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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump was not aware that his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had worked to further the interests of the government of Turkey before appointing him, the White House said Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional investigators are demanding documents and contacting witnesses in a wide-ranging probe of the Defense Department's troubled anti-propaganda efforts against the Islamic State....
NEW YORK (AP) -- WikiLeaks has offered to help the likes of Google and Apple identify the software holes used by purported CIA hacking tools - and that puts the tech industry in something of a bind....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican leaders drove their long-promised legislation to dismantle Barack Obama's health care law over its first big hurdles in the House on Thursday and claimed fresh momentum despite cries of protest from right, left and center....
(Vatican Radio) Europe and the United States must provide both humanitarian and political solutions for the millions of migrants who continue to flee from the conflicts in the Middle East.That was the message of the former Vatican observer to the United Nations in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, and the former Archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahoney, who have just returned from a visit to refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Greece.At a press briefing on Thursday at the Migrants and Refugees section of the Vatican’s new office for Integral Human Development, the two Church leaders spoke about the vital work of Catholic agencies in the region and about the responsibility of the international community to welcome those fleeing from conflicts. Listen to Philippa Hitchen’s report: The cardinal and the archbishop spent 10 days meeting and talking to people living in camps, in makeshift centres and in empty apartment buildings. They also saw fi...
For this week's edition of 'There's more in the Sunday Gospel than meets the eye', Jill Bevilacqua and Sean Patrick Lovett present readings and reflections for the second Sunday of Lent.Listen: Gospel MT 17:1-9Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother,and led them up a high mountain by themselves.And he was transfigured before them;his face shone like the sunand his clothes became white as light.And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them,conversing with him.Then Peter said to Jesus in reply,"Lord, it is good that we are here.If you wish, I will make three tents here,one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."While he was still speaking, behold,a bright cloud cast a shadow over them,then from the cloud came a voice that said,"This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased;listen to him."When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrateand were very much afraid.But Jesus came and touched them, saying,"Rise, and do not ...
(Vatican Radio) We must must be honest and admit that the full participation of women in the life of the Church "remains stymied on many fronts". Those were the words of the Jesuit Superior General, Fr Arturo Sosa, at the opening of the 2017 Voices of Faith event in the Vatican on Wednesday.The annual event marking international women’s day brought together voices of Catholic women from around the globe with the theme ‘Stirring the waters: making the impossible possible’.Noting that faith provides the audacity to strive for the’ impossible’, Fr Sosa spoke of the resilience and courage he has witnessed firsthand among women working on the border between Colombia and his native Venezuela.He said while Pope Francis’ efforts to bring Vatican II to life and focus on the needs of the poor have opened the way for women’s voices to be better heard, we must acknowledge that their gifts have not yet been fully recognized. Click here&n...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Tarling, CRSBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Given the ongoing crises in theMiddle East, North American, European and other Western nations will need to bemore generous in coming to the aid of refugees and displaced peoples, said twoprominent church leaders.The answer is continued assistance, "not to closethe gates of the countries where people are knocking for survival," said ArchbishopSilvano M. Tomasi, former Vatican representative to U.N. agencies in Geneva.Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, retired archbishop of Los Angeles,told journalists that nations like Lebanon and Jordan have been "veryheroic" in accommodating large numbers of refugees, "as compared to manyother countries, especially the United States, which I think is gravely atfault here."The archbishop and cardinal spoke about a 10-day visit toIraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Greece to visit refugees and church-basedorganizations offering aid and assistance. The March 9 media event was hostedby the Migrants an...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested Thursday that he would be open to the appointment of an outside counsel to review actions taken by the Justice Department during the Obama administration....
For the first time, doctors have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults....
