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By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Where there is no tenderness, thereis cruelty and what is unfolding in Syria is a veritable "workshop ofcruelty," Pope Francis told governing members of Caritas Internationalis."I believe the greatest illness of today is cardiacsclerosis," he said Nov. 17, implying a kind of hardening of the heartthat renders a person unable to feel compassion or be moved by another'ssuffering.An example of this, he said, is Syria and how so manyparties are involved in the conflict, each bent on seeking its own interestsand not the freedom and well-being of the people."Where there is no tenderness, there is alwayscruelty. And what is happening today in Syria is cruelty. There areintersecting interests, a workshop of cruelty," he said.At the meeting of the Caritas Internationalis' representativecouncil, Pope Francis also discussed the dangers of bureaucracies and his hopethat Caritas would not be one."I would like Caritas not to be an institution thatdepends on th...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Prosecutors say that when Philando Castile was pulled over in July, he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Airstrikes pounded rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday, killing more than 20 people and hitting a water pumping station on the third day of a renewed air campaign on the besieged territory, Syrian activists and rescue workers said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal meteorologists say while last month merely tied for the world's third warmest October in history, 2016 is still on track to be the hottest year on record....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sally Buzbee, a veteran journalist with deep experience leading both international and U.S. news coverage, has been named executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Cloudy skies neutralized air power in Mosul on Thursday, Iraqi forces said, hampering their advance into the northern city, although they still faced deadly attacks by Islamic State militants that killed seven civilians and two soldiers....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Layers of hastily erected barricades built from rubble and twisted metal trace Mosul's eastern frontline where Iraqi forces and Islamic State group fighters are facing off in the dense neighborhoods and narrow alleyways of the country's second largest city....
BERLIN (AP) -- Meeting one last time as peers on the world stage, President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday reaffirmed a message of solidarity and trans-Atlantic cooperation between top trading partners and key NATO allies as Donald Trump prepares to take office....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe becomes the first world leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, seeking reassurances over the future of the U.S.-Japan security and trade relations....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump, a foreign policy novice, was deepening his focus on national security Thursday, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as a former secretary of state and a possible contender to be his top diplomat....
