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WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The Latest on the NATO summit (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans signaled they're not done with election-year investigations of Hillary Clinton and whether she lied to Congress, even after a House committee signed off Friday on its report into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya....
DALLAS (AP) -- Micah Xavier Johnson was known by his family and neighbors as an "Army strong" veteran who served in Afghanistan and loved playground basketball back home in suburban Dallas....
DALLAS (AP) -- A peaceful protest in Dallas over the recent videotaped shootings of black men by police turned violent Thursday night as an unknown number of people shot at officers, killing five and injuring seven, as well as two civilians. Here's what is known about the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since 9/11:...
DALLAS (AP) -- An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers during a protest march told authorities that he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, "especially white officers," officials said Friday....
(VATICAN RADIO) NASA's spacecraft, Juno, finished a five-year journey to Jupiter on Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit. This has set the stage for 20 months of collecting data from the biggest planet in our solar system.Katie Ascough spoke with Jennifer Wiseman, an American astrophysicist, to find out more about this spacecraft, Juno, and it’s mission.Listen: “We’re very excited because Juno will have the capacity to study all kinds of things about Jupiter and its history and that tells us all kinds of things about the solar system as a whole…We understand that Jupiter is huge and might have even become a star if it had a little bit more mass. So as we understand how Jupiter may have formed and what we’re left with in Jupiter, we understand better how the whole solar system formed.”When asked if it is possible that Jupiter could have ever competed with the sun, Dr. Wiseman answered: “That...
While drawing attention to the situation of seafarers whose difficulties and hardships are hardly on the media, Japan’s Catholic bishops are also urging the faithful to help protect the seas. In a message entitled “On the Same Ship — with Our Father’s Mercy” on the occasion of this year’s Sea Sunday, July 10, Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura of Nagoya, Chairperson of the Catholic Commission of Japan for Migrants, Refugees and People on the Move, noted that the difficulties that people working on the sea face are not natural threats alone. “Although the sea is becoming even more dangerous because of nuclear test sites and dumping-of radioactive and other waste, most of such cases are hidden without being reported by the media.” “Seafarers and other people living with the sea, as well as all marine species are threatened and damaged by such human activities,” he observed. Describing the...
The spiritual head of the Church of England will house a family of Syrian refugees in a cottage at his official London residence, Lambeth Palace, from next month, a local councillor said on Wednesday. Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the world's 85 million-strong Anglican communion, pledged last September to personally take in refugees from Syria, with the gesture following a similar move by Pope Francis in the Vatican. More than 250,000 people have been killed in Syria's five-year war, with half of the population forced from their homes leaving 6.6 million displaced inside the country and another 4.8 million fleeing, many seeking refuge in Europe. Lambeth Council's deputy leader Paul McGlone said the family is due to arrive at Lambeth Palace on the banks of the River Thames next month. "We have ... worked with the Home Office and Lambeth Palace to support the Archbishop&#...
Some 150 young Catholics from across India are travelling this week to the international celebration of the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day in Poland to join over a million of their counterparts from around the globe where they hope to deepen their faith and share their Indian Christian life. "We will be meeting church officials and youth from different parts of the world," Shradha Kujur, who is part of the 151-member delegation, told UCANEWS. Kujur said that the five-day cultural exchange program before the July 25-31 event in Krakow would help "broaden my horizons and learn about other cultures and rituals." Pope Francis is also travelling to Krakow to participate in the meet July 27-31.The youth will stay with Polish host families during the celebration and hope to promote Indian Christianity and culture to the global audience. The 151-member Indian delegation come via the Youth Council of the Catholic Bishops’ Con...
Austin, Texas, Jul 8, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After the Supreme Court recently struck down the state’s abortion clinic restriction law, Texas governor Gregg Abbott plans to require aborted fetuses to be buried or cremated starting in September.The announcement comes just one week after the court overturned what was arguably the most restrictive legislation on abortion clinics in the nation.In a 5-3 decision, SCOTUS ruled the law regulating the safety of abortion clinics put an undue burden on a women’s right to abortion. The law said abortionists must have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of medical emergency, and clinic buildings must meet the standards of ambulatory surgery centers. Abortion supporters argued that the laws were not essential for medical safety and were ultimately intended to shut clinics down. Now, Republican Governor Gregg Abbott is taking action.The Associated Press reported that Governor Abbott ordered state health of...
