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ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a historic referendum Sunday that will greatly expand the powers of his office, although opposition parties questioned the outcome and said they would challenge the results....
(Vatican Radio) A Mexican former State Governor accused of massive corruption and organized crime has been arrested in neighbouring Guatemala. James Blears with the details.Listen to James Blears report: Dishevelled and unkempt, former Governor of Vera Cruz Javier Duarte was arrested in the lobby of a hotel in the town of Panajackel, 130 kms West of Guatemala City. According to the Mexican Attorney General`s Office, Interpol helped in locating him. Mexico`s Foreign Ministry is now seeking his extradition.Governor from 2006 until October of last year, Duarte disappeared then, without completing his term. In that same month he was expelled from the Institutional Revolutionary Party- PRI. Auditors investigating vastly depleted coffers, say it`s one of the worst cases of misappropriation of funds for many years. Businesses and properties have been seized by investigators, who`ve also froz...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy Wooden and Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus is the risen shepherd who takesupon his shoulders "our brothers and sisters crushed by evil in all itsvaried forms," Pope Francis said before giving his solemn Easter blessing.With tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter'sSquare April 16, the pope called on Christians to be instruments of Christ'soutreach to refugees and migrants, victims of war and exploitation, famine andloneliness.For the 30th year in a row, Dutch farmers and florists blanketedthe area around the altar with grass and 35,000 flowers and plants: lilies,roses, tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, birch and linden.Preaching without a prepared text, Pope Francis began -- ashe did the night before at the Easter Vigil -- imagining the disciples desolatebecause "the one they loved so much was executed. He died."While they are huddling in fear, the angel tells them,"He is risen." And, the pope said, the church continues to proclai...
Christians around the world celebrated Easter on Sunday, as Pope Francis and others expressed concern over embattled communities in the cradle of the faith following church bombings in Egypt and attacks on civilians in Syria's civil war....
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The last time U.S. officials built a barrier along the border with Mexico, they left an opening at the small road leading south to Pamela Taylor's home on the banks of the Rio Grande....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Rising from humble origins to take the helm of Turkey's government in 2003, Recep Tayyip Erdogan quickly attracted a fervent following. But Erdogan, who served as prime minister and then president, also became feared and hated by many who saw him as an increasingly autocratic leader seeking to erode the country's secular traditions by imposing his conservative, religious views....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in Sunday's referendum that will grant sweeping powers to the presidency, hailing the result as a "historic decision."...
(Vatican Radio) On Easter Sunday morning Pope Francis presided over Mass in St Peter’s Square festooned for the occasion with colourful tulips from Holland.Breaking with tradition the Pope gave an off the cuff homily encouraging Christians to keep the faith despite the wars, sickness and hatred in the world.``The Church never ceases to say, faced with our defeats, our closed and fearful hearts, `stop, the Lord is risen.' But if the Lord is risen, how come these things happen?''He went on to say ``Nobody asks us: `But, are you happy with all that's happening in the world?' Are you willing to go forward','' carrying a cross, as Jesus did?The Pope also noted in his impromptu homily that " in this culture of waste what is not needed is thrown away, discarded, that stone - Jesus - is discarded and is the source of life.And we too, pebbles on the ground, in this land of pain, tragedy, with faith in the Risen Christ we have a wisdom in the midst...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Tax Day approaches, show some love for the good people who live in the nation's capital....
CHICAGO (AP) -- President Donald Trump says "someone should look into who paid" for the rallies around the country Saturday that urged him to release his tax returns....
