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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Debbie Reynolds, who lit up the screen in "Singin' in the Rain' and other Hollywood classics despite a tumultuous life, has died a day after losing her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Reynolds was 84....
But along with a prayer of thanksgiving was a warning....
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- New York's Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan willtake part in the upcoming presidential inauguration of Republican Donald Trump."I am honored to have been asked to offer a reading fromScripture at the upcoming presidential inauguration, and look forward to askingalmighty God to inspire and guide our new president and to continue to blessour great nation," Cardinal Dolan said in an email to Catholic News Service.Trump, a lifelong New Yorker, will be sworn in as the 45thpresident of the United States Jan. 20.According to the president-elect's inauguralcommittee, other faith leaders who are scheduled to be present include the Rev. SamuelRodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; PaulaWhite of New Destiny Christian Center; Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder ofthe Simon Wiesenthal Center; the Rev. Franklin Graham of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; and Bishop Wayne T. Jackson of GreatFaith Ministries In...
Children whose moms took high doses of fish oil during their last three months of pregnancy were less likely to develop chronic wheezing problems or asthma by age 5, finds a study that suggests a possible way to help prevent this growing problem....
DALLAS (AP) -- A police dashcam video released five months after a Texas officer shot a black man appears to show the man walking away as the officer fired, and the man's lawyer says he was not a threat....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Debbie Reynolds has been taken to the hospital after suffering a medical emergency in Los Angeles one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump on Wednesday touted plans by a Japanese mogul to bring 8,000 jobs to the United States....
(Vatican Radio) Official figures show that a record 55,000 migrants, many of them fleeing poverty and wars, have left Germany voluntarily this year - more than twice the number deported. It comes mounting tensions in Europe over the influx of refugees. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Data over the period January through November from the Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees shows that tens of thousands of migrants have left the country voluntarily. Most of them went back to the Balkans. Albanians formed the largest group of some 15,000 people followed by about an equal number of people returning to nearby Kosovo, Serbia and Macedonia.Germany saw large numbers of people from Balkan nations, who had slim chances of being granted asylum, arrive in early 2015.Yet there are also at least 5,000 migrants who have returned to Iraq and more than 3,000 to Afghanistan, despite reports of ongoing attacks by Islamic militants in those nations, including against...
(Vatican Radio) Only time will tell, if a law passed by Cuba`s National Assembly, banning the naming of streets, stadiums and statues after Fidel Castro, will stick.James Blears reports that in his lifetime, Fidel was adamant - but legacies can sometimes take on a life of their own...Listen: Perhaps mindful of the proliferation of a similar cult to that of Che Guevarra and his iconic image by pop art, Fidel Castro always said a firm no to any memorial, name game or idolatry. Cuba`s National Assembly has just solidified, his wishes, with prohibiting legislation. 85 year old President Raul Castro, who's the last of the trio of Castro brothers says: "the best way to remember 'el Comandante' is to adhere to his concept of the Revolution."Rhe real test of the overall Castro legacy is if it`ll survive the passing of the third brother. If it does, then a law might one day be amended. if it doesn't, then hostile successors coul...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Dennis SadowskiCLEVELAND (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Richard G. Lennon of Cleveland. He has headed the diocese since 2006.Bishop Lennon, who turns 70 in March, said during a news conference at diocesan offices Dec. 28 that he had developed vascular dementia, leading to his decision to submit his resignation for health reasons to the pope in November."Recently it has come to my awareness that my health has declined to such an extent that I should resign as diocesan bishop," he said."Given the progressive nature of this illness," he added. "Pope Francis has accepted my request for an early retirement."Normally, bishops do not turn in their resignation to the pope until they turn 75, as required by canon law. The pope named Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, as the apostolic administrator of the diocese until the installation of a new bishop.The changes were first announced in Washington early Dec. 28 by Ar...
