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IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom TracyBy Ana Rodriguez-SotoMIAMI(CNS) -- While many celebrated loudly on the streets, the death of Fidel Castrotriggered a more subdued reaction among the Cuban exiles who attended the noonMass Nov. 26 at the National Shrine of Our Lady Charity."Todayis a day like any other," Luis Gutierrez told the Florida Catholic, Miami's archdiocesannewspaper. "The fact that 'el caballo' has died means nothing."Gutierrezused the Cuban slang -- "caballo," or horse -- for Castro, whose death had beenannounced earlier that morning. The 90-year-old reportedly died late at nightNov. 25. But his 57-year-old regime continues to rule Cuba, with his youngerbrother, Raul Castro, now at the helm.Thatis why, despite the joy on the streets of Little Havana, Westchester and Hialeah,the death of Fidel Castro in 2016 means much less than it would have in 1976 oreven 2006. An oppressive regime still shackles basic freedoms on the island,keeping a stranglehold on a beleaguered economy.In1976, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- 'Tis the season for bright, cheery holiday music playing ad nauseam on the radio, in shopping malls and television commercials. But if you're not feeling the Christmas spirit, there's still a song for you....
NEW YORK (AP) -- You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com's word of the year is "xenophobia."...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian government forces captured more than a third of opposition-held eastern Aleppo on Monday, touching off a wave of panic and flight from the besieged enclave as rebel defenses in the country's largest city rapidly collapsed....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a church was allowed Monday to act as his own attorney, opening the door to courtroom spectacles at his death penalty trial, including Dylann Roof questioning survivors of the attack and relatives of the dead....
HAVANA (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Cubans bade farewell to Fidel Castro on Monday, pledging allegiance to his socialist ideology and paying tribute before images of the leader as a young guerrilla gazing out over the country he would come to rule for nearly half a century....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Defense Department is conducting a leaks investigation related to the sex scandal that led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus, The Associated Press confirmed Monday, the same day Petraeus was meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York....
As police responded to the attack at Ohio State University, school officials blasted an ominous message to students with a set of instructions: "Run Hide Fight."...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A man plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. Police said they are investigating whether it was a terrorist attack....
(Vatican Radio) The President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís, spoke with Vatican Radio in the wake of Pope Francis’ appeal for prayer and concrete solidarity with all those affected in his country and throughout the region by hurricane Otto, which passed through the southern parts of Central America late last week.Pope Francis made his appeal during remarks to the faithful gathered for the Angelus prayer on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square.“The people and the government of Costa Rica have received with great joy the message of His Holiness, Pope Francis, who remembered the difficult times we have endured just a few days ago, as we experienced the passing of hurricane Otto,” President Solís told Vatican Radio.Click below to hear the extended remarks of Costa Rica's President Luis Guillermo Solís to Vatican Radio “The words of the Pope have brought joy,” he explained, “and also a balm of understanding to our people,...
