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SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- Chaos swept into Macedonia's parliament Thursday as demonstrators stormed the building and attacked lawmakers to protest the election of a new speaker despite a months-old deadlock in efforts to form a new government....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans said they would push a short-term spending bill - essential to keeping the government open - through the House Friday with only GOP votes, if necessary....
VARNER, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas wrapped up an aggressive execution schedule Thursday, putting to death its fourth inmate in eight days....
Persecution may come for what you believe...
Philadelphia, Pa., Apr 27, 2017 / 03:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Philosopher Alvin Plantinga has won the prestigious Templeton Award for once again making belief in God “a serious option within academic philosophy,” the Templeton Foundation has said.“The field of philosophy has transformed over the course of my career,” Plantinga said in response to the honor. “If my work played a role in this transformation, I would be very pleased.”“I hope the news of the Prize will encourage young philosophers, especially those who bring Christian and theistic perspectives to bear on their work, towards greater creativity, integrity, and boldness,” he said April 25.The Pennsylvania-based John Templeton Foundation awards the prize to a living individual who has made “an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery or practical works.”“Alvin Plantinga recognized that not only ...
Washington D.C., Apr 27, 2017 / 03:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. government needs to be continually equipped to fight the scourge of human trafficking in new and effective ways, said members of Congress introducing an anti-trafficking bill on Thursday.“We have a huge human trafficking problem in the United States, and it needs to be combated even more robustly than it has,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said on Thursday at the capitol, introducing the Frederick R. Douglas Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Act of 2017.“We must shatter the anonymity of purchasing sex and the violence against our women, our boys, and our young girls,” Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), who joined Smith at the press conference, said.The bill, introduced by Reps. Smith, Wagner, and Karen Bass (D-Calif.) builds upon the 2000 Victims of Trafficking Protection Act, which was a large new anti-human trafficking bill at the time, a “landmark” bill as Rep. Smith called it.Th...
Denver, Colo., Apr 27, 2017 / 04:07 pm (CNA).- "The recent pledge by the Democratic National Committee chair to support only candidates who embrace the radical unrestricted abortion license is very disturbing. The Democratic Party platform already endorses abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy, even forcing taxpayers to fund it; and now the DNC says that to be a Democrat--indeed to be an American--requires supporting that extreme agenda. True solidarity with pregnant women and their children transcends all party lines. Abortion doesn't empower women. Indeed, women deserve better than abortion. In the name of diversity and inclusion, pro-life and pro-'choice' Democrats, alike, should challenge their leadership to recant this intolerant position." --Cardinal Timothy Dolan, chairU.S. bishops’ Pro-Life Activities Committee, April 26  We mark two forgotten anniversaries in 2017.  Here’s the first.Exactly 50 years ...
Washington D.C., Apr 27, 2017 / 05:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A leading U.S. bishop expressed grave concerns Thursday about a revised health care bill which the House may vote on within days.The bill is an effort replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.“It is deeply disappointing to many Americans that, in modifying the American Health Care Act to again attempt a vote, proponents of the bill left in place its serious flaws, including unacceptable modifications to Medicaid that will endanger coverage and affordability for millions of people, according to reports,” Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, chair of the U.S. bishops’ domestic justice and human development committee, stated April 27.Although the American Health Care Act was scuttled in March before a planned floor vote due to lack of support, an amended version of the bill was introduced in Congress this week, garnering the support of members of the House Freedom Caucus – which was instrumental in blocki...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan describedthe recent pledge from the Democratic National Committee's chair to supportonly pro-abortion candidates "disturbing" and "intolerant."The cardinal,who is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee onPro-Life Activities, urged members of the Democratic party to "challengetheir leadership to recant this intolerant position."Thecardinal's April 26 statement was in reaction to recent comments by DNC chairTom Perez who said: "Every Democrat, like every American, should support awoman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health. That isnot negotiable and should not change city by city or state by state."Perezwent on to say in an April 21 statement: "At a time when women's rightsare under assault from the White House, the Republican Congress, and in statesacross the country, we must speak up for this principle as loudly as ever andwith one voice."Perez'sstatement came after a DNC "unity...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed Alex Acosta as Labor secretary, filling out President Donald Trump's Cabinet as he approaches his 100th day in office....
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