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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Jake Arrieta made a teasing try at history, Kyle Schwarber drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs brushed off a shutout to even the World Series with their first Fall Classic win in 71 years, 5-1 over the Cleveland Indians in Game 2 on Wednesday night....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump may be spending most of his days inside the frantic hurricane of the presidential campaign, but inside his new hotel in Washington, calm and luxury prevail....
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Jerusalem, Israel, Oct 26, 2016 / 03:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Suspected burglars’ desecration of the Church of the Transfiguration has prompted outcry from leading Christians in the Holy Land.“The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, together with all Churches and the Custody of the Holy Land, condemn this desecration as a heinous crime and an act that violates the sanctity of the Holy Sites,” the patriarchate said Oct. 25.“We also ask the police to conduct an investigation, to seriously look into the matter and apprehend the perpetrators who are culpable of these disgraceful actions.”The Church of the Transfiguration is on Mount Tabor, near the Sea of Galilee in Israel. In the care of the Franciscans, it is held to be the site of Christ's Transfiguration.Unknown burglars robbed the church Oct. 24. They destroyed the tabernacle, desecrated the Hosts, and stole the ciborium after throwing the Hosts on the floor.Icons were damaged, chalices were stolen, an...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPABy WASHINGTON(CNS) -- The U.S. bishops will discuss ways to promote peace in U.S. communitiestorn apart by violence, vote on ways to implement priority areas for theirconference approved last year and elect new leaders during their Nov. 14-16fall general assembly in Baltimore.Thediscussion about restoring peace in the nation will stem from a report to bepresented to the bishops from a task force formed this past summer after shootingsby police and of police took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Minneapolis; andDallas.WhenArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who is president of theU.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the USCCB Task Force to PromotePeace in Our Communities, he said there needed to be "ways of nurturing anopen, honest and civil dialogue on issues of race relations, restorativejustice, mental health, economic opportunity and addressing the question ofpervasive gun violence."Thetask force is chaired by Atlanta A...
ROME (AP) -- A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people....
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) -- The prospect of a police raid on an encampment protesting the Dakota Access pipeline faded as night fell Wednesday, with law enforcement making no immediate move after protesters rejected their request to withdraw from private land....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on developments in the civil war in Syria (all times local):...
MOSCOW (AP) -- A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon worked Wednesday to stave off a public relations nightmare, suspending efforts to force California National Guard troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan to repay their enlistment bonuses that may have been improperly awarded....
