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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- With religious persecution against Christians on the rise worldwide,it is important for other Christians to stand in solidarity with them, saidCardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.Christiansin the United States and elsewhere must raise their voices on behalf of"the millions who are suffering," he said April 20 during a symposiumheld in connection with the release of "In Response to Persecution, Findings of the Under Caesar's Sword Project on Global Christian Communities," a reportdetailing the nature of persecution against Christians in different nationsacross the globe. "Make it difficult for others to ignore," the cardinal said.Doingso, Cardinal Wuerl noted, may require Christians "to be aware" of thepersecution their fellow believers face on different continents.He suggestedone response should be to "continue to support the flow of materialassistance" to persecuted Christians through aid agencies like CatholicRelie...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is moving beyond rhetoric in its effort to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Tearful family members are pleading for information that could help solve the massacre of eight people in Ohio a year ago, in a video released Friday....
BERLIN (AP) -- A 28-year-old German-Russian citizen took out a five-figure loan to bet that Borussia Dortmund shares would drop, then bombed the soccer team's bus in an attack he tried to disguise as Islamic terrorism in a scheme to net millions, German officials said Friday....
DETROIT (AP) -- A judge on Friday ordered Volkswagen to pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty in the United States for cheating on diesel emissions tests, blessing a deal negotiated by the government for a "massive fraud" orchestrated by the German automaker....
PARIS (AP) -- Marine Le Pen, whose passion for politics and far-right values were forged in the cradle, is making her second bid for the French presidency, hoping this time to break through the ceiling of fear that stopped her father from winning in 2002....
PARIS (AP) -- The Champs-Elysees gunman who shot and killed a police officer just days before France's presidential election was detained in February for threatening police but then freed, two officials told The Associated Press on Friday. He was also convicted in 2003 of attempted homicide in the shootings of two police officers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is taking the unusual step of weighing in publicly ahead of a foreign presidential election, predicting that the latest attack in Paris will have a "big effect" on voters there....
(Vatican Radio) The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a shooting in Paris that has killed one policeman, and injured two other officers as well as a bystander on the central boulevard of the Champs-Elysées. France President Francois Hollande linked the attack to terrorism and confirmed that the shooter was also killed. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: The center of Paris appeared a war zone with special security forces pushing people away from several areas, and rushing to the streets to step up a security. Thursday's shooting came just before the French presidential elections. The shooter, who killed, was known to France’s security sources, French media reported, quoting police. French President Hollande quickly appeared on national television to share more details with a worried nation. "This evening at nine a clock police people in a car were attacked at the Champs-Elysée," said Hollande who w...
A Catholic bishop has expressed concern over alleged conversion of more than 52 Christian families by Hindu nationalists in eastern India’s Jharkhand state. Local media reported that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation that aims at making India a Hindu state, made the conversions in Khunti district. "It is a matter of concern. But we are not threatened as we don't believe in the forced conversion of people," said Bishop Binay Kandulna of Khuti told UCAN, reacting to the report. The state, ruled by the pro-Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), considered the political wing of the RSS, has witnessed a series of violent actions against Christians, including beatings and banning of pastoral activities and prayer services.RSS official Laxman Singh Munda, who is also deputy president of the BJP in Khunti district, told media that Christian missionaries have been lu...
