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Cardinal Robert Prevost, the primary U.S. pope within the 2,000-year historical past of the Catholic Church, beforehand led a Catholic spiritual order. Prevost, 69, who selected the identify Pope Leo XIV, was previously the prior normal, or chief, of the Order of St. Augustine, which was fashioned within the thirteenth century as a neighborhood of “mendicant” friars — devoted to poverty, service and evangelization. The necessities and ethos of the order are traced to the fifth century St. Augustine of Hippo, one of many theological and devotional giants of early Christianity. The Order of St. Augustine has a presence in…
New Jersey’s first main rail strike in 4 a long time turned extra probably this week when talks between NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers broke down. “New Jersey transit had rejected our last offer and they walked away from the table,” mentioned Tom Haas, the union’s chairman. Haas mentioned the railroad has overstated the quantity paid to its engineers. NJ Transit insists the typical pay is $135,000; the union has mentioned it’s nearer to $105,000. However NJ Transit’s management mentioned the union seems to have moved the goalposts. “I gave them what they wanted,” mentioned Kris Kolluri,…