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BEIRUT (AP) -- A large explosion rocked a Syrian government-held coastal town on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens - an attack that was a stark remainder of the prevailing insecurity in the war-torn country despite a nearly week-old cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli military, which has battled foes on all of the country's borders, is now facing a challenge from within: nationalist politicians who are openly disagreeing with army commanders and bickering with the security establishment....
CAMDEN, Alabama (AP) -- Senators at next week's confirmation hearing will confront competing versions of Jeff Sessions, the Alabama senator who is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is shifting the name-calling that helped drive his campaign victories over "lyin,'" "low energy" and "crooked" opponents to the legislative arena, where he's now mocking Democrats as "clowns" trying to escape blame for a troubled health care law....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a role that would thrust him into the center of the intelligence community Trump has publicly challenged, a person with knowledge of the decision said Thursday....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Four black people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet....
Cairo, Egypt, Jan 5, 2017 / 06:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Egyptian army corps of engineers has completed the restoration of Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, where a terrorist attack last month left 27 dead.In a statement published on their Facebook page, the Egyptian Army reported that the areas of the church damaged by the attack were quickly repaired by direct order of President Abdel Fattah Sisi so that Coptic Christians could celebrate the feast of Christmas there.Coptic Christians – who represent 10% of the population of Egypt and often face building restrictions and other obstacles in practicing their faith – celebrate Christmas on January 7.The Coptic Cathedral of Saint Mark, located in the Al Abasiya neighborhood, was damaged Dec. 11 by a suicide bombing. The target of the attack was the Saint Peter and Saint Paul chapel, an annex to the cathedral, where Mass was being celebrated at the time.ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which is among t...
Vatican City, Jan 5, 2017 / 06:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A fresh and courageous perspective is needed when it comes to helping youth discern and discover their vocation, Pope Francis said Thursday, emphasizing the importance of personal holiness and the commitment to serving others.“(Today) there is the urgency to bring into the Christian community a new ‘vocational culture,’” the Pope said Jan. 5.He said a vocational pastoral outreach “with broad horizons” and which comes from “the breath of communion,” is needed.This outreach, he said, must also be capable “of reading with courage the reality as it is” with the hardships and resistance included, while at the same time “recognizing the signs of generosity and beauty in the human heart.”Francis spoke to participants in a Jan. 3-5 convention organized by the Italian Bishops Conference’s office for vocations, titled “Rise, go and do not fear. Vocation an...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Sister Rita Petruziello said she could feelthe "contention and nastiness" in the air during the presidential election campaignof the last year. Instead of getting better as the process went along, it keptgetting worse."It didn't matter who won," she told Catholic News Service Jan. 3. "There would be a lotof unrest, division and hatred."But she couldn't just sit without doing anything about it anddecided to find a way to counter all those bad feelings she was seeing andhearing.Sister Petruziello, a member of the Sisters of the Congregation St. Joseph in Cleveland, hassince put together Circle the City with Love, an event that seeks to gather peopleacross cities in the United States on Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,have them join hands in their respective cities and, in silence, meditatetogether as a means to foster peace.The intention behind the event is to reduce theacrimony around the country during and after the presidential election. ...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Alongthe difficult path of rebuilding their lives, survivors of the earthquake thatdevastated central Italy must also rebuild their hearts with a strongfoundation built on hope, Pope Francis said.Familiesneed something long lasting when coping with the heartbreaking wounds of losingtheir homes and loved ones, the pope told survivors during an audience in the Vatican's Paul VI hallJan. 5."Itis not optimism, there is no place for optimism. Yes, for hope but (not for) optimism, which is momentary; it isn't sustainable. In order to rebuild, you needhope," the pope said.Thecentral Italian region, which includes the towns of Amatrice, Rieti, Accumoli, and Pescara del Tronto,were rocked by a 6.2 magnitude quake Aug. 24, 2016.Amatricewas the hardest-hit town, accounting for 234 of the estimated 290 deaths,according to the Italian Civil Protection office.PopeFrancis visited the areas affected by the quake in October, saying that showing up immedia...
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