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TAORMINA, Italy (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Europe (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Zbigniew Brzezinski, who helped topple economic barriers between the Soviet Union, China and the West as President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, died Friday. He was 89....
TAORMINA, Italy (AP) -- Down to the final day of his lengthy first international trip, President Donald Trump will lift off for Washington having rattled some allies and reassured others, returning to a White House that sits under a cloud of scandal....
It is expected that a record number of people will visit Florida this Memorial Day weekend.
Charleston, W.Va., May 26, 2017 / 04:12 pm (CNA).- A young girl in Charles Town, West Virginia was undergoing treatment for bone cancer when she dreamed about meeting a beautiful princess.She later identified that princess as St. Philomena, and when she eventually recovered from bone cancer after extensive treatment, her family attributed the recovery to the intercession of St. Philomena, who is known as the patron of difficult situations, especially for youth.In honor of her experience, the Catholic parish of St. James in Charles Town, West Virginia is holding their second annual St. Philomena Medical Benefit Concert, which will aid cancer victims and their families.“The people of St. James have done their best to provide support to alleviate the strain that families naturally feel during these difficult times,” stated Angie Cummings, a member of the parish.“Many have reported that, as they have done their best to exercise the faith during these trials, they have ...
Louisville, Ky., May 26, 2017 / 05:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The former head of the US bishops decried President Trump's budget plan, claiming its cuts to social services conflict with both the Catholic faith and American principles.“Whether through Social Security, Medicaid, food stamps or foreign aid, our nation has recognized that our worth is judged by how we treat the most vulnerable among us,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky said in a May 24 article published by Courier-Journal.“The concept is shared by many religions and has become part of the ethos of the United States.”President Trump issued 2018’s budget proposal, “The New Foundation for American Greatness,” on Tuesday. The proposal would defund many aid programs benefiting the poor, the environment, and the foreign aid, drawing outcry from organizations like Catholic Charities and Catholic relief services.The budget proposes 4.1 trillion dollars for 2018, with bu...
IMAGE: EPABy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Worried about the fate of some of theirstudents, more than 65 college presidents representing U.S. Catholicinstitutions asked for a meeting with the Secretary of Homeland Security to talkabout immigration policy."As leaders of Catholic colleges and universities, we arededicated to educating students from all backgrounds. In keeping with thiscommitment, many of our institutions are home to young men and women who areundocumented and have met the criteria for Deferred Action for ChildhoodArrivals (DACA). We are deeply concerned about the futures of our undocumentedstudents," said the May 23 letter addressed to Department of Homeland SecuritySecretary John Kelly.In the letter, they cited incidents in which DACA recipientshave been placed under immigration detention, including a case in which one of them was deported, and said that "recent actions and statements byImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about young people who met the DACAc...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mohamed Abd El Ghany, ReutersBy CAIRO (CNS) -- Christians in Egypt"are getting to this idea that we could be a martyr at any moment,"the spokesman for the nation's Catholic bishops told Catholic News Service.The spokesman, Father Rafic Greiche,also lamented the number of children killed in an attack on a bus carryingCoptic Orthodox Christians to St. Samuel Monastery in southern Egypt May 26.At least 26 people, many of themchildren, were killed when masked assailants attacked the bus. Dozens of otherswere injured."It is too early to say who isbehind it, but certainly terrorists, and the security forces are now scanningthe area" to find the culprits, Tarek Attia, Interior Ministry official,told Sky News Arabia, an Arabic-language television station, May 26. He said three cars carrying themasked gunmen had attacked the bus at roughly 10:30 a.m. in the southerngovernorate of Minya, a traditional stronghold of Egypt's Christian community,which accounts for a tiny percent...
McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday tossed out two life sentences for one of Virginia's most notorious criminals, sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, and ordered Virginia courts to hold new sentencing hearings....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Preparing for North Korea's growing threat, the Pentagon will try to shoot down an intercontinental-range missile for the first time in a test next week. The goal is to more closely simulate a North Korean ICBM aimed at the U.S. homeland, officials said Friday...
