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Washington D.C., Nov 8, 2016 / 07:35 pm (CNA).- A new action agenda from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drawn praise from the U.S. bishops as a step towards the “integral ecology” taught in Pope Francis’ encyclical on creation.“The concern for the good of people, especially the poor and vulnerable communities, is one of the central messages in Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment,” said Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.“We welcome efforts by the EPA that recognize what the Pope calls 'integral ecology,' where respect for human life and wellbeing go hand in hand with environmental protection,” he said Nov. 4.The EPA’s Environmental Justice 2020 Action Agenda builds on its 2014 effort to integrate “environmental justice considerations” into all its agency programs. It aims to strengthen the agency’s...
HONG KONG (AP) -- Financial markets went on a wild ride Wednesday, as Wall Street index futures and Asian stock benchmarks tumbled on the rising possibility of a Trump presidency....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans were on track to secure two more years of House control Tuesday, as GOP lawmakers triumphed in districts in Florida and Virginia that Democrats had hoped Donald Trump's divisive comments would make their own....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats' chances of retaking the Senate majority were slipping away Tuesday as Republicans hung onto key seats in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Campaign 2016 came down to Donald Trump's following among white voters, especially non-college-educated men vs Hillary Clinton's support among women, minorities and young people....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump captured crucial victories over Hillary Clinton Tuesday night in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, showing remarkable strength in three of the nation's most fiercely fought battleground states in an unexpectedly tight race for the presidency....
Arlington, Va., Nov 8, 2016 / 04:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite ongoing religious freedom threats, humility and cheerfulness in serving the poor are at the heart of the mission for the Little Sisters of the Poor, the order’s vocations director said.“One soul at a time – this is what we’re about,” Sister Rosemarie Yao, director of vocations for the Little Sisters of the Poor, said at a religious freedom discussion at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. on Saturday, three days before the 2016 election.“To value the dignity of the human person, to care for them with love and respect until Almighty God calls them home to Himself, not one minute before or one minute after,” she continued, outlining the mission of the sisters.Sister Rosemarie addressed an audience at the event titled “Is America Still the Land of the Free?” It was sponsored by the Arlington Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the diocesan Office for Family Life....
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pro-life supporters in the CatholicChurch are denouncing activist Father Frank Pavone for what he said was an "emergencysituation" on the eve of the U.S. presidential election."What did he do?" wrote Ed Mechmann, a public policydirector whose areas of concern include pro-life issues, in a blog for the Archdiocese of NewYork. "He used a dead aborted baby, laying naked and bloody on an altar, as aprop for his video."But Father Pavone, no stranger to controversial situations,said he was trying to drive home, in a visual and impactful way, what it meant to chooseone presidential candidate over the other on Election Day. Father Pavone,appealing for votes for Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, saidhe was showing "the Democrats' support of baby-killing.""I'm showing the reality," he said in an interview onElection Day with Catholic News Service. Father Pavone is a member of Trump'sCatholic advisory group.But some say what he did, how he d...
LONDON (AP) -- Who is Meghan Markle? For one, the American actress known for her portrayal of a paralegal in the television show, "Suits" has now been described by Kensington Palace as Prince Harry's girlfriend....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former home health aide rolled her eyes and insisted she wasn't guilty as she was charged Tuesday with shoving a woman onto the subway tracks under Times Square, killing her....
