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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two months into Donald Trump's presidency, Americans mostly disapprove of his overall performance. But they're more upbeat about at least one critical area: his handling of the economy....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House refused to say on Thursday whether it gave the top Republican on the House intelligence committee access to highly classified materials. But it invited a bipartisan group from the panel to view information it says relates to surveillance of President Donald Trump's associates....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers rolled back North Carolina's "bathroom bill" Thursday in a bid to end the backlash over transgender rights that has cost the state dearly in business projects, conventions and basketball tournaments....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean court on Friday approved the arrest of former President Park Geun-hye over high-profile corruption allegations that already ended her tumultuous four-year rule and prompted an election to find her successor....
John Crist's first episode had our couple touring a more traditional church. This time, they check one out that's all about keeping it relevant... like, really relevant. Enjoy!
(Vatican Radio) The Archbishop of Westminster said that many people in the UK would be “coping with a combination of anxiety and enthusiasm” as the Prime Minister signed a letter marking the official divorce of the UK from the European Union.Cardinal Vincent Nichols is the Vice-President of the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE). He made his remarks from Barcelona on Wednesday as British Ambassador Tim Burrows handed the letter triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council.His Eminence is currently taking part in a symposium on young people in Spain. He said that his country had been divided on the issue of Brexit since the launch of the referendum. He added that, since the decision had been made, “we need to move on.”He spoke about two major issues. The first is “the economic and financial repercussions” of the decision to leave the EU; the second is “the question of t...
Washington D.C., Mar 30, 2017 / 09:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops have criticized President Donald Trump’s recent executive order which rolls back environmental protections, noting their concern that it offers no alternative for effective environmental stewardship.“The USCCB, in unity with Pope Francis, strongly supports environmental stewardship and has called consistently for ‘our own country to curtail carbon emissions,’” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.“This Executive Order places a number of environmental protections in jeopardy and moves the U.S. away from a national carbon standard, all without adopting a sufficient plan for ensuring proper care for people and creation,” the bishop said in a March 29 statement. “Yesterday’s action means that, sadly, the United States is unlikely to meet its domestic and interna...
IMAGE: CNS/Junno Arocho EstevesBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Recent popes have had a specialaffection for Our Lady of Fatima, but no pope's connection can match that ofSt. John Paul II."We cannotforget that he was saved by Our Lady of Fatima from the assassination attempthere in St. Peter's. This is fundamental and central. It is neverforgotten," Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, formerprefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, told Catholic News ServiceMarch 29.Mehmet Ali Agca, aTurk, shot Pope John Paul at close range as the pope was greeting a crowd inSt. Peter's Square on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 1981. Two bullets piercedthe pope's abdomen, but no major organs were struck; a bullet had missed hisheart and aorta by a few inches.St. John Paul wouldlater say, "It wasa mother's hand that guided the bullet's path." That miracle, thecardinal said, is key in "understanding well Pope John Paul's devotion toOur Lady of Fatima."Given the date o...
IMAGE: CNS/World Meeting of FamiliesBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis urges families to discover God's love and be generous, forgiving, patient, helpful and respectful.Family life will be better if people use the words "please," "thank you," and "I'm sorry" every day, he said, and the world will be a better place if the church reaches out to the imperfect and the wounded.The pope's reflection was part of a letter to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, which is helping plan the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Aug. 21-26, 2018. The Vatican released the text of the pope's letter March 30.When asked about the pope's plans to attend the event next year, Cardinal Farrell told reporters at a Vatican news conference, "We hope. I can't say absolutely" since it depends on the pope's schedule, but the pope has expressed his desire to go.The letter was meant to help Catholic families and parishes around the world prepare for the ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Even Jose Canseco is uncertain he could take the heat....
