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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's eldest son and his former campaign chairman won't be forced to testify publicly next week and are instead discussing being privately interviewed by a Senate committee investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, the panel said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actor John Heard, best known for playing the father in the "Home Alone" movie series, has died. He was 72....
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israel's military sent more troops to the West Bank and placed forces on high alert Saturday, a day after a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family and Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupted over tensions at the Holy Land's most contested shrine....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Repeal and replace "Obamacare." Just repeal. Or let it fail - maybe with a little nudge. President Donald Trump has sent a flurry of mixed messages, raising questions about the White House strategy on health care....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hours before he was to help commission a new aircraft carrier at a patriotic ceremony on the Virginia coast, President Donald Trump fired off a volley of early morning tweets that again showed how furious he remains over multiple investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election....
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- President Donald Trump helped commission the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday and declared that the most advanced aircraft carrier to join the Navy will cause America's enemies to "shake with fear" whenever they see its form cutting across the horizon....
(Vatican Radio) At the Triennial Southern Africa Catholic Leaders’ Joint Witness Meeting 2017 Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town who is also President of the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) emphasised the importance of unity in diversity in proclaiming the Gospel of the Lord.He said that diversity and richness of many charisms are the source of success in spreading the Good News.Joint Witness is a meeting of the Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life (LCCL) and the Bishops of Southern Africa Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC). The meeting normally takes place once in every three years. It is a platform whereby the two conferences discuss issues affecting the local Church and the society at large.The problems of Human Trafficking, Migrants and Refugees were some the topics that topped the agenda of the discussions during the Joint Witness Meeting 2017.(Below is the homily)LCCLSA AND SACBC TRIENNIAL MEETING 2017The Gospel of today&r...
(Vatican Radio) Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, has issued a new pastoral letter to his flock on the issue of migration.In his letter, Bishop Seitz denounces “narratives that paint our border as a place of chaos, and violence”; and calls for comprehensive immigration reform.”He assures migrants that the Church “stands with them,” and calls on the priests and people of the diocese to continue to work actively to help migrants – both in their spiritual and material needs, and through advocacy in the community. And he assures community leaders that the Church stands ready to work together with men and women of good will to respond to issues arising from migration.The pastoral letter from Bishop Seitz preceded by two days a letter to members of the United States Senate from the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, Florida.Click below to hear Bishop ...
(Vatican Radio) A powerful earthquake shook holiday resorts in Greece and Turkey in the night between Thursday and Friday, injuring nearly 500 people and leaving at least two tourists dead on the Greek island of Kos.Franciscan Fr. Luke Gregory is the parish priest of the Greek islands of Kos and Rhodes.He spoke to Philippa Hitchen tabout the situation in Kos and how he is helping residents and tourists there…
