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IMAGE: CNS photo/Olivier Douliery, EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' visit to Egypt, a landincreasingly marked by terrorist-led bloodshed, stands as part of his missionto inspire and encourage today's actors in theaters of violence to change thescript and set a new stage.Just as the pope did when he raised the curtain of the Yearof Mercy in war-torn Central African Republic, he goes to strengthen and"confirm his brothers of the Coptic Catholic Church and other churchespresent in Egypt," said Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of theCongregation for Eastern Churches.He will be able to show, in person, his support andsolidarity for the beleaguered Christian minorities who continue to be targetedby terrorist fanatics and increasingly feel vulnerable and unsafe in their ownland, said Maryknoll Father Douglas May, who worked inEgypt for two decades.Even though Christianity there traces its roots to the timesof the apostles, being a Christian in Egypt today "is like bei...
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Acoustic sensors mounted on lampposts and telephone poles picked up the crack of gunfire and rapidly enabled police to zero in on where it was coming from. Within minutes, the alleged gunman in the deadly rampage was under arrest....
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A 15-year-old Tennessee girl was rescued near a cabin in a remote part of northern California on Thursday, more than a month after her 50-year-old teacher kidnapped her and set off a nationwide manhunt, authorities said....
BOSTON (AP) -- Family, not football, dominated Aaron Hernandez's final hours as a lifer in prison....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian panel charged with vetting candidates approved the country's incumbent president and five challengers but disqualified former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from running in next month's presidential election, state television reported Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iran is failing to fulfill the "spirit" of its nuclear deal with world powers, President Donald Trump declared Thursday, setting an ominous tone for his forthcoming decision about whether to pull the U.S. out of the landmark agreement....
PARIS (AP) -- The Latest on the shootings of two police officers in Paris (all times local):...
PARIS (AP) -- A gunman opened fire on police on Paris' iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard Thursday night, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic State group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack....
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The Latest on Arkansas' efforts to carry out executions before the end of April (all times local):...
Vatican City, Apr 20, 2017 / 10:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Time Magazine has released its 2017 list of the world’s 100 most influential people, and Pope Francis is among the leaders highlighted by the publication.The nomination included a brief reflection on Pope Francis, written by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, who reflected on the Pope’s humility, saying that his powerful witness is what attracts so many people to his message.Cardinal Cupich recalled that in his first interview after being elected to the pontificate, Pope Francis acknowledged himself as a sinner, and that when he hears confessions in St. Peter’s Basilica, he also goes to confession himself, “because one cannot accompany a suffering world without acknowledging one’s own faults.”“The same goes for the church Francis leads,” the cardinal reflected. “Before being elected Pope, Francis gave a speech to his fellow Cardinals warning against becoming a ‘self-...
