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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump's disclosure of classified information to senior Russian officials as "wholly appropriate," as Trump tried to beat back criticism from fellow Republicans and calm international allies increasingly wary about sharing their secrets with the new president....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the report burst forth alleging that President Donald Trump had revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats, the White House quickly dispatched Trump's national security adviser to declare that the story "as reported is false."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian officials (all times EDT):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director James Comey wrote in a memo that President Donald Trump had asked him to shut down an FBI investigation into ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press Tuesday....
Washington D.C., May 16, 2017 / 11:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- President Donald Trump has chosen Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, according to reports.Callista Gingrich is the president of both Gingrich Productions in Arlington, Va. and the charitable non-profit Gingrich Foundation, and is a former Congressional aide.She is also a long-time member of the choir at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.Newt and Callista married in 2000, after having a six-year affair while Newt was married to his previous wife. Newt converted to Catholicism in 2009 and explained, in an interview that year with Deal Hudson at InsideCatholic.com, how Callista’s witness as a Catholic brought him towards the faith.He noted that he had attended Masses at the National Shrine where Callista sang in the choir, and she “created an environment where I could gradually think and evolv...
Vatican City, May 16, 2017 / 12:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Two opposing Italian football teams came together on Tuesday to meet in a private audience with Pope Francis, where he encouraged the Coppa Italia finalists to be upstanding role models of virtue, especially to the youth.“I would like to reflect, briefly, on the importance of sport and consider the fascination it exerts and the impact of professional football on people, especially young people, towards whom you have a responsibility,” Pope Francis told the Italian football teams May 16. The staff, coaches, and players of both teams were present during the papal audience.“Those who are considered 'champions' easily become role models. Therefore, every match is a test of balance, of self-mastery, of respect for the rules.”“He, who through his behavior, puts all of this into practice, provides a good example for his followers, and this is what I wish for each of you: to be witnesses of loyalty...
Vatican City, May 16, 2017 / 01:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Only God can give true peace amid tribulations, Pope Francis said in his May 16 homily at his Casa Santa Marta residence in the Vatican.“A peace without a cross is not the peace of Jesus,” the Pope said. “The world teaches us the way to anesthetized peace: it anesthetizes us from seeing another reality of life: the Cross.”“This is why Paul says that one must enter into the Kingdom of Heaven on the road with many tribulations,” he added. “The peace that the world offers us is a peace without tribulations.”The world offers an artificial peace that is reduced to mere tranquility, he said. This kind of peace is “only concerned about one’s affairs and one’s security” – but it is ultimately ineffective, because “tribulations are there, whether pain, illness or death.”“But the peace that Jesus gives is a gift: it is a gift of the Holy Spiri...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Andy Rain, EPABy Simon CaldwellMANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- The bishops of England andWales have put the post-Brexit future of the United Kingdom at the top of alist of priority issues for Catholic voters to consider before the June 8general election.In a two-page letter published May 15, the bishops remindedCatholics of their duty to vote and advised voters to question politiciansseeking their support on a range of 10 key issues.The consideration at the top of the list was titled "leavingthe European Union," and voters were asked to determine the attitude ofcandidates to the future status of EU citizens who live in the U.K.The bishops also invited voters to ask candidates whatissues "should be the top priority when forming new internationalpartnerships," adding that "human and workers' rights, theenvironment, and the development of the world's poorest countries" must beconsidered. In their preamble, the bishops said the election "takesplace at a pivotal moment in t...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ashleigh Buyers, Catholic HeraldBy Mary Stachyra LopezFREDERICKSBURG,Va. (CNS) -- Before Mahnaz left Afghanistan with her husband and four sons, shecarefully packed beautiful black, red and white curtains in the few suitcasesshe could bring along to her new life in a country 7,000 miles away.Theywould be something familiar from her native land once she was surrounded bystrangers whose language she didn't speak. But to her dismay, the curtainsdidn't fit the windows of her new home in Fredericksburg when she arrived a fewmonths ago."Thecurtains were special to me because I thought I might not be able to find themhere," Mahnaz said, speaking in Dari through an interpreter.InAfghanistan, she could have easily made new curtains on one of the three sewingmachines she owned -- one a gift from her mother, another from hermother-in-law, and the third a wedding present. So when Mahnaz heard that theCatholic Charities Office of Migration and Refugee Services in the Diocese ofA...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Francis WongBy HONG KONG (CNS) -- Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-generalof the Synod of Bishops, encouraged young Catholics in Hong Kong to getinvolved in preparation for the next Synod of Bishops, which will discuss youngpeople.Ucanews.com reported that during a 90-minute dialogue held May13 with a group of mostly young Catholics, Cardinal Baldisseri explained howthe church is preparing the October 2018 synod, which has the theme, "Youngpeople, faith and vocational discernment." Cardinal Baldisseri added that the theme "referred toall young people on the earth, not just Catholics and Christians."He encouraged Hong Kong Catholics not to ignore the "opportunityto be involved" in the synod and to keep a look out "at the general secretariatwebsite for a questionnaire, which you can fill out online."University student Philomena Poon and some otherparticipants told ucanews.com they are interested in expressing their views."In the past, we got pontifical writings ...
