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PARIS (AP) -- The French presidential campaign lurched across another speedbump Wednesday as conservative candidate Francois Fillon defiantly vowed to stay in the race despite being notified that he may face preliminary corruption charges in two weeks....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump has demonstrated more than once that he can project a more disciplined and presidential style when he wants - only to quickly slip back to his old ways....
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The investigation into the sexual assault of a disabled black football player by his white teammates at a small-town Idaho high school showed that crucial evidence was collected by school employees, not law enforcement officials, and that the culture that led to the attack stretched far beyond the locker room....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The president of the film academy says the two accountants responsible for the best-picture flub at Sunday's Academy Awards will never work the Oscars again....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota stands to gain more than $110 million annually in tax revenue after oil begins coursing through the Dakota Access pipeline, an analysis by The Associated Press shows....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is spotlighting violence committed by immigrants, announcing the creation of a national office that can assist American victims of such crimes. He said during his address Tuesday night that the Homeland Security Department's Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement office will provide a voice for people ignored by the media and "silenced by special interests."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump surprised congressional leaders when he suddenly suggested he was open to broad immigration reform. But while there is appetite on Capitol Hill for legislation, there is also skepticism, and the president's hard-line rhetoric over the past two years could make a compromise bill much harder....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday inviting the faithful to renew their hope in Christ’s promises and their commitment to follow Him ever more closely.He was addressing the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience.Pointing out that on Ash Wednesday we enter the liturgical time of Lent, Pope Francis said this time of penitence and mortification is actually a journey of hope as it is directs us on the path towards Resurrection, and help us renew our Baptismal identity. Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: To better understand what this means, he said, we must refer to the fundamental experience of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, in which the Chosen People journeyed towards the Promised Land and, through spiritual discipline and the gift of the Law, learned the love of God and neighbor. The Scriptures, the Pope said, tell of a tormented journey that symbolically lasted forty years, the time span...
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors [PCPM] has issued the following statement after the resignation of abuse survivor, Mrs. Marie Collins.On Monday, February 13, 2017, Mrs. Marie Collins, a Member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors [PCPM] advised Cardinal Sean O’Malley, President of the PCPM, of her intent to resign from the Commission effective March 1, 2017.Mrs. Collins, a Member of the Pontifical Commission since its inception in 2014 is a survivor of clerical abuse, and consistently and tirelessly championed for the voices of the victims/survivors to be heard, and for the healing of victims/survivors to be a priority of the Church. In discussing with the Cardinal, and in her resignation letter to the Holy Father, Mrs. Collins cited her frustration at the lack of cooperation with the Commission by other offices in the Roman Curia. Mrs. Collins accepted an invitation from Cardinal O’Malley to contin...
“Peacemaking is the mandate given to the Church. Therefore, we should not give up working for peace until we have lasting peace in the region,” Bishop Dominic Kimengich of the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar urged Church leaders.The bishop was speaking during the 5th Annual cross-border peace conference held at St. Teresa Pastoral Centre in Lodwar, recently, on the theme, “Building on Past Peace Efforts.”The Conference brought together delegates from nine dioceses, some of them from countries bordering the Diocese of Lodwar. This includes South Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda.Kenya was represented by four Dioceses of Kitale, Nakuru, Maralal, and Lodwar whereas Ethiopia was represented by the Vicariate of Sodo and the Vicariate of Jimma-Bonga. Bishops Guiseppe Filippi of the Catholic Diocese of Kotido represented South Sudan, and Damiano Guzzetti of the Catholic Diocese of Moroto represented Uganda.Other peace delegates who attended the meeting were from the Asso...
