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IMAGE: CNS photo/Mohamed Hossam, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- PopeFrancis phoned Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Dec. 12,expressing his prayers and condolences for the previous day's terrorist attackat the Cairo cathedral that left 25 people dead."We are united in theblood of our martyrs," the pope told the Orthodox patriarch, according toa Vatican statement. The patriarch thanked PopeFrancis for his closeness at such a sad time and asked his continued prayersfor the Copts and for peace in Egypt, the statement said.On a December weekendbloodied by terrorist attacks in Egypt and Turkey, Pope Francis condemned theviolence and urged people to hold fast to their faith and renew theircommitment to upholding basic human values.After reciting the AngelusDec. 11, Pope Francis offered prayers for the "victims of savage terroristattacks" in Egypt, which also wounded dozens, and Dec. 10 in Istanbul,which killed close to 40 people, mainly police."The places arediffere...
IMAGE: CNS/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic StandardBy Kelly SeegersWASHINGTON(CNS) -- People on the sidewalks of Washington momentarily stopped theirholiday shopping and paused in the cold Dec. 10 to take in the sight ofhundreds of pilgrims processing through the streets alongside images of Mary.Oneprocession began at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart and another at Holy NameChurch, and the two converged together to attend Mass at the Basilica of theNational Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the feast of Our Lady ofGuadalupe, the patroness of the Americas. Her actual feast day is Dec. 12.Theannual "Walk with Mary" event brings together people of all ages andbackgrounds, but it is a particularly special event for the Hispanic Catholiccommunity. The apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is commemoratedduring her feast, took place in 1531 in present-day Mexico. Maryappeared to a poor peasant named St. Juan Diego, and asked him to tell thebishop to build her a church on Tepayac Hill...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The man who killed retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith faces up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter, rather than the more serious second-degree murder charge he faced....
PACHINO, Sicily (AP) -- All migrant Marc Samie has of his fiancee is a picture in his mind. Louise, seven and a half months pregnant, is standing silently on a beach in Libya, tears rolling down her face as traffickers force him at gunpoint into a rubber dinghy with a compass....
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Monday that a suicide bomber caused the blast that killed 24 Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel adjacent to St. Mark's Cathedral, the seat of Egypt's ancient Coptic Orthodox Church....
A federal judge on Monday issued a stinging rejection of a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots in Pennsylvania's presidential election, won narrowly by Republican Donald Trump, and scan some counties' election systems for signs of hacking....
Damien Chazelle's Los Angeles musical "La La Land" sang and danced its way to a leading seven Golden Globes nominations, with Barry Jenkins' celebrated coming-of-age tale "Moonlight" close on its heels with six nods....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's military said Monday it has regained control of 98 percent of eastern Aleppo, as government forces close in the last remaining sliver of a rebel enclave packed with fighters as well as tens of thousands of civilians....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the ninth U.N. chief in the body's 71-year history....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The top Senate Republican said Monday that Congress will investigate a CIA assessment that Russia interfered in the November election on behalf of Donald Trump, an intelligence conclusion that the incoming commander in chief has called "ridiculous."...
