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The Latest on the NFL's divisional playoffs Sunday. (all times Eastern):...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis baptized 13 newborns in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Saturday afternoon.Each of the babies was born to a family from the areas of central Italy that were hardest-hit by earthquakes late last year.The youngest of the newborns was only five days old.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. In remarks ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian devotion, the Holy Father focused on the witness borne by John the Baptist to Jesus Christ.“The Church,” said Pope Francis, “is in every age called to do that, which John the Baptist did: to show Jesus to the people, saying, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”Departing from his prepared text, Pope Francis added, “There’s always trouble when the Church proclaims herself: she loses her way, and knows not where she goes.” Rather, “The Church proclaims Christ – she does not carry herself, she carries Christ, for He and He alone is the one who saves His people from sin: he frees them and leads them to the land of true liberty.”
CHICAGO (AP) -- A police officer confronted by a fleeing gunman suspected of shooting three people fatally shot the man early Sunday, Chicago police said....
It's a new year and time to put the last one to bed, which means filing your taxes....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Latest on ice storms in the central U.S. (all times local):...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Leaders of an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon were driving to a public meeting a year ago when police shot and killed one of them at a roadblock....
PARIS (AP) -- The Latest on a Paris conference on Mideast peace (all times local):...
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) -- Tens of thousands of people seeking better lives are expected to trek across deserts and board unseaworthy boats in war-torn Libya this year in a desperate effort to reach European shores by way of Italy....
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Goodbye to death-defying feats - daring young men (and women) on the flying trapeze, whip-wielding lion tamers, human cannonballs. Goodbye to the scent of peanuts and popcorn, the thrill of three rings, the jaunty bum-bum-dadadada of circus music....
