON(CNS) -- Three bishops, in a joint letter to the measure's sponsor, voiced their supportof the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would permit social serviceagencies to refuse on religious grounds to provide adoption or foster services for households headed by same-sex couples.The bishops, who chair three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees,called it a "needed bill.""TheInclusion Act protects the freedom of all child welfare providers by ensuringthey will not be discriminated against by the government because of theirreligious beliefs or moral convictions," said the April 10 letter, signedby Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops' AdHoc Committee for Religious Liberty; Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln,Nebraska, chair of the bishops' Subcommittee for the Defense and Promotion ofMarriage; and Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla., chairman of theirCommittee on Domestic Justice and Human Development."Theact prevents the...
IMAGE: CNSBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis and cardinals present inRome will formally approve the canonizations of two of the children who sawMary in Fatima, a large group of Brazilian martyrs, three child martyrs from Mexico and two priests.The Vatican announced April 11 that the "ordinaryconsistory," as the gathering is called, will take place April 20, a little more thanthree weeks before Pope Francis is scheduled to travel to Fatima, Portugal.Although it cannot be confirmed until the consistory isheld, the pope is expected to canonize the children, Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed JacintaMarto, during a Mass at the Fatima shrine May 13, the 100th anniversaryof the first time Mary appeared to the siblings and their cousin, Sister Lucia dos Santos.The other causes to be approved formally April 20 are:-- The "Martyrsof Natal," Brazil, including: Blessed Andre de Soveral, a Jesuit priest; Blessed Ambrosio Francisco Ferro, adiocesan priest; BlessedMateus Moreira,...
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Silence and stillness settled over the deep, sunbaked gorge as a pair of photographers sat on a cliff, waiting....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Another "Great Spot" has been found at Jupiter, this one cold and high up....
CHICAGO (AP) -- An influential U.S. government advisory panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for themselves after talking with their doctor....
NEW YORK (AP) -- For years, a woman named "Mel" mingled with young Muslims in New York, telling them she was a Turkish convert to the faith looking for friends. In reality, she was a cop working for the New York Police Department....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Several minutes after a passenger recorded a video watched around the world that showed security officers dragging another passenger off an overbooked United Express flight at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, a smaller snippet of video showed an even more troubling scene....
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- Students dove under desks when a man walked into his estranged wife's elementary school classroom and opened fire without saying a word, killing her and an 8-year-old student and wounding a 9-year-old before fatally shooting himself, authorities said....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Turkey's health minister said Tuesday that test results confirm sarin gas was used in an attack on a northern Syrian town earlier this month and the Russian military said the Syrian government is willing to let international experts examine its military base for signs of chemical weapons....
MOSCOW (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow Tuesday with an ultimatum for Russia: Side with the U.S. and likeminded countries on Syria, or embrace Iran, militant group Hezbollah and embattled Syrian leader Bashar Assad....
