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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Synagogue shooting in California on last day of Passover One woman is dead and three others are injured after a shooting in a synagogue in Poway, California, on Saturday. Police have said that a 19-year-old man entered the Chabad of Poway around 11 a.m. carrying an assault rifle. Four […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Atlanta archbishop to replace Wuerl Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory will replace Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington, D.C., according to an announcement made by the Vatican last week. The announcement ended months-long speculation as to who would replace the embattled Wuerl. In the past year, Wuerl had been […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Mueller completes report Special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation found no conspiracy between President Donald Trump and Russia during the 2016 election, according to the Justice Department. In a letter to Congress regarding the report, Attorney General William Barr said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had reviewed […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National All–male draft unconstitutional, says Texas court A federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that the all-male military draft is unconstitutional. In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Gray Miller wrote that today’s women could conceivably be better suited to fill combat positions than men, depending on the position. “Combat […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Return of shutdown looms ahead of deadline The likelihood of another government shutdown increased on Monday as bipartisan negotiations broke down just days ahead of Friday’s deadline. The center of contention between Republicans and Democrats was President Donald Trump’s request for $5.7 billion in funding to build a wall […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National George H. W. Bush, 41st president, passes away George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died Friday at the age of 94. Bush, president from 1989 to 1993, had long suffered from a form of Parkinson’s disease and had been in and out of hospitals […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Several races see recounts after midterm elections Several electoral races are still up in the air following last week’s midterm elections, which saw the Democrat Party regain control of the House of Representatives but the Republicans hold on to the Senate. In Georgia and Florida, the Democratic nominees for […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National ‘Hate crime’ shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue Eleven are dead after a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday. The shooting at Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue occurred around 9:30 a.m., where many were gathered for the Jewish naming ceremony. The gunman, allegedly 46-year-old Robert Bowers, came into the synagogue […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Cardinal Wuerl resigns Pope Francis accepted the resignation of embattled Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, on Friday. Wuerl had led the archdiocese since 2006, when the former bishop of Pittsburgh succeeded former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who has been accused of sexual misconduct throughout his priestly career. Since the […]
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ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST National Kavanaugh confirmation vote postponed pending FBI probe The confirmation proceedings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hit another roadblock as the Senate requested an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh. President Donald Trump ordered the investigation on Friday, saying the investigation was to be “limited in scope […]