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IMAGE: CNS photo/Catholic HeraldBy Patrick DownesHONOLULU (CNS) -- "Our beloved countryis at war. Our peaceful shores have been ruthlessly attacked, and all citizensare called upon to unite their efforts toward that peace for which we have allprayed, that peace which the world cannot give, and that peace which God willsurely bring about when mankind has seen its folly and conforms its ways to his."Those are the opening words ofthe front-page editorial of The Catholic Herald, the publication of the Dioceseof Honolulu, published Dec. 11, 1941, four days after the Japanese bombed PearlHarbor.This year marks the 75thanniversary of the attack.The smallest of editions, asingle tabloid sheet printed front and back, the newspaper was a somberreassurance of the faith, resolve and patriotism of Hawaii's Catholics."Our duty is clearly markedout," the editorial continued, "and will be faithfully executed. The pages ofhistory proclaim the love and loyalty of Catholics for their fatherland in tim...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Debbie HillBy Judith SudilovskyBETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) -- Even the Christmas decorationsseem more cheerful this year in Bethlehem.A new display of Santa's reindeer and sleigh were about toalight at the main traffic circle on Manger Street, and a big white Christmastree made of lights perched merrily next to them. The official Christmas treein Nativity Square was a focus of great commotion as pilgrims and locals struckposes for photos and selfies Dec. 5. A few days earlier, at the official treelighting ceremony, the square was packed with hundreds of onlookers ready to welcomethe Christmas season to the birthplace of Jesus.After two Christmas seasons in which the political realityhad overtaken holiday cheer, people seemed primed to finally feel somemerriment in Bethlehem. In 2014, the summer Gaza war was still keeping awaytourists, and last year a spate of stabbings and shootings overshadowed anyhope of holiday cheer.This year, the Israeli separation barrier cons...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Viviane Goncalves cries softly as she explains why she believes her husband was killed....
HARVEY, La. (AP) -- The man who fatally shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute has been arrested and jailed on a manslaughter charge, records show....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referring to Hillary Clinton and sinister interpretations of pizza parties. It morphed into fake online news stories about a child sex trafficking ring run by prominent Democrats operating out of a Washington, D.C., restaurant....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The government should cancel its multibillion-dollar order for new Air Force One presidential planes, Donald Trump declared Tuesday, serving notice he's ready to jump in and start making decisions six weeks before his inauguration....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- As crews searched the Oakland warehouse for more bodies, the founder of the arts collective stood near the gutted building Tuesday morning and said he was "incredibly sorry" and that everything he did was to bring people together....
(Vatican Radio) “Translating declarations into actions and commitments into results”: This is the direction we should take on global trade to achieve the objectives of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, speaking yesterday at the meeting of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).“The big political challenge facing the international community,” said Archbishop Jurkovic, “is therefore to move beyond a mapping of the winners and losers, of moving from globalization to a more constructive narrative of building shared prosperity.”Archbishop Jurkovic said, “If we want to give the 2030 Agenda an opportunity to succeed we should continue to implement the Addis Ababa Action Agenda which calls us to redirect the national and international investment regime towards sustainable development.” He concluded his addres...
