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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Still reeling from a devastating defeat in last week's election, Democrats are beginning the process of charting the direction of their party in the Donald Trump era....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With his first two key personnel appointments, President-elect Donald Trump made an overture to Republican circles by naming GOP chief Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff and fired a shot across the Washington establishment's bow by tabbing Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Immigrants, their advocates and others opposing a Donald Trump presidency continued to protest Sunday, speaking out against the president-elect's support of deportation and other measures....
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KARAMLIS, Iraq (AP) -- There were gasps, followed by tears at a small church in northern Iraq as a group of Christians returned to their parish Sunday to find that everything had been destroyed, including the statue of the Virgin Mary, which Islamic State militants had decapitated before they left....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the year of the outsider, Reince Priebus was the face of the Republican establishment....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump made his first two key personnel appointments on Sunday, one an overture to Republican circles by naming GOP chief Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff, the other a shot across the bow of the Washington establishment by tabbing Breitbart news executive Stephan Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor....
PARIS (AP) -- Less insouciant, more policed - France is a changed place since Islamic State extremists killed 130 people in the country's deadliest attacks a year ago. Fearing it's becoming more divided, too, survivors and victims' families marked Sunday's anniversary of the violence by pleading for national unity instead....
(Vatican Radio) The Secretary General of the NATO military alliance has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that "going it alone" is not an option for Europe or the United States. Jens Stoltenberg made the comments amid mounting concerns in especially Eastern Europe that the United States will be less committed to their security despite Russia's growing military influence in the region. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Stoltenberg urged Trump to realize that the West is facing its greatest security challenge in a generation.Several former Soviet satellite states who are now part of the alliance have been alarmed by Trump's election campaign rhetoric. He suggested that the United States would think twice about coming to the aid of any ally under attack if it had not paid its dues.Leaders in countries bordering Russia such as the Baltics and Poland are concerned that this could be interpreted by Moscow as a signal that it could potentially invade...
Vatican City, Nov 13, 2016 / 01:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As Holy Doors close in churches and basilicas around the world, including in Rome, it is estimated that over 20 million people participated in the Church’s Jubilee Year of Mercy at the Vatican – and a billion people may have participated in churches worldwide.According to Msgr. Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, it is estimated that 20.4 million people attended Year of Mercy events at the Vatican over the course of this year.The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization was in charge of putting Pope Francis’ vision for the Year of Mercy into practice – both in the Vatican and abroad.As the year comes to a close, the Holy Doors at three basilicas in Rome – St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. John Lateran and St. Mary Major – were closed during special Masses held Nov. 13. The Holy Doors at churches and basilicas ar...
