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NEW YORK (AP) -- Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a popular author, filmmaker and speaker who brightened lives with her wide-eyed and generous spirit - and broke hearts when she wrote of being terminally ill and leaving behind her husband Jason - died Monday at age 51....
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Two former Penn State administrators admitted Monday to mishandling child-sex allegations against Jerry Sandusky, pleading guilty more than five years after the scandal rocked the university and led to the downfall of football coach Joe Paterno....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed the Netherlands in its diplomatic fight with Turkey on Monday as NATO's chief called for alliance members to respect each other and the European Union urged Turkey to calm down....
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man exposed by The Associated Press as a former commander in an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians in World War II, prosecutors said Monday....
If Neil Gorsuch wins confirmation to the Supreme Court, he could cast the deciding vote on President Donald Trump's travel ban against immigrants from certain countries. But it's far from certain how he would vote....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sandwiched between days that felt like spring last week and the official start of spring next week, a "life-threatening" nor'easter is poised to bring a reminder that winter isn't over yet, with blizzard conditions and a blanket of heavy snow expected in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department faces a Monday deadline to provide lawmakers some evidence of President Donald Trump's unproven assertion that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper, a claim that has left Trump increasingly isolated within his own administration....
(Vatican Radio). Jorge Bergoglio became the 266th Pope on March 13, 2013. His humble and direct style was immediately clear as he uttered his first words as pontiff: “buona sera.” Four years on, his reform of the Church and of the Curia ploughs ahead, he continues to enjoy the acclaim of cheering crowds every Wednesday at the weekly General Audience and at all public appearances, his call for mercy and his openness and pastoral outreach towards the peripheries and towards the most vulnerable stand out as constant traits of his ministry.The past year of France’s pontificate has given us unforgettable moments and important teachings such as the historic embrace with the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Cuba, his silent prayer in Auschwitz, the canonization of Mother Teresa, his ecumenical journey to Lund to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the publishing of his Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia”, to name but a few.The Cardina...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- While Pope Francis' recent comments on the subject of marriedpriests made headlines around the world, his response falls clearly in linewith the thinking ofhis predecessors. In aninterview with German newspaper Die Zeit, published in early March, Pope Francis was askedif allowing candidates forthe priesthood to fall in love and marry could be "an incentive" forcombatting the shortage of priestly vocations. He was alsoasked about thepossibility of allowing married"viri probati" -- men of proven virtue -- to become priests. "Wehave to study whether 'viri probati' are a possibility. We then also need todetermine which tasks they could take on, such as in remote communities, forexample," Pope Francis said. Expressing a willingness to study the question of allowingmarried men to become priestswas hardly a groundbreaking response giventhat the topic was explored in two meetings of the Synod of Bishops and by bothPope Benedict XVI and St. John P...
Here's one thing millions of Americans can agree on: March Madness is fun, especially when there's a little money on the line....
