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Washington D.C., May 24, 2017 / 05:11 pm (CNA).- President Donald Trump’s budget requests, although applauded for their pro-life measures, were largely met with concern from Catholic aid groups, particularly for their cuts to welfare programs and international aid.“Rather than balancing the budget on the backs of those who are poor while shoring up military spending, our budgetary policies should reflect compassion for those most fragile and, at the same time, should allocate funds to protect safety and the common good,” Sister Donna Markham, O.P., president and CEO of Catholic Charities, USA, stated on Tuesday.President Trump released his FY 2018 budget proposal “The New Foundation for American Greatness” on Tuesday, calling for a $54 billion increase in defense spending and an increase in immigration enforcement and border security funding.To balance the budget over 10 years, these increases would supposedly be offset by cuts elsewhere, including to i...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mariana KarapinkaBy Mariana KarapinkaODESSA,Ukraine (CNS) -- When Anastasia Voinikova joined the local Ukrainian Catholiccommunity more than 20 years ago, liturgies were celebrated at the basement ofthe Roman Catholic church. Later,in 2005, the community was able to purchase a private house and reconstruct it intoa small chapel, which served as the cathedral for the Odessa Exarchate, whichcovers huge territory of southern Ukraine and at that time, Crimea.Butabout 10,000 Ukrainian Catholics lived in Odessa, and the chapel could nothouse more than 100 people at a time.On May21, local Ukrainian Catholics blessed a new chapel at the outskirts of Odessa.With the help of Dutch and German aid agencies -- and some financial supportfrom Ukrainian Catholics in the United States -- parishioners were able to buyabandoned Soviet-style construction materials and construct the chapel. Thefaithful were really engaged in this project, because they waited so long formore suitable pl...
A medicine made from marijuana, without the stuff that gives a high, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more research into pot's possible health benefits....
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Handshakes, gifts, friendly small talk and big hopes for peace. Setting aside past differences and rude comments aside, President Donald Trump and Pope Francis put a determinedly positive face on their first meeting Wednesday at the Vatican....
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The jury that will hear the sex assault case against Bill Cosby will include two blacks among its 12 members in a case Cosby believes could be racially motivated....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- In his first big tour on the world stage, President Donald Trump is choosing caution over his usual brand of chaos....
CAIRO (AP) -- The father and younger brother of the suspect in the Manchester concert bombing have been detained in Libya, where anti-terror authorities said the brother confessed to knowing "all the details" of the deadly plot....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Subpoenas for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn piled up Wednesday as the House intelligence committee pressured Flynn to cooperate with its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The health care bill Republicans recently pushed through the House would leave 23 million more Americans without insurance and confront others who have costly medical conditions with coverage that could prove unaffordable, Congress' official budget analysts said Wednesday....
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