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IMAGE: Nancy WiechecBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- In two memos published Feb.20, the Department of Homeland Security outlined guidelines that White Houseofficials said would enhance enforcement of immigration laws inside the countryas well as prevent further unauthorized immigration into the U.S.In a Feb. 21 news briefing, White House presssecretary Sean Spicer said the guidelines include hiring more border agents,construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and hiring more personnel to"repatriate illegal immigrants swiftly."The memos by Department of Homeland SecuritySecretary John F. Kelly also called for state and local agencies to"assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law" and for hiring"additional border patrol agents, as well as "500 Air and MarineAgents/Officers." The cost of implementing such programs, whether there'senough funding and how Congress will be involved, was not discussed.While there have been two arrests under the newadministration involvin...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jimmy Kimmel says he never really wanted to host the Academy Awards....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Conservative activist James O'Keefe has released what he says are 119 hours of raw audio secretly recorded inside CNN's Atlanta headquarters in 2009....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's Jupiter-circling spacecraft is stuck making long laps around the gas giant because of sticky valves....
BOSTON (AP) -- Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black and white photo of himself. Then he repeated it every day for the next three decades....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When a summer thunderstorm knocked out power to Scott Pruitt's home three years ago, the then-attorney general of Oklahoma reached out to a lobbyist for American Electric Power....
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- A SWAT vehicle is ready for use if it becomes necessary to use force to remove the remaining protesters from the now-closed Dakota Access pipeline protest camp on federal land in North Dakota, authorities said Thursday....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday told members of the Spanish Villarreal football club that the team spirit which is so vital in playing a good match is fundamental in life and society as well.The Pope was receiving some of the Villarreal club players, managers and coaching staff who are in Rome to take on the “AS Roma” team in their second leg of the “Europa League” championship. To those present he said that football, like others sports, is a mirror of life and society: “when you are on the field you need each other. Each player puts his professional skill and talent to the benefit of a common goal, which is to play well and to win.”The Pope pointed out that much training is needed to achieve that affinity and said that it is important to invest time and effort in creating a team spirit.“This is possible if you act in the spirit of fellowship, leaving aside individualism or personal aspirations. If you play for the good of t...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received his long-time friend from his native Argentina, Rabbi Abraham Skorka, on Thursday, along with a delegation of Jewish leaders involved in the preparation of a new edition of the Torah.The annotated, illustrated edition is already being hailed as an achievement in both the literary and visual arts.Pope Francis told his guests, “The extensive introduction to the text and the editor’s note emphasize this dialogical approach and communicate a cultural vision of openness, mutual respect and peace that accords with the spiritual message of the Torah.”Click below to hear our report The Holy Father went on to say, “The important religious figures who have worked on this new edition have paid special attention both to the literary aspect of the text and to the full-colour illustrations that add further value to the publication.”Also in his remarks, Pope Francis spoke of the Torah as a building-block of community – the...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday received a group of Rabbis led by Rabbi Abraham Skorka – the Holy Father’s long-time friend from his native Argentina – on the occasion of their presentation to him of a new edition of the Torah. Below, please find the full text of Pope Francis’ remarks, in their official English translation...************************Greeting of His Holiness Pope Francisto a Delegation of Jewish Leadersfor the Presentation of a New Edition of the Torah23 February 2017Dear Friends,I offer a warm welcome to all of you, who have come to present me with a new and precious edition of the Torah. I thank Rabbi Abraham Skorka, brother and friend, for his kind words, and I am very grateful to all of you for this thoughtful gesture, which brings us together today around the Torah as the Lord’s gift, his revelation, his word.The Torah, which Saint John Paul II called “the living teaching of the living God” (Address for t...
