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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government accused Fiat Chrysler on Thursday of failing to disclose software in some of its pickups and SUVs with diesel engines that allows them to emit more pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act....
More human remains have been recovered in the search for wreckage of a corporate jet carrying six people that crashed in Lake Erie two weeks ago, authorities said Thursday....
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Esteban Santiago stood alone in the cold one day last month outside Mom & Pop's liquor store in Anchorage. He was waving his arms and having a terrible argument in the parking lot....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Small stalls and carts have sprung up outside the bombed-out buildings in eastern Mosul, selling meat and vegetables, cigarettes and cellphones to the thousands of civilians still living in neighborhoods where the Iraqi military has driven out the Islamic State group....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Republicans are taking the first steps toward dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, facing pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to move quickly on a replacement....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA told Congress on Thursday that he accepts the findings in an intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the U.S. election with the goal of helping Trump win, even though the president-elect has been skeptical of some of the report's conclusions....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In yet another aftershock from the chaotic presidential campaign, the Justice Department inspector general opened an investigation Thursday into department and FBI actions before the election, including whether FBI Director James Comey followed established policies in the email investigation of Hillary Clinton....
The 4th World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM4) is taking place in the Philippine capital Manila, next week. “Communion in Mercy, Mission for Mercy”, is the theme of the January 16-20 event. WACOM is an international gathering of Divine Mercy devotees and promoters, among whom are cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and the laity. So far three WACOMs have been convened since it began in 2008. Pope Francis has nominated French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbisop of Lyon, as his special envoy to WACOM4. To know more about WACOM4, we called Secular Carmelite Monina Tayamen, the WACOM-Asia Lay Coordinator. Talking to us on the phone from Manila, the mother of 6 and formation director for Divine Mercy devotees in the Philippines, began by giving us a brief background to WACOM. Listen:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Thursday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father reflected on the unique and unrepeatable opportunities each day offers to grow in faith and love of God.The day in which we have received God's lovePope Francis took as the focal point of his reflections the text from Psalm 95, which the author of the Letter to the Hebrews took up in the 3rd chapter, a portion of which was read at Mass. There is “only one ‘today’, in our lives,” – only one real, concrete today. Our temptation and everyone’s temptation is to say: “Yes, I will do tomorrow,” though this is the temptation of a “‘tomorrow’ there will not be,” as Jesus says in the parable of the ten virgins – the five foolish ones who had not taken oil with them along with their lamps, then find the door locked when they ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday met separately with the Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, and the President of the Region of Lazio, Nicola Zingaretti.It is tradition for the Bishop of Rome to meet with local officials during the month of January to exchange New Year greetings.The meetings were private, and no official statement was released afterward. However, Zingaretti told reporters meeting the Pope is “always a very emotional experience.”
