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By Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- When the U.S. Supreme Court looks at a Lutheranpreschool playground case April 19, it will go far beyond settling a schoolyard squabbleand step into religious liberty turf.Atissue in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer is if the state of Missouri can exclude housesof worship in a playground refurbishment grant program using tire scraps.TheLutheran church says its exclusion from the program violates the Constitutionbecause it discriminates against religious institutions. The state disagrees,saying the church can still worship and operate but just won't get state fundsfor its resurfaced playground.In 2015,the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the state's decision to deny thepreschool's grant application.A full benchwill hear oral arguments in this case, since Justice Neil Gorsuch is now fillingthe seat left vacant by Justice Antonin Scalia's death last year. They willlikely hear both sides argue different interpretations of the court's 2004decision...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox News Channel expects Bill O'Reilly back from his vacation on April 24, ready to resume his position as cable television news' most popular host....
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) -- A water sample from Lake Michigan near a wastewater spill at a U.S. Steel plant in Indiana contained an elevated level of a potentially carcinogenic chemical but well below federal safety standards, the Chicago Department of Water Management said Thursday....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Thursday urged all countries that provide troops for U.N. peacekeeping missions to hold soldiers accountable for sexual abuse and exploitation, an appeal that came after she cited an Associated Press investigation into a child sex ring in Haiti involving Sri Lankan peacekeepers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is abruptly reversing himself on key issues. And for all his usual bluster, he's startlingly candid about the reason: He's just now really learning about some of them....
Remembering that God's love is unstoppable is a beautiful reminder heading into Good Friday. Enjoy this brand new music/lyric video featuring not just one but TWO Spirit FM artists. Plus 3 fun facts about Matty!
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Holy Thursday washed the feet of inmates at Paliano prison, south of Rome, during the Mass of Our Lord’s Supper.The Pope traveled to the penitentiary for a private visit and the celebration of Mass marking Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples on the day before his Crucifixion.Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: In his off-the-cuff homily Pope Francis invited those present – and all Christians -  to serve the other."The disciples, the Pope said, used to argue about who was the most important amongst them".“He who feels or thinks he is important, he continued, must become small and be a servant to the others. That is what God – who loves us as we are – does every day”.The center hosts some 70 inmates, and amongst those whose feet the Pope washed, there are 10 Italians, 1 Argentinean and 1 Albanian. Amongst them 3 are women and 1 is a Muslim who will receive the Sacrament of Baptism in the co...
(Vatican Radio) One of Europe's top courts says Russia has failed to protect the hostages of the Beslan school siege in which about 330 people, most of them children, died in 2004, prompting an angry reaction from Moscow. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Victims of one of Russia's most bloodiest hostage crisis learned Thursday that their painful-decade wait for justice had not been vain. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia failed to protect the hostages of the thee-day Beslan school siege in September 2004.More than 330 people were killed in what became known as the Beslan massacre, including 186 children. It happened after Chechen rebels took more than 1000 hostages to demand that Russian troops pull out of the republic Chechnya.The Strasbourg based court said Russian security forces had violated the victims right to life when they moved in to free the hostages in School Number One in the town of Beslan in Russia's troubled republic of No...
(Vatican Radio) In Venezuela officials confirm a fifth person has died, as a result of the ongoing anti-government protests, which have already lasted two weeks.  More demonstrations are happening today. Listen to the report by James Blears: The dead include two students and a thirteen year old child.  The latest protests flared, with a government decision to ban opposition leader Henrique Capriles from public office for 15 years. Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro are demanding that postponed regional elections must be held.  President Maduro's vehicle was attacked by protesters, as he left a military celebration in the South Eastern State of Bolivar.  It was pelted with stones, and also eggs...an increasingly rare commodity in Venezuela, where basic daily necessities are in scarce supply. Venezuela's Electoral Court has ruled against a Referendum on President Maduro's Administration, saying there was fraud in the initial voting p...
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