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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Drake, ReutersBy FARGO, N.D. (CNS) -- The CatholicBenefits Association, the Diocese of Fargo and Catholic Charities NorthDakota filed a lawsuit Dec. 28 in U.S. District Court in North Dakota against a federal regulationscheduled to take effect Jan. 1 that redefines "sex" foranti-discrimination purposes to include sexual orientation and gender identity.The regulation from theDepartment of Health and Human Services requires that Catholichospitals and health care providers perform or provide gender transitionservices, hormonal treatments and counseling as well as a host of surgeriesthat would remove or transform the sexual organs of men or women transitioningto the other gender. The HHS regulation requires group health plans to cover theseprocedures and services."We ask only for the freedom toserve consistent with our conscience and our Catholic faith," Bishop John T.Folda of Fargo said in a statement, released by the Catholic BenefitsAssociation. "While we do...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Deliberating jurors at a major racketeering trial of the purported leaders of Chicago's notorious Hobos gang sent a note to the presiding federal judge on Thursday saying they are deadlocked on at least one count after four full days of deliberations....
The number of police killed in the line of duty rose sharply in 2016, driven by shootings of police around the country, most notably ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a Dec. 27 story, The Associated Press erroneously reported the cause of death for Garry Shandling. The coroner's report said he died from a blood clot in his lungs, not his heart....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey went into effect in war-ravaged Syria at midnight Thursday, a potential breakthrough in the six years of fighting that have left more than a quarter-million people dead and triggered a refugee crisis across Europe....
HONOLULU (AP) -- The United States struck back Thursday at Russia for hacking the U.S. presidential campaign with a sweeping set of punishments targeting Russia's spy agencies and diplomats. The U.S. said Russia must bear costs for its actions, but Moscow called the Obama administration "losers" and threatened retaliation....
Police in Bangladesh say garment manufacturers have dismissed at least 1,500 workers after protests over pay led to a week-long shutdown at dozens of factories, which supply clothes to top Western brands.Police described the protests as illegal and said that they had arrested 30 workers, including seven union leaders, as well as a television reporter covering the unrest, the AFP news agency reported on Wednesday.The strike had started on December 12 with Windy Apparels Limited, a clothing company in the manufacturing centre of Ashulia industrial belt, on the outskirts of the capital. Thousands of workers were on strike, demanding an increase in the minimum wage hand in hand with the increase in the cost of living. This followed tens of thousands of workers walking out of factories in Ashulia, that make clothing for brands such as GAP, Zara and H&M, prompting concerns over supply during the holiday season.The protesters complained that the current salary, around 5-6 thousand ta...
As always, to coincide with the end of the year, the Prefecture of the Papal Household has published a note summing up the participation of the faithful during meetings and audiences with the Pope in the Vatican.It notes that in the course of the year 2016 Pope Francis received some 4 million people.That’s counting General and Special Audiences, Jubilee Audiences, liturgical celebrations, Angelus and Regina Coeli.March and September were the months with the highest numbers of faithful present in the Vatican during the Pope’s activities – in March during Holy week, and in September for the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. It is clear that the numbers refer uniquely to the Pope’s activities inside the Vatican and do not include visits to Rome Dioceses or apostolic visits and journeys to Italy and abroad, where Pope Francis met with millions of people.
Washington D.C., Dec 29, 2016 / 09:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “To defraud anyone of wages that are his due is a great crime which cries to the avenging anger of Heaven.”This statement from Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical “Rerum Novarum” is jarring, especially in an economy that appears to have as much to do with Church teaching as spiders do with spelling bees.But the Church's view on wages and compensation has a long history reaching back centuries – and remains relevant today to employers and employees alike – say businesspeople and theologians seeking to find a moral response to today's changing economic landscape.“The Church starts really from the perspective of the human person, and wants to see why the relationship between the employer and the employee is more than just an exchange of money for a certain part of time,” said Fr. Dominic Legge, OP, who teaches systematic theology at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than3.9 million pilgrims visited and attended papalevents, liturgies or prayer services during the Holy Year of Mercy in 2016, theVatican said.The Prefecture of the PapalHousehold, the Vatican office that coordinates the audiences and distributesthe free tickets to papal audiences and liturgies, said a total of 3,952,140 people attendeda papal event at the Vatican. The Vatican released the statistics Dec. 29.Although the total was slightlyhigher from the 3.2 million visitors received by Pope Francis in 2015, for a jubileeyear it still fell short of the 5.9 million pilgrims who visited in 2014.Terrorists attacks in Europe throughout the year are also thoughtto have discouraged visitors from traveling during what are typically busytourist seasons in Italy.During 2016, 762,000 people attendedthe pope's 43weekly general audiences while 446,000 attended the 11 jubilee audiences held one Saturday a month.More than 169,000 people took part...
