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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):...
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Vatican City, Nov 7, 2016 / 03:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met in Rome with a unique group involved in the fight against human trafficking, where he noted the particular contributions of women religious, which often go unnoticed.“Your activity in this area reminds us,” the Pope said Nov. 7, of ‘the enormous and often silent efforts which have been made for many years by religious congregations, especially women's congregations, to care for those wounded in their dignity and scarred by their experiences.”“I think especially of the distinctive contribution made by women in accompanying other women and children on a deeply personal journey of healing and reintegration,” he said.The Pope met with RENATE, a European network of religious who are committed to work together in the fight against human trafficking and exploitation. Members consist of women religious, priests and laypersons who all have professional training in fields such as ps...
New York City, N.Y., Nov 7, 2016 / 04:44 pm (CNA).- Fr. Frank Pavone, head of the controversial pro-life group Priest for Life, came under fire Monday for a video of him standing behind an altar with an aborted baby in an effort to support Donald Trump.Ed Mechmann, director of public policy for the Archdiocese of New York, said the use of an aborted baby “as a prop” is “absolutely appalling, and deserves to be repudiated by all of us who consider ourselves to be pro-life in the fullest meaning of that word.”On Nov. 7, Fr. Pavone posted a video on Facebook supporting Donald Trump for president. The video includes a naked, dead baby lying on an altar, as Fr. Pavone stands behind the altar, talking about abortion.“A human being has been sacrificed and the altar of God has been desecrated, all for politics,” Mechmann said in a blog post on the Archdiocese of New York website. “Everyone who respects the dignity of every human person should reject...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Thousands of earthquakes have rattled Oklahoma and neighboring states in recent years, with the most significant portion traced to the underground injection of wastewater left over from oil and gas production. The latest strong temblor - a magnitude 5.0 - damaged dozens of buildings in Cushing, Oklahoma, but spared a major oil terminal and caused no major injuries....
WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) -- The Latest on a South Carolina man who confessed to killing four people in 2003 after authorities found a woman chained in a storage container on his property (all times local):...
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) -- Dozens of buildings sustained "substantial damage" after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck an Oklahoma town that's home to one of the world's key oil hubs, but officials said Monday that no damage has been reported at the oil terminal....
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- In a story Nov. 4 about hydroponic farming in Alaska, The Associated Press reported erroneously the first name of a founder of Vertical Harvest Hydroponics in Anchorage. His name is Dan Perpich, not Ron Perpich....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI's handling of its Hillary Clinton email probe has undercut the bureau's carefully crafted image as unquestionably outside the political fray....
NEW YORK (AP) -- FBI Director James Comey, already criticized over his handling of Hillary Clinton's email investigation in the final days of the presidential campaign, was accepting a lifetime achievement award Monday night at a dinner organized by a law enforcement support group whose board includes three people with longtime ties to Donald Trump....
