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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas' push to put eight men to death in less than two weeks has so far resulted in just one lethal injection, and legal experts say that shows the risks of pursuing the nation's most ambitious execution schedule since the death penalty was restored in 1976....
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Ivanka Trump's brand intensified its work in China as her father closed in on the Republican nomination for U.S. president, with her company applying for nearly twice as many trademarks in a five-month span as it had in the preceding eight years....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration has rejected a request from Exxon Mobil to waive U.S. sanctions against Russia to allow the company to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea....
PARIS (AP) -- The gunman who shot and killed a police officer on the famed Champs-Elysees just days before the French presidential vote spent 14 years in prison, including for attacking other officers, Frances's anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday - a lengthy criminal history that gave a jolt to an already nail-biting election and fueled growing security concerns....
HOUSTON (AP) -- Young immigrants protected by executive action from deportation say they won't "rest easy," even if President Donald Trump says they should....
The Archdiocese of Nairobi has officially launched Caritas Microfinance Bank (Caritas MFB) whose aim is to empower local communities economically.This is according to an announcement on Thursday by John Cardinal Njue, the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. He was speaking at the new Cardinal Otunga Plaza Annexe.“Through Caritas microfinance bank, we seek to empower our local communities economically while ensuring that those who live in poverty, particularly vulnerable women and children are served in body, mind and spirit,” said Cardinal Njue.The Nairobi prelate said the launch was an initiative that began three decades ago when the first Self-Help Group was started in the Archdiocese of Nairobi led by then Archbishop of Nairobi, Cardinal Maurice Otunga. Caritas Microfinance Bank CEO, George Maina said that the bank was dedicated to developing innovative products that will address the financial needs of ordinary local communities with the aim of, ...
(Vatican Radio) French police have detained three family members of the attacker who was shot dead in Paris after killing a police officer on the famous Champs Elysees boulevard. A second suspect in the attack, which also injured three people, has handed himself over to Belgian police after they alertedthe French authorities of his possible involvement.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: A day after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for another attack in France's capital, French officials released more details about the man who shot and killed a police officer and injured two other officers and a woman. French officials said gunman Karim Cheurfi, who was shot dead, was a troubled 39-year old. He had previously served time for the attempted murder ofthree police officers in 2001 and also on the security service’s watch list.A potential second suspect was publicly identified as Youssouf El Osri in Belgium. But his lawyer strongly denied his clie...
Rome, Italy, Apr 21, 2017 / 10:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- India's Catholic bishops have strongly condemned a violent police disruption of a Good Friday service at a small parish in the south of the country.The Dhalit Catholic community in the village of Sogandi was holding a liturgy for the Passion of the Lord April 14 when they were disrupted by the Tehsildar – local tax and revenue officers – as well as police during the Veneration of the Cross and distribution of Holy Communion.“The Catholic Church in India is very distressed and saddened by the happenings in Sogandi, Tamil Nadu, on Good Friday, a day very sacred to Christians everywhere,” the April 19 press release stated.“The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India expresses its full solidarity with the people of Sogandi and condemns in very strong terms the brutal action of the Tehsildar.”The statement, signed by the secretary general of the bishops’ conference, Bishop Theodore Ma...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For St. Francis of Assisi, followingChrist meant imitating his humility and forsaking riches, power and status; themen who call themselves Franciscans today believe they are called to embrace thesame attitudes, including in their governance.In early April, the ministers general of four men's branchesof the Franciscan family -- the Friars Minor, Capuchins, Conventual Franciscansand the Third Order Regulars -- asked Pope Francis to give the Franciscans the "privilege"of allowing religious brothers to be elected to leadership positions, includingthose with authority over ordained priests.The word "privilege" means special permission forsomething not generally envisioned by church law. In canon law, governance inthe church usually is tied to ordination.The Franciscans' request is about recovering the notion of fraternity andservice St. Francis gave his first companions, said Father Michael Perry,minister general of the...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Donald Trump Jr. will be targeting more than just Montana's Republican voters on Friday and Saturday when he helps Greg Gianforte campaign for an open U.S. House seat....