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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Laura DodsonORLANDO,Fla. (CNS) -- Theirs was a monumental responsibility: shepherding lay leaders, cardinals,archbishops, bishops, religious, deacons, musicians, event staff and a legionof volunteers at the historic "Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of theGospel in America" July 1-4 in Orlando."Thisconvocation is a journey, and there will be three of us here to guide youthrough the next four days," said Bishop Edward J. Burns of Dallas, one of theevent's emcees.Theconsistent presence -- on stage and off -- of Bishop Burns, along with emceeJulianne Stanz, director of new evangelization for the Diocese of Green Bay,Wisconsin, and moderator Gloria Purvis, co-host of "Morning Glory" on EWTNRadio, kept the entire program flowing smoothly despite any behind-the-sceneshiccups.Sponsoredby the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the convocation brought together morethan 3,100 lay and religious leaders from 160 dioceses and 185 nationalorganizations. The...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Candy Crush addicts, and you know who you are, put down your mobile device immediately. Then you can watch "Candy Crush," the TV game show....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hiring surged in June in a surprising show of U.S. economic vitality eight years into the recovery from the Great Recession. Pay gains remain weak, though, a stark reminder of one of the economy's key shortcomings....
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- A man who claimed to have a bomb that could "take out the room" barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank Friday, sparking an hours-long standoff that forced police to bust through a brick wall of the building and later ended with the suspect's death....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A disgruntled doctor had slipped into his former workplace and was firing through the halls of Bronx Lebanon Hospital. But the staff there still had patients to take care of - like the newborn with a bowel obstruction who needed intensive care....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Ali Said fled war-torn Somalia two decades ago after his right leg was blown off by a grenade. Last year, the father of seven was shot in his other leg by robbers while living in a Kenyan refugee camp....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Days after a seaside reception for his father-in-law's presidential campaign, Jared Kushner set out to pitch a deal to a small-town mayor: Kushner Cos. would transform an aging shopping mall into a live-work destination, bringing culture and commerce to a scraggy stretch of the Jersey Shore....
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina inmate broke out of a maximum-security prison using wire cutters that were apparently flown in by drone, officials said Friday, describing a new and devilishly hard-to-stop means of escape....
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Islamic militants in Egypt's Sinai unleashed a suicide car bomb and dozens of masked and heavily armed gunmen who descended in multiple SUVs on a remote security outpost in the desert peninsula on Friday, killing at least 23 soldiers and wounding 33, officials said....
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- The United States and Russia struck an agreement Friday on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, crowning President Donald Trump's first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is the first U.S.-Russian effort under Trump's presidency to stem Syria's six-year civil war....
