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IMAGE: CNS photo/Lucy Nicholson, ReutersBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of LosAngeles said in a May 25 statement that a planned increase in federalimmigration raids is "yet another depressing sign of the failed state ofAmerican immigration policy." The raids were announced in mid-May.Archbishop Gomez' comment was echoed by SeattleAuxiliary Bishop Eusebio L. Elizondo, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committeeon Migration. The archbishop is chairman-elect of the committee."These operations spark panic among ourparishes," Bishop Elizondo said in a May 25 statement. "No person,migrant or otherwise, should have to fear leaving their home to attend churchor school. No person should have to fear being torn away from their family andreturned to danger."While saying he recognized the federal government'srole in upholding immigration laws, he said the deportations would not be"an effective deterrent" to migration because these "vulnerablepopulations" are facing a humanitarian cr...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPABy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Immediately after the Supreme Court sent the contraceptive case backto the lower courts May 16, some called the decision a punt -- the footballanalogy of sending the ball back to the other team -- or in this case the lowercourts.But theanalogy falls short on a practical level because the seven consolidated casesin Zubik will be sent back to the lower courts with a very different look -- bearingthe stamp of being vacated by the nation's high court. The 3rd,5th, 10th and D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals -- which ruled in favor of the AffordableCare Act's contraceptive mandate and did not see it as posing a substantialburden to the petitioners' free exercise of religion -- now must give anotherlook at the issue equipped with the new information submitted to the SupremeCourt showing a possible compromise.Althoughthe justices' unanimous decision in Zubik v. Burwell took many by surprise,others said they saw something ...
SICULIANA, Sicily (AP) -- A Sudanese man who survived the capsizing of a heavily overcrowded smugglers boat off Libya recounted Friday how the vessel tipped over when fellow migrants heard the voice of approaching rescuers and rushed above deck, leaving hundreds of people foundering in the Mediterranean....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Five days into an Iraqi military operation to push Islamic State fighters out of Fallujah, residents still inside the city are preparing for a long battle, with some saying they fear being trapped between two forces they don't fully trust....
BRENHAM, Texas (AP) -- At least one person has died in Texas and three are missing after torrential rain caused floods that closed roads and schools, prompted evacuations, damaged homes and forced dozens of students to spend the night on campus, officials said Friday as they braced for more rains later in the day....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police conducted ballistic tests Friday to determine whether more than one gun was used in a shooting inside a hip-hop concert featuring artist T.I. that killed one person and injured three others....
MIAMI (AP) -- U.S. government forecasters expect a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season, after three relatively slow years. But they also say climate conditions that influence storm development are making it difficult to predict how many hurricanes and tropical storms will arise over the next six months....
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it a fitting place to summon people everywhere to embrace the vision of a world without nuclear weapons....
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Over the months, Hillary Clinton misstated key facts about her use of private email and her own server for her work as secretary of state, the department's inspector general reported this week....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's best ally in winning over skeptical Republicans is turning out to be Hillary Clinton....
