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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The only woman in the Navy SEAL training pipeline has dropped out, a Navy special warfare official confirmed Friday....
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The owner of an amateur-built submarine was arrested on suspicion of murder Friday after his vessel sank off Denmark's coast and a journalist who had joined him for what was supposed to be a short voyage was reported missing, Copenhagen police said....
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner Friday of Kenya's hard-fought presidential election, but opposition candidate Raila Odinga alleged the voting was rigged....
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A billionaire hedge fund manager has apologized for an online post saying that a black state senator has "done more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood" because of her support for teachers unions....
DENVER (AP) -- The Latest on a civil trial involving Taylor Swift and a former DJ she accused of groping her (all times local):...
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday issued fresh threats of swift and forceful retaliation against nuclear North Korea, declaring the U.S. military "locked and loaded" and warning that the communist country's leader "will regret it fast" if he takes any action against U.S. territories or allies....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that he's considering possible military action against Venezuela in response to the country's descent into political chaos following President Nicolas Maduro's power grab....
Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 11, 2017 / 11:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For the ninth year in a row, Mexico is the most violent country in Latin America for priests, said a report from the Catholic Multimedia Center.The report covers 2012 to 2017, which aligns with the presidency of current Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. During this time, 19 priests and two lay persons were murdered, and two priests reported as missing. “This year, 2017 specifically, has been disastrous for the priesthood in Mexico,” the Catholic Multimedia Center reported. “Four murders, two thwarted kidnappings, two iconic attacks, one at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City and the other at the Offices of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference, as well as hundreds of threats and extortions of priests and bishops.”“This is a sad scenario which makes us assert that things are far from getting better,” they said.So far this year, Fr. Felipe Altamirano Carrillo of th...
Dallas, Texas, Aug 11, 2017 / 12:54 pm (CNA).- A Texas Catholic priest has countered the claim of Texas Baptist pastor and adviser to Trump, Pastor Robert Jeffress, who claimed on Thursday that the president has been given “authority by God” to use nuclear force against North Korea.In a statement to CBN News Tuesday, Jeffress said that Scripture endowed “rulers full power to use whatever means necessary – including war – to stop evil.”“In the case of North Korea, God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong-Un,” Jeffress said. “I’m heartened to see that our president…will not tolerate any threat against the American people.”However, this is a gross misunderstanding of Scripture, countered Catholic priest Fr. Joshua Whitfield.“No, God did not anoint Trump to nuke North Korea” Fr. Whitfield responded in the title of his opinion piece for The Dallas Morning News.Catholic leaders, including the U....
IMAGE: EPABy Anto AkkaraTHRISSUR, India (CNS) -- Thegovernment of Pakistan will accord a state funeral to Sister Ruth KatharinaMartha Pfau, a German-born member of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary whodevoted her life to eradicating leprosy in Pakistan.Sister Ruth, dubbed theMother Teresa of Pakistan, died Aug. 10 in Karachi. She was 87."Sister Ruth was amodel of total dedication. She inspired and mobilized all sections of societyto join the fight against leprosy, irrespective of creed or ethnic identity,"Archbishop Joseph Coutts of Karachi, president of Pakistan Catholic Bishops'Conference, told Catholic News Service Aug. 11."We are happy that thegovernment is according her a state funeral on Aug. 19," the archbishopsaid, noting it would be at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi.Pakistani Prime Minister ShahidKhaqan Abbasi said Sister Ruth would be remembered "for her courage, herloyalty, her service to the eradication of leprosy, and most of all, herpatriotism.""Pfau may have been...
