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YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- The search for seven U.S. Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan was called off Sunday after several bodies were found in the ship's flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters....
IMAGE: CNS photo/Northwest CatholicBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Maybe it's no surprise the SeattleArchdiocese is sending a delegation of 12, as in the number of apostles, to the"Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America"in Orlando, Florida, July 1-4.DeaconEric Paige, one of the 12, is the executive director for the archdiocese'sOffice of Evangelization, Formation and Discipleship. For him, it could seemlike a busman's holiday to spend four days at a gathering with 3,000 otherCatholics talking about something he works on every day.But whenasked if he hopes to either gain wisdom from the event or share what he haslearned with other participants, Paige said it would likely be a combination ofthe two.Onething he hopes to get a better grasp of during the gathering -- with itsworkshops, keynote addresses and time for prayer -- is advice on how to use moderntechnology to spread the Gospel message. But even with that goal in mind, he also is cautious that ...
HONOLULU (AP) -- No modern navigation instrumentation guided a Polynesian voyaging canoe as it followed the horizon during a three-year journey around the globe....
HUTUP, India (AP) -- The aging bus meanders through the narrow streets of a tiny village in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, the smell of manure wafting through the air. A thick darkness blankets the neighborhood ahead of the early morning sunrise....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Stephen Furst, who played naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie "Animal House," has died of complications from diabetes, his family said Saturday. Furst was 63....
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A bomb rocked one of the busiest shopping centers in Colombia's capital Saturday, killing three people, including a 23-year-old French woman, and injuring nine others....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby's publicity team is going on the attack after a jury deadlocked on charges he drugged and molested a woman in a case that followed dozens of similar accusations....
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- Navy divers found a number of sailors' bodies Sunday aboard the stricken USS Fitzgerald that collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan, but a spokeswoman said not all seven missing had been accounted for....
Jesus knew what he was saying and doing and it was everyone else who questioned him. Like a "Say what?" moment...
Orlando, Fla., Jun 17, 2017 / 03:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s been nearly four years since Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii gaudium, or “The Joy of the Gospel.” But what does it look like to truly live out the Joy of the Gospel in the U.S.?That’s the question behind an unprecedented gathering of Catholic leaders from around the country this summer.On the weekend of July 4th, hundreds of bishops will join with thousands of Catholic leaders from around the country to participate in “The Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America,” a four-day conference to share experiences about the Church engaging with modern U.S. culture.“Never before has such a large and diverse group assembled under the guidance of the bishops,” said Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, who chairs the bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth. Speaking to his brother bishops in a June 15 talk, ...
