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IMAGE: CNS photo/Andy Telli, Tennessee RegisterBy Andy TelliNASHVILLE,Tenn. (CNS) -- Chris Shafer grew up as a "nominal Catholic," and she wasn'teven sure she still believed in God in the mid-1970s when she moved to FortWalton Beach, Florida, where her husband, Doug, was stationed in the U.S. AirForce."Ifound that fascinating that anybody believed in God. He was like Santa Clausyou believed in childhood," said Shafer, a parishioner at St. Ignatius ofAntioch Church in Nashville. "This was no longer relevant."Butthat began to change after talking with friends from her husband's unit who hadbecome involved in the charismatic movement through their Episcopal church. Shedecided, "For this God story to survive all these thousands of years, there hadto be something more than I knew about God."Shaferfound a Catholic Charismatic Renewal prayer group and decided to attend one oftheir prayer meetings. "I went home thinking, 'I walked in not even believingin God, but now I'm on fire,'" she said...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chris Wattie, ReutersBy Deborah GyapongOTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) -- The archbishop of Ottawa expressedregret that several Catholics were shocked at the sight of a giant roboticspider perched on Notre Dame Cathedral.Archbishop Terrence Prendergast said he was surprised by thenegative reaction to an artistic initiative after critics called the spider'splacement "sacrilegious," "demonic," and"disrespectful" of a sacred space."My cathedral staff and I anticipated that some ... might object, but thought it would be minimal, as nothing demeaning wasintended in the spider being near the church," said the archbishop in anemail interview with Canadian Catholic News."I regret that we had not sufficiently understood thatothers would see this event so differently. I say to those who were shockedthat I understand that this would have been upsetting for them and that Iregret that a well-intentioned effort to cooperate in a celebration wasanything but that for them."The spider, named ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- An investigator who worked on the Seth Rich case claims Fox News fabricated quotes implicating the murdered Democratic National Committee staffer in the WikiLeaks scandal and that President Donald Trump pressured Fox to publish the story....
PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (AP) -- They're called "ghost forests" - dead trees along vast swaths of coastline invaded by rising seas, something scientists call one of the most visible markers of climate change....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Five defendants at a Moscow courthouse attacked their guards in a bungled escape attempt, leading to a shootout that killed three people and wounded five others, officials said Tuesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump may be trying for a reset in the West Wing, but he is making clear that he is not changing his twitter habit....
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- It's just a few blocks from the house Earl Rice Jr. left behind as a teenager to the places he remembers. But after more than four decades in prison, he has ground to cover....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Two of Venezuela's leading opposition figures were taken from their homes in the middle of the night by state security agents on Tuesday in President Nicolas Maduro's government's first moves against prominent enemies since a widely denounced vote granting the ruling party nearly unlimited powers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's top Democrat accused President Donald Trump on Tuesday of childish behavior by threatening to halt federal payments that help millions afford health coverage, saying such a move would impose a "Trump premium tax" by forcing consumers' insurance costs upward....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly - then secretary of Homeland Security - offered some tough talk to President Donald Trump....
