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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CAIRO (CNS) -- A diplomaticsolution must be found to the escalating tension between North Korea and theUnited States, Pope Francis told journalists."The path (to take) is the path of negotiation, thepath of a diplomatic solution," he said when asked about U.S. President DonaldTrump's decision to send Navy warships to the region in response to North Korea'scontinued missile tests and threats to launch nuclear strikes against SouthKorea, Japan and the United States."What do you say to these leaders who holdresponsibility for the future of humanity," the pope was asked, during a Q-and-Awith journalists on the flight to Rome April 29 after a 27-hour trip to Cairo."I will call on them. I'm going to call on them likeI have called on the leaders of different places," he said. There are many facilitators and mediators around theworld who are "always ready to help" with negotiations, the popesaid. The situation in North Korea,...
LONDON (AP) -- Anthony Joshua wasn't wrong when he raised his hands in victory after knocking Wladimir Klitschko down in the fifth round of what looked like a one-sided heavyweight title fight. He was just celebrating too early....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington's once-glitzy "nerd prom" was briefly upstaged Saturday as comedians and Hollywood stars gathered for jokes and jests about President Donald Trump for a tongue-in-cheek event to counter the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner....
In this day and age, the young and beautiful live and die on social media....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Twenty-five years ago, a jury acquitted four white police officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King, sparking looting and violence that would turn into one of the deadliest race riots in American history....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Donald Trump said in a television interview to be aired Sunday that he believes China's president has been putting pressure on North Korea as it pursues its missile and nuclear weapons programs....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Thousands of people across the U.S. marched in rain, snow and sweltering heat Saturday to demand action on climate change - mass protests that coincided with President Donald Trump's 100th day in office and took aim at his agenda for rolling back environmental protections....
Vatican City, Apr 29, 2017 / 09:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Order of Malta elected Fra Giacomo Dalla Torre as their interim Grand Master as the latest move in the ongoing reform their leadership, which the bulk of his one-year mandate will focus on.Announced in an April 29 communique from the order, the election of Dalla Torre was the result of the Order of Malta’s daylong “Council Complete of State,” which fell shortly after the resignation of the Order’s former Grand Master, Matthew Festing, earlier this year.Dalla Torre will swear an official oath before Archbishop Giovanni Becciu, the Pope’s special delegate to the Order, and members of the “Council Complete of State” that elected him Sunday, April 30, at the church of Santa Maria in Aventino.Even though he's currently concluding a two-day trip to Egypt, Pope Francis was the first to be informed of Dalla Torre’s election through a letter. Notice was then given to other members ...
Cairo, Egypt, Apr 29, 2017 / 12:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As Pope Francis returns from his April 28-29 trip to Cairo, Egyptians of all faiths were pleased by his visit and his message – one that filled them with hope for the future, they said.Muslim woman Samia Zien Elbeden, whose husband was killed just six months ago, told EWTN April 29 that after the tragic loss of her husband, the Pope’s visit “brings me peace and gives me hope.”“I am a woman whose husband has been taken away, I am alone. We had no children,” Elbeden said. “My husband was everything. He had a high position in the Egyptian army, one of only 12 at that level.”She said she “was happy with what the Pope said” the day before when he gave a speech at the prestigious al-Azhar University for the International Conference on Peace. He also spoke to Egyptian authorities later on the same day.Jesuit Fr. Morat, who lives in Cairo but is originally from Syria, al...
LONDON (AP) -- British boxing fans are turning out in force to cheer on their countryman, Anthony Joshua, in his title defense against longtime former champion Wladimir Klitschko....
