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IMAGE: CNS/Debbie HillBy Judith SudilovskyBETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) -- AnItalian team has completed restoration of Crusader-era mosaics in the Church ofthe Nativity, but the mosaics will only be unveiled publicly after work onlighting, electricity and the fire alarm system is also finished.The work involved removing thelayers of centuries-worth of soot and dirt -- a result of the smoke of candleslit by pilgrims coming to venerate the site traditionally believed to be thebirthplace of Jesus -- from about 1.55 million tiny mosaic pieces that werereviewed and restored. "I think all the churcheswant to save this church because here Jesus was born," said GiammarcoPiacenti, CEO of Piacenti restoration center, which began work on the churchstarting with the rotting wooden roof in April 2013. "It is important forall Christianity. For my professional life, this occasion is incredible." Only 1,400 square feet ofmosaics remain from the original 21,528 square feet that adorned the wall, henot...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fear and uncertainty about the global economy are leading investors to embrace the relative safety of U.S. government debt and slashing yields to record lows....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department's investigation into Hillary Clinton's email setup has been formally closed without any criminal charges, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- In a swift move by authorities to keep tensions from boiling over, the U.S. Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation Wednesday into the video-recorded killing of a black man who was shot as he scuffled with two white police officers on the pavement outside a convenience store....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama scrapped plans Wednesday to cut American forces in Afghanistan by half before leaving office, a dispiriting blow to his hopes of extricating the U.S. after 15 years of fighting. He said he'll leave 8,400 troops to address the country's "precarious" security situation....
IMAGE: CNS illustration/Liz AgbeyBy Chaz MuthGREATFALLS, Mont. (CNS) -- As U.S. Air Force Maj. Justin Secrest organizes movingboxes in the family garage, his wife, Jennifer, surveys the kitchen to see whatshe can do without before the movers come in a few weeks to take theirbelongings to their new home near Kansas City, Missouri.Itwill be the 13th move that the couple has made in their 24 years of marriage.Frequentmoves are a fact of life when one or both spouses in a family have militarycareers, and though the physical transport of their belongings to a new home atWhiteman Air Force Base is a manageable task, it's the saying goodbye tofriends that never gets easy, 46-year-old Jennifer Secrest told Catholic NewsService as she was packing up her home of a few years at the Malmstrom AirForce Base in Great Falls.Thegolden-haired mother of two adult sons and a teenage daughter in high schoolbecame misty-eyed when she talked about leaving the life her family has made innorthwest Montana...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pray for those responsible forextreme poverty, for the rich who feast unaware of people in need at theirdoor, and for priests who ignore those who are hurting, Pope Francis toldpeople living a precarious existence.Say a prayer for these people, wish them well and"ask Jesus that they convert, and I assure you that if you do this, therewill be great joy in the church, in your hearts and also in belovedFrance," the pope told his audience.The pope met with about 200 people from the Frenchprovince of Lyon, who are homeless, living in poverty or coping with an illnessor disability.The group was on pilgrimage to Rome with CardinalPhilippe Barbarin of Lyon and the All Together With Dignity Fourth Worldmovement founded by Father Joseph Wresinski, who ministered to deprivedfamilies in urban and rural parishes.Meeting with the group July 6 in the Vatican's Paul VIaudience hall, the pope told them he had a favor to ask them, or rather, ...
PARIS (AP) -- A French court on Wednesday convicted seven young men who returned from weeks among the ranks of Islamic State extremists in Syria, including the brother of one of the suicide attackers who targeted Paris in November....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Fox News Channel anchor Gretchen Carlson sued network chief executive Roger Ailes on Wednesday, claiming she was fired after she refused his sexual advances....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Irate that Hillary Clinton will not face criminal charges over her emails, House Republicans are summoning FBI Director James Comey to Capitol Hill to answer their questions....
