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IMAGE: CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, ReutersBy David AgrenCUERNAVACA, Mexico (CNS) -- An editorial in a publication of the Archdiocese of Mexico City condemned Mexican companies wishing to work on the proposed wall being built on the U.S.-Mexico border as "traitors" and called on authorities to castigate any company that provides services for fencing off the frontier."What's regrettable is that on this side of theborder, there are Mexicans ready to collaborate with a fanatical project that annihilatesthe good relationship between two nations that share a common border," said the March 26 editorial in the archdiocesan publication Desde la Fe."Any company that plans to invest in thefanatic Trump's wall would beimmoral, but above all, their shareholders and owner will be consideredtraitors to the homeland," the editorial continued. "Joininga project that is a grave affront to dignity is like shooting yourself in thefoot."President Donald Trump ran on a promise ofconstructing a wall between...
PHOENIX (AP) -- Invoking his father Al's name, and copying what the Hall of Fame owner did with the Raiders, Mark Davis is moving the franchise out of Oakland....
Abdul Jalal Hashimi grew up in Kabul and fled with his family to the United States after working more than six years against the Taliban alongside American military forces....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- To blow up the rules or not?...
NEW YORK (AP) -- After falling sharply in the morning, U.S. stock indexes clawed back and were down only modestly in afternoon trading. A run higher for hospital stocks helped to stem losses for banks and other financial stocks....
MOSCOW (AP) -- The 15-day jail sentence imposed Monday on Alexei Navalny is nothing new for the Kremlin's most visible domestic foe, and is unlikely to be more than a brief interruption of his campaign against what he calls "the party of crooks and thieves." He's repeatedly been jailed, endured a year of house arrest and three convictions that could have brought him significant prison time....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina's "bathroom bill" isn't hurting the economy, the law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years, according to an Associated Press analysis....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee met on the White House grounds with the source of the claim that communications involving President Donald Trump's associates were caught up in "incidental" surveillance, the congressman's spokesman said Monday....
If you've got kids, you're likely already aware of the slime-making craze. Kids across the country are mixing up their own squishy goo to play with using just a handful of readily available ingredients. It's fun, easy, and encourages kids to use their hands for something other than swiping and tapping a tablet or phone.
Impoverished tribal or indigenous Catholics in eastern India’s Jharkhand state readily embrace Lenten austerities in addition to their already hard life. Eugene Lakra, an Oraon tribesman from the state's Gumla Diocese explained that during Lent their daily routine changes and they ban all kinds of recreation including singing and dancing and consuming rice wine, a customary drink among tribal people. Tribal people also avoid celebrations such as dancing during Lent and stop their daily evening gatherings. "Even when we walk back from fields, we don't sing or greet people loudly. We all keep a prayerful silence," he told UCANEWS. "Visitors to villages are often surprised to see the tribal people, who otherwise miss no occasion to sing and dance, remaining quiet during Lent as though they have forgotten how to sing," Lakra said.Lakra’s neighbor Rakesh Kujur, also an Oraon, said it is "not so difficult to fast" because peo...
