Article Archive
Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive.
BEIRUT (AP) -- Russian missiles pounded opposition targets in Syria on Tuesday, the start of a much-anticipated offensive, while activists reported the resumption of bombing in rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo for the first time in nearly a month, apparently by Syrian government warplanes....
OREM, Utah (AP) -- As a group of boys at a Utah high school changed Tuesday morning into gym clothes for physical education class, a straight-A student pulled out a knife in the locker room and stabbed five of his classmates, sending the injured running for their lives and covered in blood, police said....
CLAY, W.Va. (AP) -- A West Virginia mayor resigned Tuesday following a backlash after she posted a response to a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A Southwest Airlines employee was shot outside Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport on Tuesday and died after police closed the sprawling complex to search for his killer....
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The Latest on a strong earthquake that struck New Zealand on Monday (all times local):...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Latest on a shooting at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City (all times local):...
Vatican City, Nov 15, 2016 / 11:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A year after Pope Francis released his encyclical on the environment, Laudato si', the Vatican has stepped up its efforts in the recycling game by creating a new central waste collection point within Vatican City.Announced Nov. 14 by the State Governorate of Vatican City Events Coordination, the new system builds on recycling practices already in place.With the implementation of the new, more organized system, the leaders of the Vatican’s State Governorate said they hope that the small state “can in some way become a good example of a ‘green’ and non-polluting state.”For many years now the Vatican has encouraged recycling and dispensed different colored bins throughout the Vatican for sorting and recycling waste appropriately, but this marks the first time there is one central collection area.In addition to the usual recyclable categories such as paper, plastic and organic material, there will ...
Vatican City, Nov 15, 2016 / 01:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a video message sent to the US bishops' plenary meeting on Tuesday, Pope Francis urged them to continue reaching out to immigrants, especially commending the upcoming fifth national “Encuentro” on Hispanic/Latino ministry.He said in the Nov. 15 message that while visiting the nation last year, “I was impressed by the vitality and diversity of the Catholic community … In this context, I would commend the coming Fifth National Hispanic Pastoral Encuentro.”The Church in the US has “welcomed and integrated new waves of immigrants” throughout its history, he noted, adding that “in the rich variety of their languages and cultural traditions, they have shaped the changing face of the American Church.”The Encuentro is a multi-year process meant to improve the quality of ministry among Hispanic Catholics, and is a priority for the US bishps' strategic plan. It invol...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Mark PattisonBALTIMORE (CNS) -- CardinalDaniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was elected president of the U.S. bishops'conference Nov. 15 for a three-year term to begin at the conclusion of thebishops' annual fall general assembly in Baltimore.Cardinal DiNardo collected amajority of votes on the first ballot of voting during the second day of thebishops' public session. Based on the number of bishops voting, 104 votes wereneeded for election, and Cardinal DiNardo -- the current vice president of the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops -- received 113.He will succeed Archbishop JosephE. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, whose three-year term as president concludesat the end of the meeting.Elected vice president wasArchbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles. He was elected on the third ballot by 131-84 in a run-off against Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans.Under rules established by the USCCB,the names of 10 bishops who are willing to be nominated f...
SEATTLE (AP) -- Democratic mayors of major U.S. cities that have long had cool relationships with federal immigration officials say they will do all they can to protect residents from deportation, despite President-elect Donald Trump's vows to withhold potentially millions of dollars in taxpayer money if they do not cooperate....
