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Leo Brian Schafer Catholic Values Columnist US News: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87 Liberal hero and feminist icon Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in her home in Washington D.C. on the evening of Sep. 18. She was 87. Only the second woman to serve on the U.S.’s […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Sanders becomes Dem. frontrunner after Nevada primary Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders emerged as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination after a commanding performance in the Nevada primary Saturday. Sanders received 46 percent of Nevada’s county delegates, 26.4 percent more than the runner-up, former Vice President Joe Biden. Previously, Sanders had finished a […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Impeachment trial results in Trump acquittal President Donald J. Trump was acquitted by the Senate on Feb. 5 of charges that he abused the powers of the presidential office and obstructed Congress’ Ukraine investigation. Democrats had long been seeking the impeachment but fell significantly short of the two-thirds majority required […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Kobe Bryant, 8 others killed in helicopter crash NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, on Sunday. Bryant, 41, was traveling to a travel basketball game with his daughter and others via his private helicopter, a frequent mode of transportation […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National New West Virginia bishop demands disgraced successor makes amends Disgraced Bishop Michael Bransfield, the former leader of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, needs to apologize to people he sexually harassed, apologize to the Catholics in his diocese and repay almost $800,000 to begin making reparations to the diocese he led […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Abp. Gomez elected president, McCarrick investigation and more discussed at USCCB meeting Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez was elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) during the bishops’ fall assembly. Archbishop Gomez, the first Latino to be elected president of the conference, had previously served as conference […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Chicago teacher strike continues after negotiations fall through Chicago public schools will remain closed after negotiations fell through Saturday between the city of Chicago and the Chicago Teachers Union. Public schools in Chicago closed Oct. 16 and will likely remained closed past the seven–school-day stoppage mark set by a […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Dem candidate vows to repeal tax exemption for churches supporting traditional marriage Beto O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman and a current candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said last week that religious institutions, including colleges, churches and charities, should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage. O’Rourke […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Police officers killed in Texas, New York Two police officers were killed in the line of duty last week, one in Harris County of Texas and the other in New York City. Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, a 10-year veteran, was shot in the head Sept. 28 after […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Diocese of Rochester files for bankruptcy amid sex abuse claims The Diocese of Rochester announced last week its plan to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The leader of the upstate New York diocese, Bishop Salvatore Matano, said at a press conference that the cost of litigation and settlements or […]