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IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. ShemitzBy Tom DermodyPEORIA, Ill. (CNS) -- TheSupreme Court of the State of New York ruled Nov. 17 in favor of the family of ArchbishopFulton J. Sheen regarding their request to allow the transfer of the sainthoodcandidate's remains to Peoria, where he was raised and ordained a priest.On Nov. 1, Manhattan SupremeCourt Justice Arlene Bluth heard arguments in favor of the transfer fromlawyers for Archbishop Sheen's niece, Joan Sheen Cunningham, as well as thosefrom the Archdiocese of New York, which sought to keep the remains of the famedorator and media pioneer at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, where hewas entombed following his death on Dec. 9, 1979.The Diocese of Peoria has been apromoter of Archbishop Sheen's canonization cause for more than 14 years. The rulingis seen as a key factor in allowing his cause to move forward. There was noimmediate response from the New York Archdiocese."The petitioner (Joan SheenCunningham) is granted the right ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two moose were recently discovered frozen in battle and encased in ice near a remote village on Alaska's unforgiving western coast....
BOSTON (AP) -- An angry letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney written shortly after the Beatles' breakup has been sold at auction for nearly $30,000....
GENEVA (AP) -- Acknowledging Zika is "here to stay," the United Nations health agency on Friday lifted a 9-month-old emergency declaration and prepared for a longer-term response to the mosquito-borne virus that can result in severe neurological defects in newborns whose mothers were infected....
LONDON (AP) -- The teenage girl's instructions were direct: She didn't want to be buried, but to be frozen - with the hope she can continue her life in the future when cancer is cured....
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A woman accused of killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a cliff in Hawaii traveled to upstate New York to grieve the loss of her "soul mate," her lawyer said Friday after a brief court appearance....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm whales, walruses and other wildlife and exacerbate global warming....
BERLIN (AP) -- It's the last thing President Barack Obama ever expected he'd be doing in his final months in office: Coaching Donald Trump on how to be a world leader....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, is likely to rehash racially charged allegations that derailed his efforts to become a federal judge and made him a symbol of black-voter intimidation under the Reagan Administration....
Pakistan’s Islamic parties are preventing the revision of school curricula and are spreading hatred and stereotypes against religious minorities, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, this according to a study carried out by the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan.The research, which covers the last five years, found that Islamic religious parties have become a pressure group strong enough to prevent education authorities from revising school programmes for fear of retaliation and protests.The study notes that Urdu-language history, social studies and Islamic studies are full of biased ideas about minorities.In the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hateful content is ten per cent higher than in other provinces. The responsibility for this lies mostly with the Ministry of Education, which is led by a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.Although the party portrays itself as liberal, it has failed to set prior...