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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dealt a striking congressional rebuke, Donald Trump grudgingly signed what he called a "seriously flawed" package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, bowing for the moment to resistance from both parties to his push for warmer ties with Moscow....
St. Louis, Mo., Aug 2, 2017 / 10:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Knights of Columbus on Tuesday announced it will raise and donate $2 million to re-settle Iraqi Christian families displaced by the Islamic State in their home town of Karemlesh on the Nineveh Plain.“The terrorists desecrated churches and graves and looted and destroyed homes,” Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, said in his Aug. 1 remarks announcing the $2 million project.“Now we will ensure that hundreds of Christian families driven from their homes can return to these two locations and help to ensure a pluralistic future for Iraq,” he said. In order for Iraq to have such a future, he said Christians must be treated as “free and equal citizens” and not suffer the “religious apartheid” of previous years.Anderson addressed the 135th annual convention of the Knights of Columbus held in St. Louis, Mo. Aug.1-3. 90 bishops and 12 cardinals were present, alon...
By Deborah GyapongOTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) -- When nopriests were available, the bishop of the Quebec Diocese of Rouyn-Norandasought and received Vatican permission for a local nun to officiate at a recentwedding.While the story has beenportrayed around the world as a sign that Pope Francis is changing therole of women in the church, Bishop Dorylas Moreau said the wedding was carried out according to a long-established provision of canon law.It allows an exception for a laypersonto be permitted to officiate at a wedding when a bishop, priest or deacon isunavailable. That layperson can be a man or a woman."It is an exceptionalsituation, not something habitual," Bishop Moreau said in French.The bishop said he has only 16priests for 35 parishes in a diocese that covers nearly 9,300 square miles of rugged territory. The diocese has morethan 75 nuns, but no deacons, although three are currently in formation.This priest shortage, especiallyacute in the summer, led the bishop to make a reques...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Archdiocese of IrbilBy Josephine von DohlenWASHINGTON(CNS) -- In 2014, the Islamic State removed hundreds of families of religiousminorities from their homes in Karamdes, a mostly Christian town on the NinevahPlain in Iraq. Just over two years later, the town, also known as Karemlash,was liberated. TheKnights of Columbus will raise $2 million to assist these families inreturning to their homes, according to Knights CEO Carl Anderson, who announcedtheir pledge at the Knights' 135th annual Supreme Convention being held Aug. 1-3 inSt. Louis. "Theterrorists desecrated churches and graves and looted and destroyed homes,"Anderson said in his annual report, which was livestreamed from the convention."Now we will ensure that hundreds of Christian families driven from their homescan return to these two locations and help to ensure a pluralistic future forIraq."The Knights are following theexample of the Hungarian government, whose new spending bill allowed for $2million to b...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis and the dispute over a rewrite of its constitution (all times local):...
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A U.S. Supreme Court decision triggering new sentences for inmates serving mandatory life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles has had a far greater effect: The ruling is prompting lawyers to apply its fundamental logic - that it's cruel and unusual to lock teens up for life - to a larger population, those whose sentences include a parole provision but who stand little chance of getting out....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the door to the secure room at the White House burst open....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- It had all the ingredients of a political brawl: a Jordanian and an Israeli lawmaker, both known for attention-seeking bluster, challenged each other to a showdown Wednesday on the border between their two countries....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing attack on a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday left two American service members dead, a Pentagon spokesman said, despite repeated refusals by the U.S. military in Afghanistan to say whether there were any deaths in the assault claimed by the Taliban....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killing young athletes - a big step toward one day preventing a list of inherited diseases....
