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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy National World War I Museum and MemorialBy Mark PattisonEditor's Note: This CNS backgrounderwas first posted Aug. 4, 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginningof World War I. We are reposting it today, because April 6 marks the 100thanniversary of the United States' entrance into the war. On April 2, 1917,Democratic President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of Congressto declare war on the German Empire. Congress issued the declaration April 6,1917.WASHINGTON (CNS) -- WorldWar I was dubbed "the Great War" because of the near-global scale ofthe fighting.Some called it "theWorld War," and many had thought it was "the war to end allwars." But its status as World War I was cemented when World War IIcommenced just 21 years after it ended.On July 28, 1914, WorldWar I began in earnest. The United States entered the war April 6, 1917,playing a decisive role in its outcome. But U.S. Catholics were watching andworrying long before the nation -...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council is strongly condemning North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch and demanding a halt to all missile tests that violate U.N. sanctions "and are significantly increasing tension in the region and beyond."...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed "Mr. Warmth" whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died Thursday. He was 90....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" in the Senate Thursday, unilaterally rewriting the chamber's rules to allow President Donald Trump's nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court....
BEIRUT (AP) -- President Bashar Assad's government came under mounting international pressure Thursday after a chemical attack in northern Syria, with even key ally Russia saying its support is not unconditional....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump hinted at possible military action against Syria Thursday as his administration considered how to strike at President Bashar Assad after this week's chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people....
Should recess be mandatory for Florida public schools? It would be close to impossible to find a current student who thinks recess is a bad idea. However, things at the capitol are little more complicated.
(Vatican Radio) An Islamic religious leader from India was to be repatriated from Singapore on April 6 folowing offensive remarks he reportedly made against Christians and Jews during a Friday sermon. Imam Nalla Mohamed Abdul Jameel was handed a fine of S$ 4,000 at the State Courts on April 3 after he pleaded guilty to committing the offence in his sermon on Jan. 6 at the Jamae Chulia Mosque in Singapore, where he was chief imam. The 46-year old imam was reported to have recited a prayer in Arabic that said, "God help us against Jews and Christians", among other things. A video of the prayer was circulated online in February, causing concern in the Muslim community as well as the wider public, and prompting a police investigation. Under the Penal Code, Jameel could have been jailed for up to three years, fined or both. The court papers said: "The accused knew what the words meant and knew that the phrase may also be interpreted as asking God t...
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will wash the feet of drug addicts and policemen during the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony at the Manila Cathedral next week. In the past years, the Archbishop of Manila observed the Holy Thursday tradition washing the feet of the elderly, women, and people with disabilities. Father Roy Bellen, spokesman of the Archdiocese of Manila, said the 12 people selected for the Holy Week ritual include former drug addicts and relatives of victims of drug-related killings.The Holy Thursday ritual is the enactment of the gesture of Jesus at the Last Supper, before his passion and death, where he washed the feet of his apostles, as an example of humble service and love, asking them to do the same to others. The Holy Week which begins with Palm Sunday, is the most solemn period of the year for Christians that culminates into their greatest feast, Easter, the resurrection of Christ from death. Christians prepare themselves ...
Indonesian Muslim, Catholic and Protestant groups have pledged to join forces to stand up against slavery and human trafficking in Indonesia's maritime and fishing sector. They signed a joint declaration recently to end slavery at the vice president's office. The joint effort is "our effort to show that we want to work together with the government to end the problem," said Father Paulus Christian Siswantoko, executive secretary of the Indonesian bishops' Commission for Justice, Peace and Pastoral for Migrant People. Slavery, human rights violations and human trafficking are rife in the maritime and fishing sector that employs some 210,000 Indonesian people, according to the International Labor Organization. Furthermore, the 2014 Global Slavery Index ranked Indonesia 10th out of 167 countries on the number of people in modern slavery. With over 700,000 people trapped, Indonesia has the highest number of modern slaves in Southeast Asia, f...
