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NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump demanded an apology from the cast of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" a day after an actor in the hit show delivered a pointed message about diversity to his running mate who was in attendance. The speech aimed at Mike Pence prompted angry responses from liberals and conservatives alike - underscoring yet again the fractious aftermath of the 2016 election....
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney met Saturday at the billionaire's golf club in New Jersey, putting a year of conflict aside for a smiling handshake - though they did not indicate what, if any, role the 2012 GOP hopeful might play in the new administration....
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump....
CHICAGO (AP) -- A dispute over shoes led to the fatal shooting of the grandson of Illinois U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, Chicago police said Saturday....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Government bombardment of besieged rebel-held neighborhoods in Aleppo killed at least 20 people Saturday, the worst since airstrikes resumed earlier this week, said Syrian opposition activists, as the U.S. called for an end to the bombings....
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney met Saturday at the billionaire's golf club in New Jersey, both emerging with smiles and a public handshake but no word on what, if any, role the 2012 GOP hopeful might play in the new administration....
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Warning against a rush to judgment, President Barack Obama sought Saturday to ease concerns in Latin America that President-elect Donald Trump will wipe out trade deals and create other international problems. "Don't just assume the worst," he said. "Wait until the administration's in place" before drawing conclusions....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis created 17 new Cardinals on Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica, during an Ordinary Public Consistory he had convoked for that purpose: 13 Cardinal-electors, and four Cardinals above the age of 80, who received the “Red Hat” in recognition of their exemplary service to the Church and witness to the Gospel.Listen to Chris Altieri's report: The 13 Cardinal-electors are: Mario Zenari, who remains the Apostolic Nuncio of the beloved and martyred Syria (Italy) Dieudonné Nzapalainga, cssp., of Bangui (Central African Republic) Carlos Osoro Sierra of Madrid (Spain) Sérgio da Rocha of Brasilia (Brazil) Blase J. Cupich of Chicago (USA) Patrick D’Rozario, csc, of Dhaka (Bangladesh) Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo of Mérida (Venezuela) Jozef De Kesel of Malines-Bruxelles (Belgium) Bishop Maurice Piat, cssp., of Port Louis (Mauritius) Kevin Joseph Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life (USA) Carl...
Challenges posed by the Pentecostal phenomenon both within the Catholic Church and outside deserve the response of the Catholic Church in the context of the present day world. This is the conclusion of participants at the recently concluded International Colloquium on the Catholic Church and Pentecostalism.The colloquium, attended by over 150 academics and religion experts from the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations, from within and outside Nigeria focused on the theme: The Catholic Church and Pentecostalism: Challenges in the Nigerian Context.The four-day programme took place at the Daughters of Divine Love Retreat and Conference Centre (DRACC); Durumi, Abuja. It was organised by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in collaboration with the German Bishops Conference Research Group on International Church Affairs and sponsored by Mission Aachen of Germany.Speakers at the colloquium included: Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, who is also President of ...
(Vatican Radio) At the conclusion of the Consistory celebration on Saturday, Pope Francis made a visit to Pope-Emeritus Benedict XVI along with 16 of the 17 new cardinals he had just created.The 16 red-hatted men, led by white-hatted Pope Francis, boarded two buses and made the short journey from St. Peter’s Basilica to the Chapel of the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican.There they were greeted by Pope-Emeritus Benedict XVI.The one new Cardinal missing from the group was the 87-year-old bishop from Lesotho, Africa - Sebastian Koto Khoarai, OMI.Cardinal Khoarai did not make the trip to Rome due to his advanced age and infirmity and shall receive the insignia of his new office by Papal emissary.
