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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Associated Press and two other news organizations asked a judge Monday to force the federal government to reveal how much it paid for a tool to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters....
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- For the past three weekends, President Donald Trump has flown on Air Force One to his private Florida club, where in addition to work, he has dined with family and friends, attended parties - and played plenty of golf....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As President Donald Trump begins his second month in office, his team is trying to move past the crush of controversies that overtook his first month and make progress on health care and tax overhauls long sought by Republicans....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday vowed to stand with the European Union and the NATO military alliance, but was met with some skepticism from leaders shaken by President Donald Trump's more critical comments....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump has tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser, replacing the ousted Michael Flynn....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Teen suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal and the biggest impact was among gay, lesbian and bisexual kids, a study found....
Indonesia’s first Catholic television has started streaming and will soon broadcast via satellite. The Commission for Social Communications of the Archdiocese of Jakarta told the Vatican’s Fides news agency that the first Catholic television channel is called "Hidup TV", meaning “Life TV”. The TV was presented at the recent annual meeting of "Signis Indonesia" in Central Java, 11-16 Feb. At the meeting, Father Harry Sulistiyo, head of Jakarta' Archdiocesan Commission for Social Communication, explained that the television station is the outcome of the pastoral effort of the country’s dioceses. He said that Hidup TV currently streams programmes and will shortly broadcast through the satellite Q-Band frequency, and will be available throughout Indonesia via satellite antennae. "We thank Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo of Jakarta who encouraged and supported the Commission for Social Communications in...
The Lutheran Bishop for Jordan and the Holy Land, Munib A. Younan has been declared the winner of the 34th Niwano Peace Prize, for the perseverance and compassion he has shown in his work to encourage dialogue between interreligious groups in the Holy Land. “His work emphasizes peace over power and unity over domination,” the Tokyo-based Niwano Peace Foundation said in a statement in announcing the winner. The Niwano Peace Prize, that includes an award certificate, a medal and prize money of 20 million yen, will be presented at a ceremony in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on 27 July.The Niwano Peace Foundation was initiated by the Japanese citizen Nikkyo Niwano, founder of the Buddhist lay organization Rissho Kosei Kai, who was one of the few non-Christian observers at the Second Vatican Council. His son, Nichik...
A statue of Mary was decapitated by vandals early Sunday morning in the western Indian city of Mumbai, and local Catholics allege the attack is a deliberate attempt to intimidate Christians from voting for candidates from their community in the upcoming local elections. Father Nigel Barrett, spokesman of Bombay Archdiocese told UCANEWS that some men on two motorbikes came on Feb. 19 and smashed the glass-encased statue in the Kurla suburb of the city, decapitating it. He said they were waiting for what the police have to say after investigation, but Joseph Dias, a Catholic leader and founder of the Mumbai-based Catholic Secular Forum, said, “it is directly related to the elections.” “It was a deliberate attempt to create a fear psychosis among the people as the area is Catholic dominated," he told UCANEWS.Civic elections in the city are scheduled for Feb. 21 and Christians have been campaigning for political parties to back their choice in ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ historic visit to the Anglican church of All Saints in central Rome on Sunday will be marked by the ‘twinning’ of the Church of England community with the Catholic parish of Ognissanti on the south side of the city.The Pope’s visit comes as part of celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the first Church of England Eucharist, which took place in the so-called ‘English ghetto’ near the Spanish steps on October 27th 1816. He will be the first pope to visit an Anglican Church in his own Diocese of Rome.Members of All Saints and Ognissanti have worked together informally for almost a decade, attending each other’s liturgical celebrations and providing services to the hungry and homeless. The Catholic parish of Ognissanti on the Via Appia Nuova is the titular church of Cardinal Walter Kasper, former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. It's also the place where Pope Paul VI celeb...
