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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jennifer Willems, The By Jennifer WillemsPEORIA, Ill. (CNS) -- Afterriding bicycles a little more than 340 miles over five days, three youngpriests of the Diocese of Peoria sailed across the Indiana state line April 28,bringing Priests Pedaling for Prayers to a close."It does seem a little surreal,"Father Tom Otto said at journey's end. "Things likethis seem insurmountable when you begin, but maybe like life, you focus on theshort-term goals. ... That makes it doable. Take one little bit at a time andbefore you know it, you've done something pretty incredible."The effort to raise prayers forvocations began April 24 when Father Otto, Father Michael Pica and Father Adam Cesarek dipped their rear tires inthe Mississippi River, which marks the border between Iowa and Illinois. Theywere sent forth with the blessing of students at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy in East Moline,who lined both sides of the street outside the school to cheer them on.Along the way, they st...
The hole-in-the-heart problem that plagues comedian Jimmy Kimmel's newborn son is one of the most common heart-related birth defects, and it usually can be fixed with surgery....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on a House hearing on customer service at U.S. airlines (all times local):...
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A 35-year-old mother of three children was the lone person killed by a despondent gunman who police said shot seven people at a poolside birthday bash in San Diego after a breakup with his girlfriend....
DALLAS (AP) -- A 36-year-old man with a criminal history killed his roommate, shot his neighbor and opened fire on responding paramedics in a Dallas neighborhood during an attack that prompted police to barricade the area for hours, investigators said Tuesday....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A white former police officer whose killing of an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop was captured on cellphone video pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights charges that could send him to prison for decades....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled the prospect of increased cooperation in Syria Tuesday, in what the White House called a "very good" phone discussion that included a focus on setting up safe zones in the war-torn nation....
In an effort to keep our kids safe, we often tell them to not talk to strangers. But Pattie Fitzgerald says teaching little ones to look out for "tricky people" instead is more practical and effective.
(Vatican Radio) “The Lord softens those with hard hearts, those who condemn all who are outside the law.” This was the message of Pope Francis homily, during tuesday’s Mass in the Vatican’s Santa Marta residence. He said that those who are hard hearted do not know the tenderness of God and his ability to remove hearts of stone and replace them with hearts of flesh.Beginning with the first reading, in which St Stephen was stoned to death by the temple authorities in Jerusalem, the Pope reflected on the witness of Christian obedience. He said that those who stoned Stephen to death did not understand the word of God. Stephen had called them “circumcised of heart,” which was the equivalent of calling someone a pagan.According the Pope, there are different ways of not understanding the word of God. For example, when Jesus had met the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, he had called them “fools.” This was not an expression of prais...
International Workers’ Day was marked on May 1 across several Asian countries with rallies, marches and special events. Here are a few:CAMBODIAIn Cambodia, riot police watched carefully as more than 1,000 garment workers defied a government ban on marching to deliver a petition to the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, demanding a higher minimum wage and more freedom of assembly. The marchers, holding a forest of banners, filled a street a short distance from the parliament complex and advanced noisily until they were stopped by a barricade and lines of police, holding batons, shields and guns capable of firing gas canisters. A standoff of several hours was resolved when a representative from the Assembly came out and accepted the petition.The workers were from the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union. Among their demands was increasing the minimum wage from $153 to $208 per month. The clothing and footwear industry is Cambodia's biggest expo...
