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IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New WorldBy Michelle MartinCHICAGO (CNS) -- Shara Funches' eyes scanned the rows of crossesset up on the sidewalk just north of the Chicago River on Michigan Avenue, amain thoroughfare through downtown.Funches waslooking for the cross bearing the name of her godson, Devon Almon, 23, who wasgunned down on the Eisenhower Expressway Sept. 29."I had tobe here for him. But also for all the kids who died. It just has to stop. It'sjust sad. All the mothers, all the fathers, robbed," Funches said.She was oneof hundreds of people who joined a Dec. 31 march on Michigan Avenue organizedby Father Michael Pfleger,pastor of St. Sabina Parish on the city's South Side, to remember thosewho died by gun violence in 2016.The ChicagoPolice Department recorded 762 murders in 2016. Father Pfleger told the marchers there werenearly 800 crosses for them to carry.The name ofa victim, along with their age and date of death, was written on each 24-inch woodencross bui...
By Jonathan LuxmooreOXFORD, England (CNS) -- Achurch leader in Turkey said Catholics are fearful about attending church afterrecent terrorist attacks, but insisted local Christians can count on governmentprotection."Although we can movearound freely, people are understandably afraid of coming to Mass and there'sbeen a drop in participation," said Bishop Ruben Tierrablanca Gonzalez,apostolic vicar of Istanbul."But all churches have beengiven police guards since a coup was attempted last July, and securityofficials have shown great kindness to us. Christians, Muslims and Jews aretalking together and sharing the same anxieties, although the future doesn'tdepend on us."The Mexican-born bishop spoke asa car bomb killed four and wounded 11 outside a courthouse in Izmir, while apolice hunt continued for the perpetrator of a Jan. 1 attack on Istanbul'sReina nightclub, which left 39 dead and at least 70 injured.In a Jan. 5 interview withCatholic News Service, Bishop Tierrablanca said Turkey...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New parents, get ready to feed your babies peanut-containing foods - starting young lowers their chances of becoming allergic....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A fired Kentucky high school principal has admitted to seizing students' phones so that he could steal pornographic images and trade them online, investigators said....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A large explosion rocked a Syrian government-held coastal town on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens - an attack that was a stark remainder of the prevailing insecurity in the war-torn country despite a nearly week-old cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli military, which has battled foes on all of the country's borders, is now facing a challenge from within: nationalist politicians who are openly disagreeing with army commanders and bickering with the security establishment....
CAMDEN, Alabama (AP) -- Senators at next week's confirmation hearing will confront competing versions of Jeff Sessions, the Alabama senator who is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is shifting the name-calling that helped drive his campaign victories over "lyin,'" "low energy" and "crooked" opponents to the legislative arena, where he's now mocking Democrats as "clowns" trying to escape blame for a troubled health care law....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a role that would thrust him into the center of the intelligence community Trump has publicly challenged, a person with knowledge of the decision said Thursday....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Four black people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet....
