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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy FOCUSBy Ana Franco-GuzmanSAN ANTONIO (CNS) -- In need ofreigniting the fire for his Catholic faith, Jeremy Martins found the flame heneeded during SEEK 2017."SEEK is the log I was waitingfor," said Martins, a junior at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. "It has been twoyears since a real encounter with Christ."He told Catholic News Service thatthe conference, sponsored Jan. 3-7 by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, known as FOCUS,generated a new excitement even though he previously had committed two years ofhis life to mission work that involved evangelizing young people and help them overcome"the poverty of spirit" in their lives.Martins was not alone. About13,000 people, almost exclusively young adults, attended the biennial SEEK conferenceat San Antonio's Henry B.Gonzalez Convention Center. The five-day event focused on the theme"What Moves You.""I know that if they are from myuniversity and attended SEEK, we can now bring this experie...
IMAGE: CNS file photoBy SAN ANTONIO (CNS) -- Retired ArchbishopPatrick F. Flores, 87, the first Mexican-American bishop in the United States, diedof pneumonia and congestive heart failure Jan. 9 at Padua Place Residence forretired priests in San Antonio.Thebishop, who dropped out of school to be a migrant farmworker, was known for hissupport for farmworkers, Mexican-American civil rights and his love of hisculture and heritage.Funeralarrangements were pending, but services will be held at San FernandoCathedral in San Antonio.LosAngeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez described Archbishop Flores as his good friendand mentor and "a pioneer and role model not only for me but also for ageneration of Hispanic priests and Latino leaders."Hesaid the archbishop of San Antonio, who retired in 2004, "knew thestruggles of Hispanics in this country, and he was a friend to the farmworkerand a voice of conscience for dignity and human rights. He taught all of us tocelebrate our heritage and traditions a...
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Police Department Detective Steven McDonald, who was paralyzed by a teenage shooter's bullet in 1986 but publicly forgave the shooter and became an international voice for peace, died Tuesday at age 59....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security says closing the border to the "illegal movement of people and things" will be his top priority if confirmed....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate intelligence committee's top Democrat criticized the Obama administration on Tuesday for its slow response to allegations of Russian hacking during the presidential campaign as the panel heard from the director of the FBI, whom several Democrats criticized for announcing a new probe of Hillary Clinton's emails 11 days before the election....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Dylann Roof threw away one last chance to plead for his life in front of the jurors who convicted him of killing nine black churchgoers, telling them Tuesday: "I still feel like I had to do it."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a businessman, Donald Trump has kept the courts busy. That's hardly likely to change when he enters the Oval Office, creating an unusual and potentially serious problem for a sitting president....
Under the U.S. Constitution, the Senate has sole authority to confirm a president's nominee to serve in the Cabinet. And while President-elect Donald Trump can't officially nominate anyone until he becomes president on Jan. 20, the Senate is getting an early start this week on his choices for several top jobs in his administration....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump pushed Congress Tuesday to act swiftly to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, and follow up quickly with a replacement. House Speaker Paul Ryan, after talking with Trump, announced that the House would aim to take both steps "concurrently."...
