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PANAMA CITY (AP) -- Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, a onetime U.S. ally who was ousted as Panama's dictator by an American invasion in 1989, died late Monday at age 83....
IMAGE: CNS/ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeausaid he asked Pope Francis to help Canadians "move forward on a realreconciliation" with the country's indigenous people "by issuing anapology" on behalf of the Catholic Church for its role in harming theircommunities.The prime minister spoke to a handful of reporters in Rome'sVilla Borghese Park May 29 after having had a 36-minute private meeting withPope Francis at the Vatican."He reminded me that his entire life has been dedicatedto supporting marginalized people in the world, fighting for them," theprime minister said, adding the pope said that "he looked forward toworking with me and with the Canadian bishops to figure out a path forward together."The 2015 report of Canada's Truth and ReconciliationCommission, which focused on past treatment of the indigenous communities and concretesteps for a future of greater inclusion, included a recommendation that thepope come to Canada to apolog...
Frank Deford, the award-winning sports writer and commentator whose elegant reportage was a staple for years at Sports Illustrated and National Public Radio, has died. He was 78....
MIAMI (AP) -- Javier Fungairino was eating breakfast with his son at a bakery one recent morning when he noticed a familiar face at a nearby table: a former minister of Venezuela's socialist government whose presence reminded him of the pain he suffered when he left his homeland for Miami three years ago....
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, on Monday urged U.S. officials and organizers to cancel a "Trump Free Speech Rally" and other similar events, saying they are inappropriate and could be dangerous after two men were stabbed to death on a train as they tried to help a pair of young women targeted by an anti-Muslim tirade....
MARAWI, Philippines (AP) -- Militants who have laid siege to a southern Philippines city had been planning a spate of attacks during the holy month of Ramadan to earn recognition as a regional branch of the Islamic State group, the military said Tuesday....
Washington D.C., May 29, 2017 / 03:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At 21 years old, Millie Lopus was pregnant and scared. A rising college senior at Loyola University Maryland, she was being pressured into having an abortion by her ex-boyfriend, the father of the child.But after he drove Millie to a nearby Planned Parenthood to set up an abortion appointment, she recalled having “a sliver of grace,” and she “did not set up an appointment that day.”“I chose instead to go through with the pregnancy,” she recalled, and gave the baby up for adoption. “I am eternally grateful that I have been spared the abortion experience,” Lopus said at a May 15 panel on “Adopting Life.”The Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C. hosted a three-part panel series on adoption on May 8, May 15, and May 22. The goal was to discuss how the pro-life movement can create a “radical culture of hospitality” for those facing a crisis pregnanc...
Tiger Woods says an unexpected reaction to prescription medicine led to his arrest on a DUI charge in Florida....
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, on Monday urged U.S. officials and organizers to cancel a "Trump Free Speech Rally" and similar events, saying they are inappropriate could be dangerous after two men were stabbed to death on a train as they tried to help a pair of young women targeted by an anti-Muslim tirade....
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) -- It was after midnight when a gunman burst into the living room of a southern Mississippi home where young people were playing video games....
