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The Dutch interior ministry has said new cameras for screening people who enter the country by car will not violate EU laws on free movement or privacy. In what looks like a fresh attack on the Schengen passport-free travel agreement, the pilot scheme—entitled "@migo-Boras"—is to see €19 million worth of cameras installed on 15 major highways from Belgium and Germany and in some police cars between February and April. … Dutch interior minister Gerd Leers said in a written statement in December the system "falls within the existing rules for border control and privacy." He added: "The cameras will not...

Mother Angelica / Bishop Robert Baker Irondale, Ala., Oct 5, 2009 / 05:12 pm (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI has awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal to Mother Angelica, founder of the Eternal Word Television Network and also EWTN executive Deacon Bill Steltemeier. The medal is the highest honor the Pope can bestow upon laity and religious.Bishop of Birmingham Robert J. Baker conferred the awards in a brief ceremony following Sunday benediction at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama.Noting that yesterday was the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Bishop Baker recalled the lasting impact...

Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness we knew what it meant to be called into the back room by the elders of the congregation. It meant we had done something wrong and the elders were going to let us know about it. In many respects it mattered not if the accusations were true or not. What mattered was that there were accusations made against us and that this reflected poorly on the Jehovah’s Witness organization. The Organization of the Back Room In fact, Jehovah’s Witnesses are encouraged to spy on one another and to report inappropriate behavior to the...

August 15, 2004 marks Mother Angelica's 60th Anniversary of her Entrance into the Religious Life. The Sisters are busy preparing and planning a celebration fitting for such a special Anniversary! They ask that you join them in praying for Mother and asking the Divine Child Jesus to give her an extra-special grace on that great day. The Sisters assure us that Mother Angelica is in VERY good spirits. Recently she has been spending time in Our Lady of the Angels Monastery's canning room helping the Sisters prepare garden vegetables for canning. While sitting there snapping beans, she keeps the...