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LONDON (AP) -- In a debate that has gone from office corridors to Britain's Parliament, lawmakers put their foot down Monday and told employers to stop making women wear high heels as part of corporate dress codes....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen's case to a lower court without reaching a decision, leaving in limbo the issue of transgender rights in school settings....
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- It's been an emotional roller coaster for Mahmoud Mansour and his family, Syrian refugees tapped for possible resettlement to the United States, since President Donald Trump issued his first travel ban six weeks ago....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday signed a reworked version of his controversial travel ban Monday, aiming to withstand court challenges while still barring new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily shutting down America's refugee program....
(Vatican Radio) The fourth annual Voices of Faith storytelling event takes place in the Vatican on Wednesday March 8th, which is also International Women’s Day.The initiative was started by Catholic philanthropist Chantal Goetz  as she puts it, “to enhance the dignity, participation and leadership of women and girls through persistent and good storytelling."Voices of Faith is supported by the Fidel Goetz Foundation and partnered this year by the Jesuit Refugee Service.At this year’s event women from all over the world are making their voices heard in the name of peace with the gathering itself entitled, “Stirring the waters: Making the impossible possible.”One of the participants at this year’s forum is Dr Scilla Elworthy, founder of the Oxford Research Group, and co- founder of Peace Direct, UK. She is also the author of "Pioneering the possible: Awakened leadership for a world that works."She spoke to Lydia O’Kane abo...
Thousands of the faithful from across Uganda recently thronged the refurbished Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Ediofe, in Uganda’s Arua Diocese for its re-dedication. The ceremony commemorating the Cathedral’s re-opening, re-dedication and consecration was officiated by Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life and President of the St. John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family.After seven years of work on the Cathedral, the faithful were welcomed amidst jubilation to witness the newly re-furbished Church, featuring blue and yellow stained glass windows, an altar restored with marble, a large crucifix with painted details and several pieces of artwork. The celebration was marked with a Holy Mass that was presided over by Archbishop Paglia and concelebrated by Uganda’s Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala; Archbishop August Blume, the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda; Archbishop John Baptist O...
More than 13,000 people on Sunday attended the feast of a new Marian shrine in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, an eastern Indian state.“Mother Mary loves us all. She wants us to grow in faith, love and affection,” said Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, who was the main celebrant for the feast  Mass at Mother Mary of Partomah, a substation of Daringbadi parish. The parish is under the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in Odisha.Around 30 priests and about 25 nuns attended the feast day Mass at the shrine situated on a mountain.The bishop urged the faithful to pray, fast and abstain from comforts and pleasure “in our spiritual journey.” He noted that the feast fell on the first week of lent, the 40-day period of fast and prayer for Christians before Easter.The archbishop said the Blessed Virgin “is ever ready to intercede” for the people of Kandhamal, who in 2008 suffered the worst anti-Christian violence of modern India. (matt...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Christians should care about reading God's messages in the Bibleas much as they care about checkingmessages on their cellphones, Pope Francis said. AsChrist did in the desert when tempted by Satan, men and women can defendthemselves from temptation with the word of God if they "read it often,meditate on it and assimilate it" into their lives, he said before prayingthe Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter's Square March 5."Whatwould happen if we turned back when we forget it, if we opened it more times aday, if we read the messages of God contained in the Bible the way we readmessages on our cellphones?" the pope asked the crowd. Thepope's reflection centered on the day's Gospel reading (Mt. 4:1-11) in whichJesus is tempted by the devil while fasting in the desert for 40 days andnights before beginning his ministry. Satan,he said, attempts to dissuade Jesus from fulfilling his message and to undermi...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's doctrinal chief dismissedaccusations that some Vatican officials are resisting recommendations on bestpractices for protecting children and vulnerable adults from clergy sex abuse. "I think this cliche must be put to an end: the ideathat the pope, who wants the reform, is on one side and, on the other, a group ofresisters who want to block it," said Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect ofthe Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The congregation is charged with carrying out canonicaltrials and seeking justice for victims of clerical abuse, while local bishopsand heads of religious orders must care for their pastoral needs, he said in aninterview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published March 5.Cardinal Muller responded to complaints made by MarieCollins, who resigned her post on the Pontifical Commission for the Protectionof Minors March 1, citing what she described as resistance com...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia is protecting its "sovereignty and dignity" by expelling the North Korean ambassador, the prime minister said Monday, as relations between the countries unraveled further over the poisoning of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader....
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