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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House issued a stern warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday night as it claimed "potential" evidence that Syria was preparing for another chemical weapons attack....
Washington D.C., Jun 26, 2017 / 12:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Supreme Court wrapped up its latest term on Monday, it agreed to consider a major religious freedom case, as well as the case of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, this fall.Both topics have drawn concern from the U.S. bishops, who have urged respect for freedom of conscience and religion in the face of legalized gay marriage, while criticizing the travel ban for abandoning vulnerable refugees in need.  The court agreed to hear two cases next term which could prove to have major impacts – the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, and the case of Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which involves the rights of a baker to refuse out of conscience to provide a wedding cake for a same-sex wedding.The latter case was relisted 14 times by the Supreme Court, which finally took it up on Monday, SCOTUSBlog.com reported.“The issue in this case is a free s...
Lusaka, Zambia, Jun 26, 2017 / 02:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The leaders of three major Christian groups in Zambia have issued a strongly worded letter on the political state of the country, calling on Zambians to “examine our conscience, seek the truth, and work towards bringing back hope to our people.”It also accuses the current administration of being a “dictatorship.”The June 16 letter was penned by Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu of Lusaka, president of the Zambian bishops' conference; Alfred Kalembo of the Council of Churches in Zambia; and Paul Mususu of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia.“If these are not signs of dictatorship, what are they signs of?” the letter said. “Certainly not of a democratic dispensation!”The letter comes as a response to the arrest of Hakainde Hichilema, leader of the opposition party, the UPND.The current president, Edgar Lungu, has been accused of rigging last year's presidential election...
Edinburgh, Scotland, Jun 26, 2017 / 03:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest who was reported missing last week from his parish in Edinburgh, Scotland was found dead on a nearby beach Friday afternoon.Father Martin Xavier Vazhachira, 33, was a native of India and was studying for a postgraduate degree in Edinburgh University while serving at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church in Corstorphine.The priest was last seen at the parish on Tuesday afternoon, June 20.When he did not show up for morning Mass on Wednesday, his parishioners alerted the authorities.His body was found on a beach in Dunbar, about 30 miles from the parish, on June 23. Authorities have confirmed that his family in India was contacted about his death.The cause of his disappearance and death is yet unknown.Father Vazhachira was a native of Kerala in southern India and was ordained a priest in 2013 for the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Order. He moved to Scotland in 2016, where he served in several local parishes before ...
Vatican City, Jun 26, 2017 / 04:34 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican's top personality on social justice issues has voiced his concern for the increased demand for drugs, including recreational marijuana, saying debate on the plant's usage doesn't take ethical concerns into account.In a June 26 letter on the occasion of the U.N. International Day against Abuse and Illicit Trafficking of Drugs, Cardinal Peter Turkson lamented the fact that narcotics “continue to rage in impressive forms and dimensions” throughout the world.“It is a phenomenon that is fueled – not without concessions and compromises on the part of institutions – by a shameful market that crosses national and continental borders, intertwined with mafias and drug trafficking,” he said.Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Turkson noted that compared to the recent past, drugs have now become “a consumer product made compatible with...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, ReutersBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Supreme Court of the United Statessaid that this fall it will hear a case involving President Donald Trump's travelban, which seeks to delay entry into the country by immigrants from sixmajority-Muslim countries and one that suspends, for a time, the entry of allrefugees.In the meantime, the court announced June 26, that some "foreignnationals" will be barred from entering the country, but decisions will be madedepending on the applicant's previous relationships with a person orinstitution in the U.S. Some called it a watered-down version of what theadministration is seeking.The ban "may not be enforced against foreign nationalswho have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entityin the United States," the court said, but "all other foreignnationals are subject to the provisions of (the executive order)."That means a person with family or a nexus with anorganization, such as a univer...
By Julie AsherWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Thenonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, in its analysis of the Senate healthcare bill, said late June 26 the measure would leave 22 million more peoplewithout insurance."This moment cannot passwithout comment," said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairmanof the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice andHuman Development."Today, the CongressionalBudget Office released a report on the 'discussion draft' of the Senate healthcare proposal, indicating that millions of people could lose their healthinsurance over time," he said in a statement issued in response to thejust-released analysis."As the USCCB has consistentlysaid, the loss of affordable access for millions of people is simplyunacceptable," the bishop said, noting he would continue to study the fullCBO report. "These are real families who need and deserve health care."He added, "We pray that theSenate will work in an open and unified way to keep the go...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A spokeswoman for Bill Cosby is clarifying the purpose of the comedian's planned town hall meetings after she and a colleague initially appeared to draw a link between the meetings and his mistrial on felony charges of sexual assault....
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A federal judge Monday questioned the reach of a new Texas "sanctuary cities" law supported by the Trump administration but that four of the nation's largest cities, some police chiefs and immigrant-rights groups are trying to stop taking effect in September....
LONDON (AP) -- The deaths of 79 people in a London apartment tower have triggered emergency inspections, evacuations and soul searching among British officials who failed to prevent the tragedy....
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