Supreme Court is told human law should reflect God's law

WASHINGTON (AP) - 5 of the 9 U.S. Supreme Court justices have been told at the annual Red Mass for the legal profession that they're subject to a higher law.

On the eve of their new term, Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer sat in the front row of St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, along with Vice President Joseph Biden.

In the homily, Vatican Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia indirectly denounced abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage. He said laws must reflect divine principles, including what he called "the inviolability of innocent life from conception to natural death" and "the sanctity of marriage."

He said the legal profession is charged with protecting rights that come from God, not from government.

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