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IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho EstevesBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- While Rome reels from one of its worst droughts in decades, theVatican is doing its part to conserve water by shutting down the city-state's100 fountains.The officegoverning Vatican City State announced July 25 that the drought has "ledthe Holy See to take measures aimed at saving water" by shutting downfountains in St. Peter's Square, throughout the Vatican Gardens and in theterritory of the state."Thedecision is in line with the teachings of Pope Francis, who reminds us in hisencyclical 'Laudato Si'' how 'the habit of wasting and discarding' has reached'unprecedented levels' while 'freshdrinking water is an issue of primary importance, since it is indispensable forhuman life and for supporting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems,'" the officesaid.The prolongeddrought has forced officials from the Lazio region of Italy to halt pumpingwater from Lake Bracciano, located roughly 19 miles north of Rome. Le...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Research on 202 former football players found evidence of brain disease in nearly all of them, from athletes in the NFL, college and even high school....
LONDON (AP) -- Charlie Gard's mother returned to a London court Tuesday to ask a judge to let her and the baby's father take their critically ill son home to die....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's fiery speech at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia has infuriated parents and former scouts....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Muslim leaders urged the faithful Tuesday to keep up their prayer protests and avoid entering a contested Jerusalem shrine, even after Israel dismantled metal detectors that initially triggered the tensions....
SAO JOAQUIM DE BICAS, Brazil (AP) -- At the Word of Faith Fellowship churches in the Brazilian cities of Sao Joaquim de Bicas and Franco da Rocha, the signs of broken families are everywhere: parents separated from their children, siblings who no longer speak, grandparents who wonder if they will ever know their grandchildren....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots Tuesday near an Iranian vessel that came close to it during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, an American defense official said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump urged Republicans to "step up to the plate" for Tuesday's crucial Senate vote on their bill eviscerating much of the Obama health care law. The stage was set for high drama, with Sen. John McCain returning to the Capitol to cast his first vote since being diagnosed with brain cancer....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing privately about firing the man who was the first U.S. senator to endorse his candidacy....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two key members of President Donald Trump's presidential campaign met Tuesday with congressional investigators probing Russia's interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Trump associates....
