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NEW YORK (AP) -- Leonardo DiCaprio and the head of his foundation met Wednesday with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss how jobs centered on preserving the environment can boost the economy....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Military leaders are trying to fix the lengthy, inconsistent process for investigating senior officers accused of misconduct, The Associated Press has learned. They are seeking to change a hodgepodge system in which investigations can drag on for years while taxpayers pay six-figure salaries to officers relegated to mid-level administrative posts....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The fire that killed 36 people during a party at an Oakland warehouse started on the ground floor and quickly raged, with smoke billowing into the second level and trapping victims whose only escape route was through the flames, federal investigators said Wednesday....
DETROIT (AP) -- A federal judge who ordered Michigan to begin its recount effectively ended it on Wednesday, tying his decision to a state court ruling that found Green Party candidate Jill Stein had no legal standing to request another look at ballots....
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Vatican City, Dec 7, 2016 / 02:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A new association for women working in the Vatican announced Wednesday provides a personal and professional network for women to offer support to each other and to the community.Called simply “Donne in Vaticano,” or “Women in the Vatican,” a Dec. 7 communique said the association “intends to create a network of friendship, exchange and solidarity among all for personal and professional growth.”President of the association and Vatican journalist Tracey McClure said members of the association believe women “are a valuable resource” and should be “valued in the workplace and in all areas of life and activity within the Vatican.”“Putting (Women in the Vatican) together over the past 4 years or so has introduced me to some highly intelligent, competent and creative women.”You can’t help but admire their “love for their jobs, their dedication to the Po...
Vatican City, Dec 7, 2016 / 02:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Beauty, under the care of artists, has the ability to transform even the everyday lives of men and women, Pope Francis said in a message for the annual meeting of the Pontifical Academies on Tuesday.Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin delivered the Pope's message during the 21st public session Dec. 6, before presenting the winning artists of this year's Pontifical Academies Award, who are chosen by the Pope.“Architects and painters, sculptors and musicians, filmmakers and writers, photographers and poets, artists of every discipline, are called to shine beauty especially where darkness or gray dominates everyday life,” the Pope wrote.They “are the custodians of beauty, heralds and witnesses of hope for humanity.”“I invite you, therefore,” he emphasized, “to cherish beauty, and beauty will heal the many wounds that mark the hearts and souls of the men and women of o...
Columbus, Ohio, Dec 7, 2016 / 04:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Citing the prospect of a more favorable Supreme Court, Ohio legislators have passed a ban on abortions once an unborn child’s heartbeat can be detected.The bill was previously defeated twice in the Republican-controlled legislature. However, State Senate President Keith Faber said the bill was revived given the prospect that President-elect Donald Trump will appoint justices more likely to uphold restrictions on abortion.“I think it has a better chance than it did before,” he said of the bill’s Supreme Court prospects, the Associated Press reports.The ban on abortions after the baby’s heart begins to beat would apply as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The bill allows exceptions if the mother’s life is deemed to be in danger.Janet Porter, president of bill supporter Faith2Action, praised the passage of the bill.“We live in a State whose motto is with God all things are possible. That...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New WorldBy Joyce DurigaDESPLAINES, Ill. (CNS) -- With thick, wet snow falling down and live mariachimusic to greet them, around 400 riders on horseback rode up to the Shrine ofOur Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines Dec. 4 to pay homage to Mary.Somewore ponchos bearing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Other riders carriedtheir cellphones and were recording the ride. Once in front of the outdoorshrine, each rider handed over a red rose for Mary and was blessed with holywater by shrine rector Father Esequiel Sanchez. The priest himself entered theshrine on horseback and was wearing a traditional Mexican sombrero.It'sthe fifth year for the pilgrimage, which is organized by Club Los VaquerosUnidos (United Cowboys Club) in Wadsworth. The horseback pilgrimage is theunofficial kickoff of celebrations at the shrine that culminate with 24 hoursof Masses and visits to the outdoor shrine Dec. 12 for the feast of Our Lady ofGuadalupe.Thepilgrimage usua...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio State official says former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn has been hospitalized for more than a week....
