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San Francisco, Calif., Mar 29, 2017 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The undercover journalists whose work appeared to implicate Planned Parenthood officials in the illegal sale of unborn baby body parts now face 15 felony charges in California, but one insists the allegations are phony.David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress characterized the allegations as “bogus charges from Planned Parenthood’s political cronies.”“The public knows the real criminals are Planned Parenthood and their business partners like StemExpress and DV Biologics – currently being prosecuted in California – who have harvested and sold aborted baby body parts for profit for years in direct violation of state and federal law,” he said March 28.California Attorney General Xavier Beccerra has charged that Daleiden and his co-investigator Sandra Merritt filmed 14 people without their consent in Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Francisco and El Dorado. The two are also char...
Rome, Italy, Mar 29, 2017 / 04:10 pm (CNA).- After what has been a tumultuous few months for the Order of Malta, Grand Chancellor Albrecht von Boeselager has opened up about the process of reform and the work they are currently doing to help migrants, refugees and those displaced by war and poverty.“This crisis has been a bit challenging for me personally,” Boeselager told CNA March 29. While the order itself undergoes an intense spiritual reform after a recent crisis involving the Vatican shook up their leadership, Boeselager said, “I hope spiritual renewal will come out of it for me too.”However, despite the difficulties the reformation of the order currently presents, the Grand Chancellor stressed the importance of staying on task, and not letting their humanitarian work, specifically with migrants and refugees, be set aside.Boeselager spoke to CNA during a sit-down interview just over a month after outlining the order’s priorities following his rein...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic ReviewBy Erik ZygmontBALTIMORE (CNS) -- Mourners fromnear and far, and all walks of life and various creeds, filled the Cathedral ofMary Our Queen in Homeland March 28 for the funeral Mass of Cardinal William H.Keeler, 14th archbishop of Baltimore.Thirty prelates, including sixcardinals, and dozens of priests and deacons mourned Cardinal Keeler, who diedMarch 23 at 86, and commended his soul to God.Dignitaries and officials cameto pay their respects, including Maryland Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr., BaltimoreCounty Executive Kevin B. Kamenetz, retired U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski andState Sen. James "Ed" DeGrange Sr.In his closing remarks, BaltimoreArchbishop William E. Lori ranked Cardinal Keeler among the most illustrious ofhis predecessors, including Archbishop John Carroll, the nation's firstarchbishop, Cardinal James Gibbons (1877-1921) and Cardinal Lawrence Shehan(1961-1974).While he was a churchman of thehighest stature, to be sure many...
HONOLULU (AP) -- A federal judge in Hawaii questioned a government attorney Wednesday who urged him to narrow his order blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban after arguing that a freeze on the nation's refugee program had no effect on the state....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ivanka Trump is officially joining her father's administration as an unpaid employee, after her plans to serve in a more informal capacity were questioned by ethics experts....
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Two former aides to Republican Gov. Chris Christie were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for creating a colossal traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge for political revenge, a scandal that sank Christie's White House campaign and was attributed by the judge to a venomous climate inside state government....
UVALDE, Texas (AP) -- The Latest on a Texas crash of a church van and a pickup truck in which 12 people were killed and three injured (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pledging cooperation, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday they would steer clear of politics in their panel's probe of Russian interference in last year's election. They made a point of putting themselves at arm's length from the House investigation marked by partisanship and disputes....
UVALDE, Texas (AP) -- Twelve people were killed and three others were injured Wednesday when a van carrying 14 church members and a pickup truck collided on a two-lane Texas highway, authorities said....
(Vatican Radio) Five months on from the joint commemoration of the Reformation by Pope Francis and Lutheran leaders, the President of the Lutheran World Federation says he believes the ecumenical energy of that event is penetrating hearts and minds of Christians across the globe.Speaking to Philippa Hitchen at his Jerusalem residence last week, Bishop Munib Younan said that working for unity within the Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities is the only way to “cut the roots of extremism and sectarianism” which threaten society today.Listen: Reflecting on the joint commemoration in Lund cathedral and Malmo arena last October 31st, Bishop Younan describes it as “a blessed moment” where “the Holy Spirit was guiding us”. He recalls that he and Pope Francis “promised each other that we will continue this journey of unity and ecumenism, locally and internationally”.Incarnating spirit of Lund at local levelCommenting on the fruits o...
