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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats....
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Monday received the Prelates of El Salvador, who are in Rome for their 'ad Limina Apostolorum' visit. Their visit takes place ahead of the March 24th feast day of the former Archbishop of San Salvador, Blessed Oscar Romero, and the 37th anniversary of his assassination by hired gunmen at the height of El Salvador’s civil war.El Salvador is a Latin American Republic with a population of around 6.5 million people, nearly 80 percent of whom are Catholic.In an interview with Vatican Radio, Archbishop José Luis Escobar'Alas of San Salvador and President of the Episcopal Conference said the primary pastoral challenges in El Salvador are "the defense of life, understood in its full sense as justice, truth and peace in a society marked by violence."He said the bishops are "working to recover family values, that is, of a solid and responsible family, which can save the whole of society."The Prelate...
Timor Leste or East Timor voted for a new president Monday in an election that will test Asia's newest and poorest nation.  Francisco ``Lu Olo'' Guterres, a former guerrilla leader from the leftist Fretilin party, was up against seven other candidates. He and the Democratic Party's Antonio da Conceicao, the minister of education and social affairs, were the front-runners. While Timor Leste 's president has a mostly ceremonial role, the prime minister heads the government.Guterres, 62, lost to current President Taur Matan Ruak in the 2012 presidential election. But in Monday's election, he had strong support from former Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, a resistance leader who remains influential in politics.   Ruak was not up for re-election and is expected to make a run for prime minister in July's parliamentary elections.Timor Leste  voted overwhelmingly in 1999 to end 24 years of brutal Indonesian occupation that left more than 170,00...
Vatican City, Mar 20, 2017 / 09:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday, the Vatican released the official program for Pope Francis’ two-day visit to Portugal in May, where he’ll celebrate the centenary of the Fatima Marian apparitions and make a brief stop at an air base to meet the country’s president.Francis will likely make a stop at his favorite Roman basilica, Saint Mary Major, sometime before leaving Rome at 2 p.m. May 12.He’ll land at the air base in Monte Real around 4:20 p.m. local time, where he’ll be greeted by an official welcoming ceremony and meet with the president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, before making his way to Fatima.After his meeting with the president, the Pope is scheduled to stop by the chapel of the air base for a moment of prayer before boarding a helicopter that will take him to the Fatima’s multi-use stadium.From there, he’ll hop inside an open car and drive to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Once he arri...
IMAGE: EPABy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Theinclusion of "critical life protections" in the House health carebill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid andtax credits, are "troubling" and "must be addressed" beforethe measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policycommittee.Bishop Frank J. Dewane ofVenice, Florida, who is chairman of the bishops' Committee on Domestic Justiceand Human Development, sent a letter March 17 to House members. It was releasedMarch 20 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Regarding life protections inthe bill, Bishop Dewane said: "By restricting funding which flows toproviders that promote abortion and prohibiting federal funding for abortion orthe purchase of plans that provide abortion -- including with current andfuture tax credits -- the legislation honors a key moral requirement for ournation's health care policy."Among the "very troublingfeatures" of the bill are the Medicaid-related provisions,...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The tomb of Jesus has been resurrected to its former glory....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- At Universal Orlando Resort's new "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" ride, waiting in line has been replaced by lounging on couches and listening to a racy barber shop quartet sing until it's time to enter the ride....
BOSTON (AP) -- The mystery of Tom Brady's missing Super Bowl jersey led police all the way to Mexico, and authorities were investigating a former tabloid newspaper executive's possible role in the theft....
NEW YORK (AP) -- David Rockefeller was the last of his generation in a famous American family that taught its children that wealth brings great responsibility. Even as children, he and his siblings had to set aside portions of their allowances for charitable giving....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Under pressure from fellow insurgents and escalating airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, Syria's al-Qaida branch is stepping up violence against President Bashar Assad's strongholds with precise, high-profile attacks, including a surprising breach of the capital in the most serious infiltration in years....
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