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SMYRNA, Del. (AP) -- Inmates at a Delaware prison took four corrections department workers hostage Wednesday, a move the inmates told a local newspaper was due to concerns about their treatment and the leadership of the United States....
PUNO, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian dancers in colorful masks and elaborate headdresses are celebrating the Virgin of Candelaria in what's considered the largest Roman Catholic festival in the Andes....
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's prime minister insisted Thursday that a deal struck with the Obama administration that would allow mostly Muslim refugees rejected by Australia to be resettled in the United States was still on, despite President Donald Trump dubbing the agreement "dumb" and vowing to review it....
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and started a bonfire prompting University of California at Berkeley officials to cancel a talk Wednesday by a polarizing editor of Breitbart News out of safety concerns....
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Washington D.C., Feb 1, 2017 / 04:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops are concerned by the Trump administration’s decision to maintain a “troubling” Obama-era executive order that could demand federal contractors violate their religious beliefs on marriage and gender ideology.“In seeking to remedy instances of discrimination, it creates new forms of discrimination against people of faith. Keeping the executive order intact is not the answer,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Feb. 1.“The Church steadfastly opposes all unjust discrimination, and we need to continue to advance justice and fairness in the workplace,” the bishops added. “Executive Order 13672, however, creates problems rather than solves them.”The executive order is “deeply flawed” with “many problems,” they said, voicing hope the administration would be open to ways to advance conscience rights.Signed by President Barack Obama...
By AUGUSTA,Ga. (CNS) -- Saying "justice needs to be tamed by mercy," Bishop Felipe J. Estevezof St. Augustine, Florida, and two brother bishops called Jan. 31 for the stateof Georgia to drop the death penalty in the case of accused priest killerSteven J. Murray."Wehave great respect for the legal system and we believe Murray deservespunishment for the brutal murder, but the sentence of death only perpetuates thecycle of violence," Bishop Estevez said at a news conference. "It isunnecessary and denies the dignity of all persons."BishopEstevez, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta and Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayerof Savannah, along with priests, deacons and other supporters, gathered outsidethe Richmond County Courthouse in Augusta to issue their appeal.Murray,29, has admitted in interviews to killing Father Rene Robert, 71, a priest ofthe Diocese of St. Augustine, who befriended him as part of his prisonministry. He is charged with first-degree murder, which carries a sentence oflif...
NEW YORK (AP) -- On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to appoint a crusading anti-abortion Supreme Court justice who'd work to overturn the Roe v. Wade opinion that legalized it....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Army's review of a proposal to finish the Dakota Access pipeline could be the beginning of the end for opponents who have been fighting the project for nearly a year....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A jury on Wednesday convicted a Minnesota man of assault for opening fire and wounding five men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers....
