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By Kelly SeegersWASHINGTON(CNS) -- As Pope Francis boarded the plane after his visit to Washington a yearago, he carried with him a book containing more than 100,000 pledges thatpeople in the Archdiocese of Washington had made to "Walk With Francis" byeither praying, serving or acting to improve their community.Leadingup to the pope's visit, the Archdiocese of Washington, along with CatholicCharities, launched the Walk With Francis initiative, which encouraged peopleto prepare for the pope's visit by following in his example of love and mercy.Peoplewere asked to make pledges to pray regularly for the pontiff, to serve bycaring for those in need and supporting charitable efforts, or to act topromote human life and dignity, justice and peace, family life and religiousfreedom, care for creation and the common good.Inthe months that followed, individuals, schools, parishes and otherorganizations made pledges to help their community in different ways. Manypeople posted their pledges on s...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Air conditioners began to whir across Puerto Rico on Friday and electronics beeped to life as power slowly returned to the U.S. territory following an island-wide blackout caused by a fire at a power plant that shut down an aging utility grid....
Officially, the United States and North Korea barely speak to each other, their communications often limited to public exchanges of insults....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A fire at one of Iraq's oil fields could hinder military and humanitarian efforts as operations to recapture the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul get underway....
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a New York hotel room earlier this week, Russia thought it was close to a deal with the U.S. to revive a cease-fire deal for Syria....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday laid the blame for a "bleeding Middle East and North Africa" on the U.S. and its allies, in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly smacking of the kind of rhetoric that reflected the state of superpower relations during the Cold War....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their cooperation in the now-closed FBI investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state, says a Republican congressman....
NEW YORK (AP) -- More than half the country fears a Trump presidency. And only about a third of Americans believe he is at least somewhat qualified to serve in the White House....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Thursday delivered an address for the opening of the Seventy-First Session of the United Nations General Assembly.In his remarks, Cardinal Parolin said “Integral human development is…impossible without peace.”“Conflicts not only render the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals at the regional level absolutely impossible, but also destroy so many human resources, means of production and cultural heritage,” – the Cardinal said – “Today, as during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, there is the recurrence of the threat of nuclear conflict with its terrible consequences. The enormous and ill-fated effect of war is a downward spiral from which there is often no escape, triggers an increase in political polarization at the global level and narrows the spaces in which the same international community can propose effective solutions for ...