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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- Kathryn Doherty would never date the likes of Donald Trump and jokes that if her daughter did, she'd send her to a convent. But he'll get the 76-year-old retiree's vote for president....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump keeps peddling the notion the vote may be rigged. It's not clear if he does not understand the potential damage of his words - or he simply does not care....
Rome, Italy, Oct 15, 2016 / 11:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday, Pope Francis told grandparents that they are valuable and that their wisdom should be shared with the younger generation, to help them grow and to support them in their faith.“And talk to your grandchildren, talk. Let them ask you questions,” he said. They may be different from you, they may do other things, “they like other music... but they need the elderly, this ongoing dialogue.”“You are an important presence, because your experience is a precious treasure, essential to looking to the future with hope and responsibility,” Pope Francis said Oct. 15 at the Vatican.The Pope met with pilgrims, including around 7,000 grandparents, to share a reflection and prayer as part of the Celebration of Grandparents. The audience also included the National Association of Older Workers and the Federation of Seniors Italy.During the audience, Pope Francis acknowledged how many elderly people gi...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Planned Parenthood's 100th anniversary celebrations this weekend come with a sense of relief for the group that traces its roots to a time when women could not vote and contraception was illegal. The organization, whose services include birth control, sex education and abortions, has survived largely intact in the face of violence, vilification and fierce efforts in Congress and many states to cut its funding....
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a nine-nation meeting hasn't agreed on any concrete action to stop the violence in Syria....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The skyline shimmers, the music pulses and Donald Trump's helicopter swoops in for a landing....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton is the country's most famous working mother. For 40 years, she's been at the center of countless conversations about gender and politics. Even her pantsuits have been debated for decades....
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- A beleaguered Donald Trump sought to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday, pressing unsubstantiated claims the contest is rigged against him, vowing anew to jail Hillary Clinton if he's elected and throwing in a baseless insinuation his rival was on drugs in the last debate....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hacked emails released in daily dispatches this past week by the WikiLeaks group exposed the inner workings of Hillary Clinton's campaign leading up to her 2015 announcement that she would seek the presidency, and through this year's primary....
(Vatican) Pope Francis on Saturday appointed a bishop to the Diocese of Jowai in north-east India’s Meghalaya state. He transferred Bishop Victor Lyngdoh of Nongstoin to Jowai, both suffragans of Shillong Archdiocese. At the same time, the Pope nominated Archbishop Dominic Jala of Shillong as Apostolic Administrator of Nongstoin.Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of Jowai in 2006, and appointed Father Vincent Kympat as its first bishop. Bishop Kympat died on July 30, 2011, leaving the see vacant until Pope Francis on 3 February 2014, recalled Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati from his retirement to be the Apostolic Administrator of Jowai. With the appointment of Bishop Victor Lyngdoh to Jowai, Archbishop Menamparampil, who served as the bishop of Dibrugarh for 11 years and the Archbishop of Guwahati for 20 years before his retirement on 18 January 2012, will resume his retired life.
