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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will take up a momentous fight over parties manipulating electoral districts to gain partisan advantage in a case that could affect the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans across the United States....
PARIS (AP) -- A man on the radar of French authorities was killed Monday after ramming a car carrying explosives into a police vehicle in the capital's Champs-Elysees shopping district, prompting a fiery blast, officials said. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has yet to condemn an attack on Muslim worshippers in London, the latest instance in which he has appeared slower to speak out about violence when Muslims are the victims....
LONDON (AP) -- The attack on Muslim worshippers outside a London mosque on Monday follows a rising wave of violence and harassment directed against Muslims across Britain and around the world....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline intended to avoid collisions in retaliation for the U.S. military shooting down a Syrian warplane....
(Vatican Radio) The new party of French President Emmanuel Macron, including untested novices, is preparing to massively enter the lower house of Parliament after winning an overwhelming majority in Sunday's election which was overshadowed by a record low turnout.Macron's year-old “La Republique En Marche” (Republic on the Move) party won more than 300 seats in parliament, slightly less than expected but enough to disrupt politics as usual and clinging the young leader's hold on power.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Supporters of the Republic on the Move party, founded last year by now French President Macron, celebrated in Paris where official partial results showed them with 327 seats, with 33 seats yet to be counted.They received far more than the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority, sweeping aside traditional parties and securing a strong mandate for Macron's pro-business reforms.The historic victory, based on official figures an...
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See has called for international cooperation to facilitate safe and legal migration ahead of World Refugee Day.Fr. Michael Czerny, Undersecretary of the Migrant and Refugee Section of the Holy See, made the appeal on Monday to the United Nations in Geneva.Condemning the exploitation of migrants by smugglers and human traffickers, Fr. Czerny said legal migration and international cooperation is the correct approach to the world’s refugee crisis.“The Holy See encourages expanded legal avenues for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Only if we can present people with a real option for a safe, regular, and orderly migration, and if we strive to create the proper conditions for an integral human development “at home”, will we finally defeat these traffickers of human flesh.”He said the increased number of migrants “is a sign of an unregulated globalization, of socioeconomic imbalances, and, regrettably, too often con...
(Vatican Radio) English Cardinal Vincent Nichols joined religious and political leaders on Monday in condemning an attack on Muslims leaving the Finsbury Park mosque in north London.An elderly man died after the attacker drove a van into a group of people who had been attending evening prayers following the breaking of the Ramadan fast.Nine other people were injured, while the attacker has been taken into police custody.Bishop Paul Hendrix is auxiliary of the south London diocese of Southwark and co-chair of the UK’s Christian-Muslim Forum.He told Philippa Hitchen why it’s more important than ever for people of all faiths and none to stand together in the face of these terror attacks…Listen: Bishop Hendrix says he has visited the mosque regularly in recent years, most recently last Wednesday for an Iftar celebration, marking the breaking of the Ramadan fast. He recalls the celebration was also attended by political leaders, other church representatives and...
IMAGE: CNS/Tony Gentile, ReutersBy Cindy WoodenROME (CNS) -- The Eucharist is a tangible reminder of God'slove, and receiving Communion is a call to work to build the body of Christ byloving others and shunning all that sows division within a community, PopeFrancis said.The Eucharist should "heal our ambition to lord it overothers, to greedily hoard things for ourselves, to foment discord andcriticism," he said June18, celebrating the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. "May itawaken in us the joy of living in love, without rivalry, jealousy ormean-spirited gossip."Pope Francis celebrated the Mass outside the Basilica of St.John Lateran, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. With an almost constantbreeze cooling the warm Rome day, thousands of people -- including children whomade their first Communion this spring -- gathered outside the basilica for theevening Mass and for the Corpus Christi procession later from St. John Lateran to the Basilicaof St. Mary Major, about a mile aw...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Finney Jr., Clarion HeraldBy Christine BordelonNEWORLEANS (CNS) -- Father Tim Hedrick, parochial vicar of St. Catherine of SienaChurch in Metairie, was in Washington continuing his canon law studies when anews alert came across his phone June 14 that Louisiana Congressman SteveScalise, the House majority whip, had been shot."Iimmediately called and texted Jennifer (Scalise's wife) to let her know that Iwas here (in D.C.) and would go and be with Steve," Father Hedrick told theClarion Herald, newspaper of the New Orleans Archdiocese.Scalise,his wife, Jennifer, and the couple's two children, Harrison and Madison, areCatholic and are parishioners of St. Catherine.FatherHedrick said Jennifer Scalise, who was back home with the children inLouisiana, called for a police detail to pick up the priest from The CatholicUniversity of America to take him to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, whereScalise was being treated."Hewas already in surgery, and they brought me do...
