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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration has notified Congress that Iran is complying with the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by former President Barack Obama, and says the U.S. has extended the sanctions relief given to the Islamic republic in exchange for curbs on its atomic program....
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- From the wind-swept deck of a massive aircraft carrier, Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday warned North Korea not to test the resolve of the U.S. military, promising it would make an "overwhelming and effective" response to any use of conventional or nuclear weapons....
DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) -- An upstart Democrat leads a special election in a conservative Georgia congressional district, but incomplete returns show he's barely clinging to the majority required to pull off a shocking upset in the Atlanta suburbs....
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- Richard Rodrigue stood in the back of a banquet hall, watching his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter mingle among her high school classmates. These teenagers speak dozens of languages, and hail from a dozen African nations....
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A man wanted in the slaying of a security guard set out to kill as many white people as he could on Tuesday, gunning down three men on the streets of downtown Fresno before he was captured and admitted to the shootings, authorities said....
Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 18, 2017 / 02:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Swedish midwife who refused to perform abortions has lost another court decision, but her supporters say the court neglected her freedom of conscience.“The desire to protect life is what leads many midwives and nurses to enter the medical profession in the first place,” said Robert Clarke, Director of European Advocacy for ADF International. “Instead of forcing desperately needed midwives out of their profession, governments should safeguard the moral convictions of medical staff.”Religious freedom advocates argue that midwives – who specialize in pregnancy and childbirth – often choose their profession because they want to bring new life into the world, and they should not be forced to end life against their beliefs.Midwife Ellinor Grimmark charged that three different medical clinics in Sweden’s southern Joenkoeping County unjustly denied her employment because of her objection...
Little Rock, Ark., Apr 18, 2017 / 03:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholics in Arkansas and around the country continue to pray for death row inmates in the state, after courts on Monday blocked two executions in an eight inmate, 10 day flurry of executions planned by the governor.“#SCOTUS upheld stays of execution last night in #Arkansas. But other 5 scheduled this week could still happen,” the Catholic Mobilizing Network, which works to end capital punishment, tweeted April 18.Several courts handed down multiple decisions on Monday and early Tuesday morning, in a complex drama playing out as Arkansas seeks to execute eight men before its supply of midazolam, a sedative used in the lethal injection process, expires at the end of the month.One inmate, Jason McGehee, had already been granted a temporary stay last week after a parole board recommended clemency. McGehee was convicted of the 1996 killing of John Melbourne, Jr.Don Davis and Bruce Ward were both scheduled to be exe...
Cleveland, Ohio, Apr 18, 2017 / 03:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Mourning family members of a Cleveland man whose murder on Easter Sunday was posted online in a Facebook video said that despite their grief, they forgive their father’s killer.“Each one of us forgives the killer. The murderer. We want to wrap our arms around him,” said Tonya Godwin Baines in a CNN interview.She said that it was her slain father who taught her, through the example of his life, how to forgive.“The thing that I would take away the most from my father is he taught us about God. How to fear God. How to love God. And how to forgive.”On Sunday afternoon, 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr. was shot and killed in Cleveland while walking home from Easter dinner with his family. Police said that the suspect, 37-year-old Steve Stephens, apparently chose his victim at random, and then uploaded a video of the murder to Facebook. The social media network later removed the video.Following a nationw...
Fresno, Calif., Apr 18, 2017 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A 39-year-old man is in custody following a shooting spree that left three people dead in Fresno, California on Tuesday, including one person who was killed in the parking lot of a Catholic Charities building.The suspect, Kori Ali Muhammad, went by the nickname “Black Jesus,” according to NBC, and reportedly told police that he hated white people. The three people killed were all white men, police said.Police said that Muhammad shot and killed a passenger in a Pacific Gas and Electric Company truck, before gunning down a man walking along a neighborhood street and another man in the parking lot of a local Catholic Charities building.A Catholic Charities spokesperson said there does not appear to be any connection between the shooter and Catholic Charities, the Fresno Bee reported.Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said the shooting was unprovoked and appeared to be random. He added that Muhammad has a significant crim...
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy WiechecBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- This summer's Convocation of Catholic Leaders comes at a time when theU.S. Catholic Church is seeking how best to respond to a changing social landscapewhile bringing Pope Francis' vision for a church that offers mercy and joy to theworld.Calledby the bishops, the historic convocation will find more than 3,000 Catholicleaders -- bishops, clergy, religious and laypeople -- meeting July 1-4 inOrlando, Florida, to focus on how the pope's 2013 apostolic exhortation,"Evangelii Gaudium" ("The Joy of the Gospel"), applies inthe United States.Thepope's document lays out a vision of the church dedicated to evangelization --missionary discipleship -- in a positive way, with a focus on society's poorestand most vulnerable, including the aged and unborn.Jonathan Reyes, executive directorof the U.S. bishops' Department of Justice, Peace and Human Developmentand a convocation planner, sees the gathering as a way for Catholics across th...
