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Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2016 / 03:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After the chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights called current appeals to religious freedom “hypocrisy,” one archbishop rebuked his statement as “reckless” and ignorant.“These statements painting those who support religious freedom with the broad brush of bigotry are reckless and reveal a profound disregard for the religious foundations of his own work,” Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore said.Archbishop Lori chairs the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty and made his comments Tuesday in reaction to a recent statement by the chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Martin R. Castro.The commission had released its report “Peaceful Coexistence: reconciling non-discrimination principles with religious liberties” last week. The report was in the works for three years, exploring the conflicts between anti-discrimination laws and religious exemptions ...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Adsappearing around the country "calling for taxpayer funding of abortion in thename of the Catholic faith" are "deceptive," "extreme" and promote "abortion asif it were a social good," said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.The abortion advocacyorganization Catholics for Choice placed full-page ads Sept. 12 in the printeditions of more than 20 local and national publications, including Politico,the Nation, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the DallasMorning News and La Opinion.The group "is not affiliatedwith the Catholic Church in any way," said Cardinal Dolan in a Sept. 14statement as the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities. "It has nomembership, and clearly does not speak for the faithful. It is funded bypowerful private foundations to promote abortion as a method of populationcontrol."Years ago, the U.S. bishops saidthe group, formerly called Catholics for a Free Choice, had "no affiliation,formal or otherwise, ...
LONDON (AP) -- Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or radiation, finds a major study that directly tested and compared these options....
HANNIBAL, Ohio (AP) -- Crushed by Chinese competition and feeling betrayed by mainstream politicians, workers in the hills of eastern Ohio are embracing Donald Trump and his tough talk on trade....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's homeland security adviser said Wednesday that it would be very hard for someone to hack into America's voting systems in a way that could alter an election outcome....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Racist. Divisive. Lacks policy details....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Attorneys defending Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's order to bar agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in his state faced unusually fierce questioning before a federal appeals court Wednesday, suggesting the panel might side with a lower court that found the order discriminatory....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Five years of failed efforts to quell the fighting in Syria have persuaded many observers that the war, inconclusive and catastrophic on a historic scale, may not be resolvable. A truce earlier this year took effect, soon started to fray, then vanished. But some things are different this week as a cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia took effect....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a trove of newly leaked emails, former Secretary of State Colin Powell calls Donald Trump "a national disgrace" and suggests his own Republican Party is "crashing and burning."...
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Donald Trump was cut off, chastised and then heckled after he attacked rival Hillary Clinton during what was supposed to be a speech on helping where the government had failed the people of Flint, Michigan....
