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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Bill Cosby on Friday, saving until practically the very end the comedian's damaging, decade-old testimony about giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an extraordinary broadside against a key U.S. partner, President Donald Trump lambasted Qatar on Friday for funding terrorism "at a very high level" and insisted that it stop. "No more funding," the president said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI chief he fired called the president a liar, but the response from many Republicans was a collective shrug. The GOP still needs Donald Trump if it has any hope of accomplishing its legislative agenda and winning elections, and it's going to take more than James Comey's testimony to shake them....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Punching back a day after his fired FBI director's damaging testimony, President Donald Trump on Friday accused James Comey of lying to Congress and said he was "100 percent" willing to testify under oath about their conversations....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday evening inaugurated the new Vatican office of the Scholas Occurrentes Foundation, which promotes an interface of education, art and sport to create a “culture of encounter for peace”.For the occasion, Pope Francis connected with young members of the group from 9 countries via a live feed. Those joining the Holy Father included students from Italy, Colombia, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates.Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: Speaking to young people of the Scholas Occurrentes via a live video feed, Pope Francis warned against making education something only for the “elite”.Elitism in education“There is a great danger in the area of education for young people: that of elitism. Gradually, monetary support for education in some places is eroded and an elite is created which can afford to pay for education.”The Pope said this attitude “excludes young...
Krakow, Poland, Jun 9, 2017 / 11:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The pastoral care of families was one of the key areas of discussion for Poland's bishops in their latest plenary assembly, which focused on continuity between the teaching of St. John Paul II and Pope Francis.“The bishops understand that the Church thinks in a linear way; it's not a change of teaching, but it is in one line,” Fr. Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman for the Polish bishops' conference, told CNA June 9.“In Familiaris consortio and Amoris laetitia you have one line in terms of teaching on the family,” he said, noting that a large chuck of the first day of their June 6-7 plenary focused on the progress of guidelines for the application of Amoris laetitia regarding the pastoral care of families in general, as well as couples in irregular unions.According to the official communique issued after the plenary assembly, the main idea guiding discussion of the issue was “that Famili...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Cindy BlackBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Cindy Black's copy of "EvangeliiGaudium" -- Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the church's mission toevangelize the modern world -- is worn from use, marked up and with notes init.Black,executive director of Redeemer Radio, a Catholic radio station based in FortWayne, Indiana, said she is inspired overall by the 2013 text, which sheconsiders a guide, but one sentence particularly stops her in her tracks.Theline, from paragraph 49 reads: "If something should rightly disturb us andtrouble our consciences, it is the fact that so many of our brothers andsisters are living without the strength, light and consolation born offriendship with Jesus Christ, without a community of faith to support them,without meaning and a goal in life."Thatquote, for her, sums up why Catholics need to share their faith and it has beenher own motivation in recent years. She also takes to heart a message CapuchinFather Raniero Cantalamess...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota police officer charged in the death of a black motorist testified Friday that the man was pulling out his gun and ignoring his commands to stop when he shot him....
NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN cut ties with author and television host Reza Aslan on Friday, less than a week after he profanely referred to President Donald Trump in a tweet about the London terror attacks....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Twelve employees of a Democrat-linked group focused on mobilizing black voters in Indiana are accused of submitting fake or fraudulent voter registration applications ahead of last year's general election in order to meet quotas, according to charging documents filed Friday....
