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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, ReutersBy Carolyn MackenzieWASHINGTON (CNS) -- CallistaGingrich testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 18 forher confirmation hearing as President Donald Trump's nominee to be the U.S.ambassador to the Vatican.Gingrich, 51, affirmed theadministration's commitment to protecting human rights and religious freedomand responded to questions about refugees and the environment.Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin,presided, introducing Gingrich and referencing her involvement with theCatholic Church. He noted that Gingrich was the organist for her local parish,St. John's Catholic Church, in her hometown of Whitehall, Wisconsin, and hasbeen a longtime member of the choir at the Basilica of the National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception in Washington."Callista is a lifelong Catholicand has been active in her faith for many years," Johnson said.He marked her almost threedecades of experience as a congressional staffer and subsequent work asp...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump was eager to declare Iran in breach of the nuclear deal but was talked out of it by national security aides who rushed to the Oval Office to persuade him as a midnight deadline approached, administration officials say....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration will soon restore the ability of police to seize suspects' money and property with federal help, but The Associated Press has learned the policy will come with a series of new provisions aimed at preventing the types of abuse that led the Obama Justice Department to severely curtail the practice....
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. (AP) -- The deaths of nine people who were swept away in a flash flood at a swimming hole in central Arizona have raised questions about whether the government should have done more to warn the public about the dangers of floodwaters in wilderness areas....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An Australian woman who called 911 to report a possible assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after the officers heard a loud sound near their squad car, according to information released Tuesday by Minnesota investigators....
NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a far cry from "The buck stops here."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it's time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest GOP health care plan crashed and burned in the Senate, a stunning failure for the president, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a party that has vowed for years to abolish the law....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump announced his intention Tuesday to nominate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to Russia....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump had another, previously undisclosed conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit it Germany....
Vatican City, Jul 18, 2017 / 11:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- One year after Vatican City charged a priest and a laywoman in the second “Vatileaks” trial, it has begun a legal process against two laymen accused of misallocating funds from the Vatican-owned children's hospital, Bambino Gesu.The hearing, which began at 10 a.m. inside the Vatican July 18, focused on charges brought against the former president and treasurer, respectively, of Bambino Gesù, Giuseppe Profiti and Massimo Spina.The Vatican announced July 13 it was charging the two with illicit use of hospital funds in the amount of more than 422,000 euro ($480,000) for the refurbishment of the apartment where Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, emeritus Secretary of State, lives.The alleged crime is said to have been carried out between November 2013 and May 28, 2014, and to have benefited the construction firm of Italian businessman Gianantonio Bandera, which was carrying out the renovations.Profiti and Spina...
