Article Archive
Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive.
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The work of the Rev. Martin LutherKing Jr. to promote the "integral human development" of all peoplesis a work that must continue today in the world and in the Catholic Church,Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Illinois, told participants at aVatican conference.Bishop Braxton moderated a panel discussion April 4 at theconference marking the 50th anniversary of Blessed Paul VI's encyclical ondevelopment, "Populorum Progressio."Closing the afternoon panel, the bishop remindedparticipants that it was the 49th anniversary of the assassination of Rev.King, "who was only 39 years old when he was cruelly slain in the midst oftrying to bring about a more integral human development for all people in theUnited States, especially people of color.""The racial divide in the United States and, sadly, inthe Catholic Church in the United States is not something of the past. It isvery much something of the present," the bishop said.Bishop Braxton told confe...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most young Americans want any health care overhaul under President Donald Trump to look a lot like the Affordable Care Act signed into law by his predecessor, President Barack Obama....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Grilled by lawmakers, the Department of Veterans Affairs insisted Tuesday it was well on its way to fixing problems with its suicide hotline and largely brushed aside the worst criticisms in an internal watchdog report released two weeks ago....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Chemical weapons have killed hundreds of people since the start of Syria's civil war, with the U.N. blaming three attacks on the Syrian government and a fourth on the Islamic State group....
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Investigators searched for possible accomplices of a 22-year-old native of the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan identified as the suicide bomber in the St. Petersburg subway, as residents came to grips Tuesday with the first major terrorist attack in Russia's second-largest city since the Soviet collapse....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A White House offensive to resurrect the moribund House Republican health care bill got an uneven reception Tuesday from GOP moderates and conservatives, leaving prospects shaky for the party's operation to salvage one of its leading priorities....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A suspected government chemical attack in an opposition-held town in northern Syria killed dozens of people on Tuesday, leaving residents gasping for breath and convulsing in the streets and overcrowded hospitals. If confirmed, it would be the deadliest chemical attack in four years....
Civil rights groups reacted with alarm Tuesday, while law enforcement organizations expressed relief, after the Trump administration signaled it may back out of federal agreements reached with police departments around the U.S. to curb racial bias and excessive force....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Susan Rice, the top national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, says it is "absolutely false" that she and other Obama administration officials used intelligence reports to spy on Trump associates for political purposes....
Is your morning cup not giving you the jolt it used to? The most caffeine-packed coffee in the world might be just what you're looking for.
