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Washington D.C., May 27, 2016 / 06:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious liberty was among the primary concerns that ultimately defeated controversial legislation aimed at enforcing a 2014 LGBT executive order twice this week.If passed, the amendments could infringe upon religious liberty of federal contractors, critics say. Since the executive order does not have explicit protections for religious contractors, Catholic institutions could risk losing their contracts if they object to offering spousal benefits for same-sex partners or permitting individuals to use the bathroom that does not align with their biological sex.The amendment in question, inserted by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), would bar federal money from any federal contractor who makes employment decisions “on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.” It is meant to enforce President Barack Obama’s executive order that forbade contractors from making such employment decisions.After the am...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Tofollow the path of Christ means to serve the poor and the downtrodden while not turning Christianvirtues simply into ideas and humanitarian endeavors, Pope Francis said."In them, you touch andserve the flesh of Christ and grow in union with him, while always keeping watch so that faith doesnot become an ideology and charity is not reduced to philanthropy so that thechurch doesn't end up becoming an NGO," the pope told members of the general chapter ofthe Little Work of Divine Providence May 27. Founded by St. Luigi Orione,the order is comprised of two religious congregations -- the Orionine Fathers and theLittle Missionary Sisters of Charity -- who care primarily for the sick, the elderly andpeople with learning disabilities. The pope encouraged thereligious congregations to follow the example of their founder, who sought toheal the wounds of peoplein need of "bread for the body and the divine consolation offaith.""With Don Orione, I a...
CINCINNATI (AP) -- The 96-year-old Cincinnati surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich maneuver recently used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center....
MADRID (AP) -- Spanish archaeologists say they have discovered an exceptional set of Paleolithic-era cave drawings that could rank among the best in a country that already boasts some of the world's most important cave art....
BOSTON (AP) -- A sunken, burned ship from the 1800s uncovered during a construction project in Boston's Seaport District is a rare and remarkable find, the city's archaeologist said....
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to a European Union country this year Friday with a visit to Greece that will include a stop at a secluded Christian Orthodox monastic sanctuary....
CAIRO (AP) -- The search for the EgyptAir plane which crashed last week killing all 66 people on board has narrowed to a 5-kilometer-wide area in the Mediterranean Sea, based on signals from the craft's emergency beacon, Egypt's chief investigator said....
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- It was a stunning rebuke - even by Donald Trump's standards - aimed at the nation's only Latina governor at a political rally in her home state of New Mexico....
NEW YORK (AP) -- During the height of the primary season, a sense of Donald Trump overload in the media united a divided electorate....
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- President Barack Obama paid tribute Friday to the "silent cry" of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bomb dropped 71 years ago on Hiroshima, and called on the world to abandon "the logic of fear" that encourages the stockpiling of nuclear weapons....
