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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The jury at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial heard from the comedian without him actually taking the stand Thursday as prosecutors read into the record his lurid, decade-old testimony about giving pills to Andrea Constand and then reaching into her pants....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nuanced conversations. Conflicting versions of events. Lingering intrigue....
LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on Britain's parliamentary election (all times local):...
LONDON (AP) -- An exit poll suggested Thursday that British Prime Minister Theresa May's gamble in calling an early election has backfired spectacularly, with her Conservative Party in danger of losing its majority in Parliament....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For three hours, former FBI Director James Comey leveled an unrelenting attack on the credibility of the president of the United States....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's ties to the Trump campaign, bluntly accusing the White House of spreading "lies, plain and simple."...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio and President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC), Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala has blamed the continued armed conflict in South Sudan as the main reason that led Pope Francis to postpone his planned Apostolic Journey to the country. Pope Francis had intended to visit the country in the company of Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, this year.“Pope Francis for a very long time now has been so much concerned about South Sudan and its people. On several occasions in his traditional prayers of the Angelus and weekly Audience, has prayed and called on the world to come to the aid of South Sudan,“ Bishop Kussala said. According to the Bishop, the ongoing insecurity and other challenges in the nation led to the postponement of the visit.“All we need to do now is embark on a very serious spiritual self-discernment ... peace-building in order to create a conducive atmosphere for the po...
Sacramento, Calif., Jun 8, 2017 / 11:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A ballot measure intended to speed up the application of the death penalty is now being challenged before the California Supreme Court.For its part, the California Catholic Conference has repeated its warning that a speedy death penalty risks further injustice.“The last three Popes have said that the death penalty is no longer needed,” Steve Pehanich, director of communication and advocacy at the California Catholic Conference, told CNA. “We don’t think it’s needed any longer in California. We have supported the end of its use, and we continue to do so.”The Catholic conference opposed Prop. 66, whose fate is now before the state’s Supreme Court. The court heard oral arguments over the ballot initiative's constitutionality June 6.The ballot measure imposes time limits on death penalty reviews and requires death row inmates to work and pay restitution to victims. It requires atto...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When DrewDillingham packs his bags after spending the past five months inRome, he will head back to Washington, D.C., with a unique diplomaand added insight into ways the church can continually improve on itsduty to protect children from abuse.While the intensive semester-longcourse was taught by experts in the fields of psychology, canon law,and theology, much of the learning also came from having 24classmates -- priests, religious and lay men and women working in thefield of safeguarding minors -- who came from 18 different countries,Dillingham told Catholic News Service June 7.So, for example, he said, many studentsfrom developing countries are also dealing with the crimes andscandal of children being forced into war, slave labor, marriage andprostitution. "So child sexual abuse by clergy is just one ofthe many issues that they're combating," he said. Their efforts and experiences, he said,made him wonder "how else can the church expand its mi...
MIAMI (AP) -- An ex-convict from Alabama was arrested early Thursday on charges of kidnapping, killing and disposing of the body of a 12-year-old Florida girl....
