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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Exxon Mobil is seeking permission from the U.S. government for approval to resume drilling around the Black Sea with a Russian partner, state-owned Rosneft, according to a person familiar with the matter....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was huge....
DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) -- A narrow miss by a Democratic newcomer in a conservative Georgia House district has triggered a high-stakes runoff that could test President Donald Trump's influence and the limits of the backlash against him....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Over the years, "The O'Reilly Factor" was a forum for heated exchanges led by host Bill O'Reilly and, appearing elsewhere on Fox News Channel, he was often ready with a barbed remark. Here are a few examples:...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox News Channel's parent company fired Bill O'Reilly on Wednesday following an investigation into harassment allegations, bringing a stunning end to cable news' most popular program and one that came to define the bravado of his network over 20 years....
Abby and Fernando got to catch up with Colton and his wife Annie on the Big Big House Morning Show today. He even played a couple of songs from his latest album live!
(Vatican Radio) In just one week’s time, Pope Francis takes off on a journey to the Egyptian capital Cairo, where he will visit the prestigious al-Azhar centre of Islamic studies. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the Orthodox world, is also expected to join the Holy Father there, alongside the Coptic Pope Tawadros II.Both Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew have been invited by the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb to attend an international peace conference there.During the brief April 28th to 29th visit, the Pope will meet with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as well as celebrating Mass for the local Catholic community.His visit comes less than a month after two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by so-called Islamic State militants left 45 people dead and dozens of others injured.Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald is the former nuncio to Egypt and former head of the Vatican’s Council for Interreligious Dialogu...
(Vatican Radio) A cargo ship with 12 people on board has gone down in heavy seas in the Kerch Strait off the Russian Black Sea coast towards the Crimean Peninsula. Rescue crews reached the scene early on Wednesday and officials said one person was pulled to safety. Two bodies were found and nine crew were missing.Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Hundreds of people were reportedly searching by sea and by air for survivors in the Kerch Strait. Russia's marine agency said the 3,500-tonne Geroi Arsenala split in two and sank in this area at about 03:40 in the morning local time.Yet high winds have reportedly hampered the search for survivors.The ship went down around 19 nautical miles some 35 kilometers south of the Taman Peninsula, explained Vladimir Ivanov, an official of the Ministry of Emergency Measures for Crimea. 'HERO OF ARSENAL'He said the Panama-registered Geroi Arsenala or 'Hero of Arsenal' was on its way from the Russian port of Azov to Turkey w...
Fatima, Portugal, Apr 19, 2017 / 10:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- St. Peter’s Cricket Club, the Vatican’s cricket team, is traveling to Fatima April 19-22 for an interreligious tournament ahead of the 100th anniversary of the appearance of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the country.The team’s third international tour, the tournament will include Muslim, Hindu, and Jewish teams coming from Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.It takes place just three weeks before the Pope’s pilgrimage to Fatima May 12-13 to join in the centenary celebrations.Established in 2013, St. Peter’s Cricket Club is made up of priests, deacons, and seminarians currently living and studying in Rome.Current and past members have hailed from England, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. The team was formed under the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture as a way to creatively engage with people from other Churches, ecclesial communions, and religions.The first day of the tr...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic StandardBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- GeorgetownUniversity and the Society of Jesus' Maryland province apologized April 18 fortheir roles in the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals for the university'sbenefit.More than 100 descendantsattended a morning "Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition and Hope" thatthe university created in partnership with descendants, the Archdiocese ofWashington and the Society of Jesus in the United States."Today the Society of Jesus, whohelped to establish Georgetown University and whose leaders enslaved andmercilessly sold your ancestors, stands before you to say that we have greatlysinned," said Jesuit Father Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conferenceof Canada and the United States, during the liturgy. "We pray with you todaybecause we have greatly sinned and because we are profoundly sorry."The event took place the dayafter the District of Columbia marked Emancipation Day, which celebrates theemancipation o...
