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NEW YORK (AP) -- Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee, who challenged theatrical convention in masterworks such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "A Delicate Balance," died Friday, his personal assistant said. He was 88....
DENVER (AP) -- The Latest on a Denver hospital placed on lockdown amid reports of a shooting (all times local):...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- With policy splits among European Union countries putting their bloc under existential threat, national leaders agreed Friday on a six-month time table to come up with solutions for the multiple crises hobbling their union. But they delivered few concrete commitments on ways to bridge the deep differences....
MIAMI (AP) -- Donald Trump made his usual sarcastic call Friday for Hillary Clinton's Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms - and then added, "let's see what happens to her."...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump's renouncement of birtherism came with some media gamesmanship that compelled television news networks to air 20 minutes of endorsements by retired military men before the candidate briefly got to the point....
Irondale, Ala., Sep 16, 2016 / 02:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A portion of Old Leeds Road in Irondale, Alabama, which is home to the EWTN Global Catholic Network, is being officially renamed to honor Mother Angelica, the foundress of the Catholic media network.In a ceremony on Friday morning, EWTN Chairman and CEO Michael Warsaw, as well as Irondale Mayor Tommy Joe Alexander, officially dedicated a portion of the road, renaming it “Mother Angelica Way.”The ceremony, which took place across the street from EWTN’s exit onto the road, was attended by local leaders and community members as well as visitors and EWTN employees. “This is a great honor to Mother Angelica,” Warsaw said.“We want to thank Mayor Alexander, the Irondale City Council, City Clerk James D. Stewart, and Irondale Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tellis Shoemaker for paying tribute to her in this way. EWTN has been pleased to make Irondale our home for over 35 years – and, w...
Rome, Italy, Sep 16, 2016 / 04:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Gabriel Amorth, the exorcist of the Diocese of Rome who drew worldwide attention, died on Friday at the age of 91.Leaders of the Society of St. Paul remembered him with “great affection and gratitude,” SIR News reports.“Now he rests from his many battles with the devil,” Spanish theologian Father Jose Antonio Fortea told CNA Sept. 16.The priest first met Father Amorth in 1995 during theological studies about exorcisms.“His doors were open for me and for all priests. There were no mysteries or grandstanding. I could see his work and his simplicity,” Fr. Fortea said.“His strong, vigorous voice spoke to millions of people about the action of the devil,” he continued. “He alone, one person, managed to revitalize the ministry in one country and then his influence reached everywhere in the Church. The means to achieve this was simply to tell what he had seen.”Father Am...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- A new exhibit featuring artifacts revolving around St. Thomas More hasopened at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington.Titled "God'sServant First: The Life and Legacy of Thomas More," the exhibit runs throughMarch 31. The title comes from what are believed to be More's last words beforegoing to the chopping block where he was beheaded: "I die the king's good servant, and God's servantfirst."Nearlyall of the 60 or so items in the exhibit come from Stonyhurst College inEngland, according to Jan Graffius, the curator of collections at Stonyhurst, aJesuit institution. The Knights of Columbus and Stonyhurst's Christian Heritage Center organized the exhibit and are its sponsors.To beable to have so many artifacts is remarkable, Graffius told Catholic NewsService Sept. 15, the day before the exhibit opened, as she and her team were puttingthe finishing touches on the exhibit. King Henry VIII, who had St. Thomas M...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Attorneys for the family of a 13-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by a policeman said Friday they want to hear from witnesses, because the police version of events "might not be true."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):...
