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CHICAGO (AP) -- On Tuesday afternoon, the crowd at Wrigley Field will be asked to stand and "gentlemen" reminded to remove their caps for the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Fans who can recite the words as easily as the alphabet will sing or listen to the story of a flag that continued to wave throughout one of the most famous battles in American history....
BERLIN (AP) -- A bus carrying German senior citizens on vacation crashed into a truck Monday on a highway in Bavaria and burst into flames, killing 18 people and injuring 30 others, some seriously, officials said....
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie got blistered online Monday after he was photographed sunning himself on a New Jersey beach that he had closed to the public over the Fourth of July weekend because of a government shutdown....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of secrecy over assessments of the safety and security of its nuclear weapons operations, a part of the military with a history of periodic inspection failures and lapses in morale....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday sent a message to participants in the 40th General Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome.The message was read out by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State.At the end of the message, Cardinal Parolin officially announced that Pope Francis will visit the Rome headquarters of the FAO on World Food Day, 16 October 2017, at the invitiation of its Director-General, José Graziano da Silva.Please find below the official English translation of the message:Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Participants in the 40th General Conference of FAO3 July 2017Mr President,I offer my respectful and cordial greetings to you, and to all the Representatives of the Member States of FAO, as you assemble for the Organization’s fortieth Conference.My greeting also goes to the Director-General and to the leaders of the other International Organizations present at this meeting, wh...
A Philippine bishop raised his voice on Sunday against the government’s war on drugs, asking why the only the poor or small-time drug suspects are targeted while big drug lords and cartels go scot free. “But has our government identified even just one of the cartels here in our country?” asked Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan which covers the cities of Kaloocan, Malabon and Navotas. “If this is a war, who is the enemy? Why is it that only the poor or ordinary people end up being the victims?” he asked at Mass after leading a “Walk for Life” march to denounce the growing number of extrajudicial killings in the diocese. Around 1,000 people including students, parishioners, lay people and religious leaders walked together for more than a kilometer from San Ildefonso Parish Church to San Jose Parish Church, culminating in Holy Mass.In his homily, Bishop David lashed out against those who sow violence the same way some su...
Dublin, Ireland, Jul 3, 2017 / 04:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Besides a shortage of vocations, Irish priests are facing an even more harrowing kind of crisis.At least eight priests in Ireland have committed suicide in the past 10 years, according to recent reports given at meetings of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), and many priests are sounding the alarm about a severe dip in morale and a mental health crisis among the country’s clergy. The drop in priestly morale has clergy calling for a confidential helpline to be set up for priests needing support.At a recent ACP meeting, an attendee reiterated the request: “Our morale is affected because we are on a sinking ship. When will the ‘counter-reformation’ take place? We’re like an All-Ireland team without a goalie. We need a national confidential priests’ helpline. We’re slow to look for help.”The concerns of a severe dip in the morale and well-being of priests in the countr...
BERLIN (AP) -- Eighteen people are feared dead after a bus carrying a group of German senior citizens crashed into a truck on a highway in Bavaria early Monday and burst into flames, police said....
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Monday that "some negative factors" are hurting U.S.-China relations, as tensions flare anew over a slew of long-standing sore points....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- The Islamic State group is striking back as Iraqi forces are on the cusp of full victory in Mosul, sending women suicide bombers to target soldiers as the battle for the country's second-largest city nears its end. At least 15 people were killed in the latest assaults across Iraq, officials said Monday....
