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Paris, France, Nov 23, 2016 / 02:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A French court has drawn international backlash for ruling that a popular video showing happy children with Down syndrome was “inappropriate” for French television.“It’s so absurd. I have never heard of a ruling so egregious,” said Michelle Sie Whitten, president and CEO of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation.She called the decision “shocking” and “offensive,” adding that it “flies in the face of freedom of speech.”The video in question, entitled “Dear Future Mom,” was released in 2014 for World Down Syndrome Day and has received more than 7 million viewers online alone. It shows children with Down syndrome from around the world reassuring a mother whose child has received a diagnosis. The children tell her that her child “can be happy – just like I am” and reinforce what they are able to do and accomplish.  On Nov. 10, the Fre...
Albuquerque, N.M., Nov 23, 2016 / 03:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A fire – allegedly set by arsonists – has closed a pro-life pregnancy center and chapel in New Mexico, shutting down its operations for the foreseeable future.The Albuquerque Fire Department received a call at 12:32 AM on the morning of November 23, alerting them to smoke coming out of Project Defending Life, a pro-life pregnancy center in the city. When the firefighters arrived, they extinguished a fire in the chapel as well as others in rooms with pro-life information. No one was injured in the blaze. Holy Innocents Chapel, located within the Project Defending Life center, is a Catholic chapel that was open for prayer and benediction. The Eucharist was reserved in the tabernacle at the time of the fire, but was safely removed, undamaged.In an update to their website, Project Defending Life stated that they “will be closed for an indefinite period of time for repairs.” Albuquerque authori...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPABy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The LittleSisters of the Poor and other religious employers that challenged thecontraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act have been cautiously breathinga sigh of relief since the presidential election."Everyone is stillprotected by the Supreme Court's order," but they know with a newadministration it could change in minutes," said Mark Rienzi, leadattorney for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represented theLittle Sisters of the Poor in the case before the court earlier this year.And even though nothing has beenannounced yet, Rienzi seems confident Donald Trump's campaign promises torepeal some or all of the Affordable Care Act would very likely put thecontraceptive issue off the table."We feel optimistic,"he told Catholic News Service Nov. 22, stressing that a major part of Trump'svictory stemmed from religious voters convinced he would best represent themwith pro-life policies and Supreme ...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A Dallas woman accused of killing a Wichita mother and taking her baby was in the country illegally when she was released from a Kansas jail this summer before immigration officials had a chance to request she be held, law enforcement authorities said Wednesday....
DETROIT (AP) -- A police officer has died a day after he was shot in the head while on patrol near a university campus in Detroit....
NEW YORK (AP) -- After Ivanka Trump appeared on CBS's "60 Minutes" wearing a $10,800 bracelet from her jewelry line, someone at her company sent photos from the interview to fashion writers to drum up free publicity. A firestorm of criticism erupted over the impropriety of profiting off the presidency, and the company apologized....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Injecting the first diversity into his Cabinet-to-be, Donald Trump selected two Republican women on Wednesday who had unflattering things to say about him during the presidential campaign: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the Department of Education....
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis met with the President of Vietnam, Tran Dai Quang, in a private audience on Wednesday.A statement from the Holy See Press Office said, "During the cordial meeting, the good relations between the Holy See and Vietnam were recalled, which are sustained by a common spirit of dialogue and the constant search for the correct instruments so that they may progress." The statement said the collaboration between the Church and the Vietnamese State was also highlighted.President Tran Dai Quang presented Pope Francis with a small drum with a bronze base, while the Holy Father gave him a medal of his pontificate and copies of Evangelii gaudium, Amoris laetitia, and Laudato si'.Afterwards, President Tran Dai Quang met with the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic SpiritBy Matthew DavisMINNEAPOLIS(CNS) -- Hundreds filled the front steps of the Basilica of St. Mary inMinneapolis Nov. 20 following Mass to witness the closing of the church's HolyDoors, marking the end of the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year of Mercy.Amongthem were Jonathan Thompson and Julia Waletzko, who had held hands and grinnedas they passed through the doors a final time. The pair, who met at the basilicaat a Bible study on Valentine's Day, had gotten engaged just hours earlier."Theclosing of the Holy Doors was a big draw," Thompson said of the couple'sdecision to attend the closing Mass. "It was such a peaceful experience."ArchbishopBernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis presided at the evening Mass andthen invited the congregation to process out of the Holy Doors before heceremoniously closed them. With the Cathedral of St. Paul and St. Maron inMinneapolis, the basilica was one of three local churches with designated HolyDoo...
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- They came by the hundreds - men, women and children fleeing the battle for Mosul, some bloodied and crying out for help. So large was the crowd on the road that Iraqi troops initially ordered them back, worried that an Islamic State suicide bomber could be hiding among them....
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