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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Latest on plans to close a protest encampment near the Dakota Access pipeline construction site in North Dakota (all times local):...
In Orange County, California, dozens of immigrants have signed powers of attorney authorizing relatives and friends to pick up their children from school and access their bank accounts to pay their bills in the event they are arrested by immigration agents....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration plans to lift an Obama-era directive that told public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their chosen gender identity....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration will revoke federal guidelines that tell public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity, the White House said Wednesday....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday met with members of the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) – known as Operation Sophia – which has been tasked to stop people smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea.The delegation - which was at the General Audience - was accompanied by Bishop Domenico Sigalini, the secretary for the Commission on Migration for the Italian Bishop’s Conference.The officers gave Pope Francis a commemorative plate reading “Operation Sophia – a message of hope in the central Mediterranean.”Pope Francis has often called for more action to save migrants attempting the dangerous crossing over the Mediterranean. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said at least 5000 people died last year attempting the journey.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday blessed the “Benedictine Torch of Peace,” which since 1964 – the year St. Benedict was named a patron of Europe – has been sponsored by the city of Norcia to promote unity and peace in Europe.This year, the Torch is being used to help mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which established what is now the European Union.During the General Audience, the Holy Father greeted a delegation which included the Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia, Renato Boccardo; the Abbot of Montecassino, Father Donato Ogliari; and the the Abbot of Subiaco, Father Mauro Meacci.“I invite everyone to become a promoter of the culture of peace in every area of life,” Pope Francis said.The torch will be taken to Subiaco in the coming days before making the journey to Brussels, the capital of the European Union, on 8 March.On 19 March it will arrive in Montecassino, before ending its journey in Norcia on 25 March. At every...
The Archdiocese of Bangalore, India has launched counseling services to help save marriages by opening the counseling center on Feb 20. “We have felt the urgency of protecting the sacrament of marriage amid changing social trends that tend to endanger families,” Archbishop Bernard Moras said while opening the counseling center.The center will offer counseling services with the help of professionally trained people at the premises of Paalana Bhavan (Pastoral Center) adjacent to the archbishop’s residence in Bengaluru, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.More than 20 professional counselors took pledge to offer their services on the occasion.Archbishop Moras said the counseling service comes as “a very quick response” to the decision of the just concluded plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) at Bhopal that addressed issues confronting families.Family was also the focus of the Bishops’ Syno...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday received a soccer jersey embossed with the words (in Italian) “Let’s give a kick to bullying” on the front and “Papa Francesco” on the back.He was presented with the jersey at his weekly General Audience by the project’s director, Stefano Roma, of the San Cesareo Sporting Club in Rome.The campaign aims to shine the spotlight on the phenomenon of bullying in the world of sports and teach young people about its effects.The initiative, which is supported by the Latium Region, hopes to get its message across through a series of events, in which psychologists and experts speak to young sports aficionados about bullying and how to prevent it.
(Vatican Radio) A religious sister has described how children are dying from lack of food in war-torn South Sudan where a famine has been declared.Sister Yudith Pereira Rico from the association “Solidarity with South Sudan” told Susy Hodges that many children in camps for people displaced by the civil war are visibly malnourished and that people are not able to buy food because of sky-high inflation.Her comments come after a famine was declared there earlier this week, with the UN saying that 4.9 people are in need of urgent food assistance.“Almost all of the children are skinny,” said Sister Pereira Rico. “Many of them are ill because they are not getting enough food and this is taking place all over the country.“People are very worried. We have more than 900 per cent of inflation. So people are unable to buy any food in the market. It’s not the rainy season so even the price of the food is higher. People are dying.”Her eyewitness ...
