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CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Latest on the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (all time local):...
Orlando. Istanbul. Dallas. Nice. And now, again, Baton Rouge. Ever since a gunman opened fire on Florida nightclub goers five weeks ago, killing 49, we've been buffeted by images of bloodshed....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gavin Long was a man of mixed messages. He peddled self-published books with abstract themes about self-empowerment and spiritual enlightenment, but also posted rambling internet videos calling for violent action in response to what he considered oppression....
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) -- Fresh out of the police academy, Matthew Gerald was so proud to bring his cruiser home that he stood in the driveway, wiping it down under the hot Louisiana sun. His neighbor Ashley Poe watched as he flicked the blue lights on and off, on and off....
(Vatican Radio) Eight Turkish officers who landed in Greece in a helicopter Saturday have been charged with illegal entry. As John Carr in Athens reports, the eight officers have applied for political asylum and Athens is examining their demand.Listen: The Greek government today indicated it would speed up procedures to hear an asylum request by eight Turkish servicemen who fled in their helicopter to Greek territory two days ago in the wake of the failed Turkish coup. The helicopter has been returned, but the eight Turks, detained in the northern Greek town of Alexandroupolis, went before a court on charges of illegally entering the country. They denied knowing anything of the coup attempt, saying they were merely following orders, and when they found out what was going on, fled to Greece. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has demanded the extradition of the eight men, and claimed today that Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipra...
(Vatican Radio) The European Union and the United States have expressed alarm with Turkey's response to a failed coup after thousands of people, including opponents of the government and members of the judiciary, were detained and thousands of police officers removed from their post. And the EU expressed concerns over plans by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to re-instate the death penalty. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Speaking in Brussels, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said this weekend's coup attempt was in her words "no excuse to take the country away from fundamental rights and the rule of law" and explained that the 28-nation bloc would be extremely vigilant on that. She also made clear that plans by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reinstate the death penalty would harm Turkey's efforts to become an EU member. "Let me be very clear...No country can become an EU member state if it introduces the death penalty,&...
Munich, Germany, Jul 18, 2016 / 09:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Georg Ganswein has criticized the German Church Tax process, calling its handling of people opting out of the controversial system “a serious problem.”In a wide-ranging interview published Monday in Schwäbische Zeitung, the Prefect of the Papal Household and secretary to both Pope Francis and Pope emeritus Benedict also spoke candidly about the papal propensity for “flippant” remarks and the media's handling of them.Figures released Friday show that Catholicism in Germany continues to be in decline, with almost 190,000 Catholics leaving the Church in 2015.With a view to the situation in his native country, Ganswein, who is the son of a blacksmith from the Black Forest region, criticized how the Church Tax System in the country handles Church membership.Echoing concerns voiced repeatedly by Pope Benedict, Archbishop Ganswein was particularly critical of how the system ties payment o...
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy WiechecBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The threatof being pulled over by police and arrested for something that even "hintedof going beyond the status quo," was very real to retired Bishop John H.Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, when he was growing up in segregated BatonRouge, Louisiana.The African-American bishop, presidentof the National Black Catholic Congress, said he and his friends "lived underconstant threat of being arrested" during his teenage years.Now decades later, he said that "likeeveryone else, I was very dismayed" by the recent fatal shootings of AltonSterling in Baton Rouge July 5 and Philando Castile a day later in suburban St.Paul, Minnesota, by police officers, followed by the sniper shooting July 7 inDallas which killed five police officers.After this surge of shootings,he said, many people have been asking: "Where do we go from here and whatdoes all this mean?"And Catholics are no exception.He said black Catholic leaders in par...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Bachman, ReutersBy BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) -- Baton RougeBishop Robert W. Muench renewed a call for a diocesan-wide week of prayer,fasting and reflection after the latest fatal shootings in the city, which thistime took the lives of three law enforcement officers.He urged all to "work toward alasting peace in our communities."Early July 17, a former Marinefatally shot three police officers, and wounded three more, one critically,less than a mile from the city's police headquarters. The gunman, lateridentified as Gavin Long of Missouri, was killed at the scene, officials said.Baton Rouge was still reelingfrom the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, 37, by police during an altercationoutside a convenience store July 5. The first week of July also saw the fatalshooting of Philando Castile, 32, in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, by policeofficers July 6, followed by the sniper shooting in Dallas that killed fivepolice officers July 7."Words cannot express theemotion...
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's easy to see the appeal of "Pokemon Go."...
