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Students in morning assembly prayer in Catholic school at Seppa in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. / Credit: Anto AkkaraBangalore, India, Apr 10, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).New guidelines for Catholic schools from the Catholic bishops of India have elicited mixed reactions in the country, with many applauding the move to respect "all faith traditions" while others have accused the Church of bending to pressure from Hindu fundamentalists.The 13-page document issued to India's 15,000 Catholic educational institutions includes a recommendation that schools display the preamble to the Indian Constitution at school entrances and that children recite the preamble during daily assemblies.The bishops' education commission said the document was written "to face the emerging challenges due to the current socio-cultural-religious-political situation in India." Its release comes ahead of elections that will take place between April 17 and June 1.The guidelines come at a...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the Atlanta airport on April 10, 2024, in Atlanta. / Credit: Megan Varner/Getty ImagesCNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 14:20 pm (CNA).Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would not sign a national abortion ban if reelected to the office of the presidency in November. The Republican presidential candidate was at an event in Atlanta on Wednesday when a reporter asked him: "Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?" "No," Trump said in response. Asked by the reporter: "You wouldn't sign it?" Trump responded again: "No."Trump had minutes earlier indicated that he disagreed with this week's historic ruling at the Arizona Supreme Court. That court on Monday ruled that state law does not guarantee a right to an abortion and that an 1864 law prohibiting all abortions can take effect later this month.Asked in Atlanta on Wednesday if that ruling "went too far,...
null / Photo credit: Kryvosheia Yurii/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Republican Gov. Brad Little of Idaho on Monday signed a law designed to protect government employees and students at public schools from being forced to use names and pronouns that violate their sincerely held beliefs. HB538, which the Idaho Legislature passed last week, is set to take effect July 1. The new law provides for "a prohibition on any governmental entity in the state of Idaho from compelling any public employee or public school student to communicate preferred personal titles and pronouns that do not correspond with the biological sex of the individual seeking to be referred to by such titles or pronouns.""Such prohibition is essential to ensure that the constitutional right to free speech of every person in the state of Idaho is respected," the bill reads.Government, public school, and higher education employees "shall not be subject to adverse employment ...