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Jun 01 2020
News
George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs.
Riot police clashed with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, firing tear gas and pepper
BBC NewsJun 15 2021
News
US Catholic Bishops to Debate Giving Communion to Pro-Choice Politicians
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this week are expected to discuss if pro-choice Catholic politicians should be able to receive Holy Communion.
The topic has received renewed attention in the past year because President Joe Biden, the second Roman Catholic to hold that office, attends Mass regularly and receives Holy Communion.
The Vatican has warned the bishops not to
Newsmax (News)Dec 20 2019
News
Iowa man sentenced to 16 years for setting LGBTQ flag on fire
An Ames man was sentenced Wednesday to about 16 years in prison after he set fire to a church's LGBTQ flag in June.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was found guilty last month of third-degree arson in violation of individual rights — hate crime, third-degree harassment, and reckless use of fire as a habitual offender.
He was arrested after stealing a pride banner hanging at Ames
Des Moines RegisterMar 21 2022
News
Russia may not stop with Ukraine – NATO looks to its weakest link
Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships under his command to the former Soviet Republic of Latvia to help protect the most vulnerable part of NATO's eastern flank.
Ukraine crisis assets Map showing the major land and sea chokepoints in the Baltic region
The hasty
ReutersJun 28 2022
Analysis
The Supreme Court's Leftist Bloc: Increasingly Hostile to the First Amendment
We already knew that the Supreme Court's leftist bloc is profoundly hostile to the Second Amendment, which it has badly misinterpreted in a series of decisions over recent decades. They're increasingly and disturbingly hostile to the First Amendment, as well. The Roberts Court has generally been quite good on First Amendment issues, issuing a number of lopsided or even unanimous rulings
TownhallDec 31 2019
Opinion
Texas’s Concealed-Carry Law Prevented Mass Murder
Yes, good guys with guns can save lives. They just did in the West Freeway Church of Christ.
The same weekend that Orthodox Jews in Monsey, N.Y., were fighting off another knife-wielding anti-Semite thug with chairs and coffee tables — they were fortunate that the perpetrator hadn’t brought a firearm, like the killer who targeted a yeshiva in Jersey City only a few weeks earlier — Jack
National Review (News)Oct 15 2021
News
UK Lawmaker David Amess Dies After Being Stabbed Multiple Times
British lawmaker Sir David Amess, of the Conservative Party, died Friday after being stabbed several times in his Southend West constituency.
Amess, the member of parliament for Southend West, was meeting with voters at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday.
Just after 3 p.m. local time, Essex police issued a statement in which it confirmed that a man had died at
HuffPostJan 23 2021
Analysis
Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here's What That Could Mean
Joe Biden is only the second Catholic president of the United States. He's also a supporter of abortion rights — a position at odds with official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
For some Catholic activists, like Marjorie Dannenfelser, Biden's high-profile example of a Catholic who supports abortion rights is troubling.
"It's a negative example of a deep and important
NPR (Online News)Apr 29 2017
News
Methodist High Court Rejects First Openly Gay Bishop’s Consecration
The United Methodist Church’s highest court has ruled that the consecration of its first openly gay bishop violated church law, compounding a bitter rift over homosexuality that has brought the 13-million-member denomination to the brink of schism.
New York Times (News)Apr 12 2020
News
Coronavirus: Pope Francis urges people not to 'yield to fear'
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church was speaking at his Easter vigil service on Saturday evening in an almost empty St Peter's Basilica.
Members of the world's 1.3 billion Catholic community could follow a live stream of the service.
BBC News