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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp" in the nation's capital. Instead, he's diving right in....
Lahore, Pakistan, Nov 30, 2016 / 11:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Five men in Pakistan's Punjab province were sentenced to death last week for their leading role in the November 2014 murder of a Christian couple. Another eight were given two years in prison for their participation in the lynching.Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Azam of Lahore's Anti-Terrorism Court handed down the sentences Nov. 23. The guilty have also been fined 200,000 Pakistani rupees (about $1,900).On Nov. 4, 2014, Shahzad Masih and his wife Shama, who was pregnant with the couple's fourth child, were attacked by a lynch mob and their bodies burned after they were accused of desecrating the Quran. The couple lived in Kot Radha Kishan, a city located nearly 40 miles southwest of Lahore.The couple worked at a brick kiln, and it has been reported that the kiln owner noticed Shama – who was illiterate – burning some belongings of her recently-deceased father-in-law, and charged that some pages she burnt w...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Christina Gray, Catholic San FranciscoBy Christina GraySAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- ThomasMyron Hooker lived the last 20 years of his life without a roof over his head,but his death proved he was hardly without a home.Hundreds of people -- churchfamilies, neighbors, shopkeepers and perhaps even strangers touched by thecheerful kindness and generosity of the man who for years had made camp under atarp on a street corner in San Francisco's Richmond District -- streamed intoStar of the Sea Catholic Church Nov. 7 to express their respect and affection.Hooker had endeared himself tothe parish and surrounding community with his gentle spirit. He spent a part ofeach day praying in the back pews, said Star of the Sea pastor Father JosephIllo, who eulogized him as "a kind of patron saint of the homeless.""The meaning of being homelessbeyond shelter is when you lack a home, lack a family who understands you. Youare homeless when you don't feel you belong anywhere," said Father Illo...
PARIS (AP) -- The laciest, if not raciest, catwalk event of the year - aka, the Victoria's Secret fashion show - was taking place in Paris on Wednesday night. Among the anticipated highlights: performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, as well as a $3 million Fantasy bra modelled by Jasmine Tookes. Here's a behind-the-scenes look:...
LONDON (AP) -- The Bank of England's new plastic 5-pound note is stronger, cleaner and safer - but apparently not suitable for vegetarians....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has dropped dramatically since late May, when the state limited wastewater injections into energy wells, an Associated Press statistical analysis shows. And a new scientific study says the state is on its way back to calmer times that prevailed before a huge jump in man-made quakes....
BEIRUT (AP) -- When war is constant, it can be easy to lose sight of how much a single death can matter. But the passing of one committed social worker will be especially devastating to his community in Aleppo....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats re-elected Nancy Pelosi as their leader Wednesday, ratifying the status quo in a changing Washington despite widespread frustration over the party's direction....
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