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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing a Monday deadline, the Justice Department asked lawmakers for more time to provide evidence backing up President Donald Trump's unproven assertion that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper during the election. The request came as the White House appeared to soften Trump's explosive allegation....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fourteen million Americans would lose coverage next year under House Republican legislation remaking the nation's health care system, and that number would balloon to 24 million by 2026, Congress' budget analysts projected Monday. Their report deals a stiff blow to a GOP drive already under fire from both parties and large segments of the medical industry....
(Vatican Radio) An ecumenical milestone was marked in the Vatican on Monday as a traditional Anglican Choral Evensong was celebrated for the first time in St Peter’s Basilica.Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Archpriest of the Basilica, gave permission for the historic event during meetings with Archbishop David Moxon, Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome.The renowned choir of Merton College, Oxford came to sing music written at the time of the Reformation, as well as contemporary compositions and well-loved Anglican hymns.Listen to Philippa Hitchen’s report:  This celebration marks another important step in the deepening of relationships between Anglicans and Catholics. It comes just two weeks after Pope Francis’ visit to the Anglican parish church of All Saints and just five months after the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury celebrated Vespers together at the Rome Basilica of St Gregory on the Caelian Hill.Anglican and Catholic bishops and clergy gathered t...
Vatican City, Mar 13, 2017 / 10:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday, the anniversary of Pope Francis being elevated to the papacy, the United States offered its congratulations and wishes for collaboration in the future.“On behalf of President Trump and the people of the United States, I offer my congratulations to His Holiness Pope Francis on the fourth anniversary of his election as Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church,” said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a statement.On March 13, 2013, then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected Pope.“The United States and the Holy See have worked together for decades to face global challenges such as trafficking in persons, food insecurity, epidemics, and the exploitation of religion as a tool to incite hatred and divide nations,” Tillerson said in his statement. “Together we have built vital partnerships and cooperated to advance peace, liberty, and human dignity around the world.&rdq...
Oklahoma City, Okla., Mar 13, 2017 / 10:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Stanley Rother, the Oklahoma-born martyr who served as a priest in Guatemala, will be beatified in Oklahoma City on Sept. 23, 2017.The beatification announcement was made by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City on March 13. Fr. Rother was a priest of the archdiocese. The beautification Mass will take place at 10 a.m. at the Cox Convention Center.In December 2016, Pope Francis officially acknowledged Fr. Rother’s martyrdom, making him the first recognized martyr to have been born in the United States.Fr. Rother was from the unassuming town of Okarche, Okla., where the parish, school and farm were the pillars of community life. He went to the same school his whole life and lived with his family until he left for seminary.Surrounded by good priests and a vibrant parish life, Stanley felt God calling him to the priesthood from a young age. But despite a strong calling, Stanley would struggle in the seminary, failin...
IMAGE: CNSBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced that one its native sons, Father Stanley Rother, a North Americanpriest who worked in Guatemala and was brutally murdered there in 1981, will bebeatified Sept. 23 in Oklahoma. "It's official! Praised be Jesus Christ! Archbishop Coakleyreceived official word this morning from Rome that Servant of God FatherStanley Rother will be beatified in Oklahoma City in September!" thearchdiocese announced March 13 on its Web page.Pope Francis recognized Father Rother's martyrdom lastDecember, making him the first martyr born in the United States. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of OklahomaCity, also tweeted the news about the priest born near Okarche, Oklahoma: "Justreceived notification of the date for the beatification of Fr. Stanley Rother,Oklahoma priest, missionary and martyr.September 23!"MORE TO COME- - -Copyright © 2017 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. www.catholicnews.com. All ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a popular author, filmmaker and speaker who brightened lives with her wide-eyed and generous spirit - and broke hearts when she wrote of being terminally ill and leaving behind her husband Jason - died Monday at age 51....
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Two former Penn State administrators admitted Monday to mishandling child-sex allegations against Jerry Sandusky, pleading guilty more than five years after the scandal rocked the university and led to the downfall of football coach Joe Paterno....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed the Netherlands in its diplomatic fight with Turkey on Monday as NATO's chief called for alliance members to respect each other and the European Union urged Turkey to calm down....
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man exposed by The Associated Press as a former commander in an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians in World War II, prosecutors said Monday....
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