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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump moved swiftly Tuesday to advance the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, signing executive actions to aggressively overhaul America's energy policy and deal a sharp blow to Barack Obama's legacy on climate change....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's selection to become health secretary told a Senate committee Tuesday that the new administration believes people with existing illnesses should not be denied health insurance, but committed to no details on that or any aspects of how Republicans will reshape President Barack Obama's health care law....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump holds the most powerful office in the world. But he's dogged by insecurity over his loss of the popular vote in the election and a persistent frustration that the legitimacy of his presidency is being challenged by Democrats and the media, aides and associates say....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday afternoon presides at Vespers in the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls for the closing of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. On that occasion, the Sistine Chapel choir will be joined by the men and boys of the Westminster Abbey choir, renowned as one of the finest choral music groups of its kind.Ahead of this unprecedented event, pioneered by the two choirs are also performing a free concert on Tuesday evening in the Basilica of St John Lateran. Their collaboration grows out of recent years of deepening Anglican-Catholic relations, in particular following Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to London in September 2010.To find out more about this musical collaboration and about the history of the Westminster Abbey choir, Philippa Hitchen spoke to the Dean of the Abbey, the very Reverend Dr John Hall, and to the only full time English singer with the Sistine Chapel choir, Mark Spyropoulos.Listen: Dr Hall explains that while...
Vatican City, Jan 24, 2017 / 11:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- To live a Christian life, we can’t run away or hide from God’s will, Pope Francis said Tuesday. Rather, we must continuously show up – speaking to God in prayer and striving to do his will.“The Christian life is this: Here I am, here I am, I continue to do the will of the Lord,” the Pope said in his homily at Santa Marta Jan. 24.His homily reflected on the day’s first reading from Hebrews, where it says that Christ came into the world not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but to do the will of the Father.All of Salvation history is a story of people saying ‘here I am’ to God, he pointed out.“And one after another…It's beautiful to read Scripture, the Bible, looking for the answers of people to the Lord, how they answered, and to find those is so beautiful. 'Here I am, I come to do your will.'”And we don’t have to worry, because no matter what ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jose Aguirre, Walk for Life West CoastBy Valerie SchmalzSAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- Despitethe last-minute scheduling of a large Women's March less than two hours afterthe 13th annual Walk for Life West Coast, tens of thousands of pro-lifesupporters filled Civic Center Plaza and walked the 1.7 miles from City Hall toJustin Herman Plaza in San Francisco Jan. 21."There so many people, it wascrazy," said walk co-chair Eva Muntean, who had worked closely with police andheld conversations with the organizers of the Women's March to ensure a smoothtransition between the two events."The police were out in fullforce and did a great job throughout the day," said Muntean. Despite days ofrain, including heavy rain and wind in the morning, the rain held off until thewalk's conclusion. "I thought the weather and the Women's March might havereduced turnout, but that was not the case," said Muntean.About 50 protesters supportinglegal abortion gathered on a sidewalk adjacent to where ag...
BEIRUT (AP) -- The latest developments on Syria following two-day talks in Kazakhstan between the Damascus government and rebel factions (all times local):...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel announced plans Tuesday to build 2,500 more settler homes on the West Bank, moving to step up construction just days after the swearing-in of Donald Trump brought to power a U.S. administration seen as friendly to the settlement movement....
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Flint's water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit, a key finding that Michigan state environmental officials said Tuesday is good news for a city whose 100,000 residents have been grappling with the man-made water crisis....
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) -- Gambian soldiers picked up Tijan Barrow, beat him with their guns and threw him into a cell at the notorious National Intelligence Agency prison. His alleged crime: Creating and selling T-shirts for the opposition....
