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Paris, France, Aug 1, 2016 / 11:55 am (CNA).- Following the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel by terrorists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, Muslims across France and Italy attended Mass on Sunday in a show of solidarity with Catholics.“We're very touched. It's an important gesture of fraternity,” Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen told a French television station July 31, the BBC reported.“They've told us, and I think they're sincere, that it's not Islam which killed Jacques Hamel.”The initiative was created by the French Center for Muslim Worship, which was joined by the Italian Muslim Religious Community.“We want to say no to this new racism,” a Catholic who attended a Mass along with several imams at the Roman minor basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere told CNA. “We are not afraid … we are here because we are all brothers, as Jesus teaches us.”Fr. Hamel was killed July 26 by two Islamic State ter...
Wichita, Kan., Aug 1, 2016 / 12:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The body of a Kansas seminarian who drowned after rescuing a woman in the Arkansas River has been found.Wichita Police said Brian Bergkamp’s body was discovered July 28 in the Arkansas River, according to the Wichita Eagle.Bergkamp, age 24, had finished his second year at seminary. He was scheduled to be ordained a priest in 2018.The seminarian was kayaking with four friends July 9 on the Arkansas River. They hit rough water, and one of the women in the group fell out of her kayak.Bergkamp plunged in after the woman and was able to help her reach safety, but he was then pulled under by the strong current, according to officials.A July 18 memorial Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was attended by more than 1,000 people.Those who knew the seminarian described him as selfless and said they were not surprised by his act of self-sacrifice to save the life of another.“He would go out of his way to help so...
NEW YORK (AP) -- McDonald's, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said Monday it's eliminating some unpalatable ingredients from its most popular menu items....
DETROIT (AP) -- Tesla wants to put its car and energy storage businesses under one solar-powered roof....
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) -- The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing all 16 people aboard, was convicted of drunken driving at least four times in Missouri and twice spent time in prison, court records show....
MIAMI (AP) -- Government health officials warned pregnant women Monday to avoid a Zika-stricken section of Miami and get tested for the virus if they've visited the neighborhood since mid-June, after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the U.S. climbed to 14....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States launched multiple airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya on Monday, opening a new, more persistent front against the group at the request of the United Nations-backed government, Libyan and U.S. officials said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump is seen as likely to unify the U.S. if elected, but pessimism about the Republican candidate is far greater, according to a poll released Monday that reflects deep division in the country....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Prominent Republicans are speaking out Monday against their own presidential candidate after he chose to scuffle with the grieving parents of a decorated Army veteran killed in Iraq....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A rising chorus of Republican lawmakers and veterans groups hastened to disavow Donald Trump's repeated criticism of a bereaved military family Monday, but the GOP presidential nominee refused to back down. He complained anew that he had been "viciously attacked" by the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who was killed in Iraq....
