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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte told President Barack Obama "you can go to hell" in a speech Tuesday that was his strongest tirade so far against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign, adding that he may eventually decide to "break up with America."...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- "Papi, I fell!" said 3-year-old Ashley Pacheco, showing her father her scraped knee. Her parents cleaned the wound and thought nothing more of it....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police released surveillance video Tuesday showing an 18-year-old black suspect running from police while holding what appears to be a gun in his left hand just before he was fatally shot by officers in a death that has generated rowdy protests....
PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti (AP) -- Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. At least nine deaths were blamed on the storm during its week-long march across the Caribbean....
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) -- A day after framing President Barack Obama's signature health care law as "the craziest thing in the world," former President Bill Clinton is trying to avoid muddling his message again as he tells voters in the battleground of Ohio that Hillary Clinton is their best option for a vibrant economy that benefits all Americans....
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) -- In their only debate faceoff, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine will try Tuesday night to carry forward a fresh burst of Democratic momentum in the presidential campaign while Indiana Gov. Mike Pence seeks to steady Donald Trump's White House bid after one of the Republican's worst stretches of the race....
(Vatican Radio) A news conference was held in the Holy See's press office on Tuesday to brief journalists on the first ever global conference on Faith and Sport that opens in the Vatican this week. Called ‘Sport at the Service of Humanity,’ leading figures from the world of sport, religion and culture are among those attending the 3-day conference (Oct. 5th-7th) hosted by the Pontifical Council for Culture with the support of the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee.Pope Francis will be presiding over the conference’s opening ceremony and the guests include the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach.In addition to discussing how faith and sport can work together, the Vatican conference aims to launch a movement to develop – through sport – life skills, character, values and enjoyment of life, inspiring people to live in accordance with six principles. These 6 p...
The Northern Development Forum (NDF), an advocacy group in Ghana, has called on the youth of the three Northern Regions of the country to ignore any person or group of people who attempt to use them to foster conflicts just to achieve their regional political ambitions.Ghana is experiencing political campaigns ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 December 2016.Dr Hakeem Wemah, Chairman of the NDF, appealed for dialogue with all political parties who were seeking the mandate of Ghanaians to govern the country.“We would like to meet with the leadership of registered political parties for them to elaborate on the development programme that they intend to roll out for the three northern regions of Ghana,” he noted, expressing the hope to have an interaction with parties on 20 October.Launching the Northern Ghana Development Status Report dubbed: “Sustaining the Northern Ghana Development Agenda in Ghana’s Public Domain,” i...
Amatrice, Italy, Oct 4, 2016 / 03:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday Pope Francis made an unannounced private visit to the small Italian city of Amatrice to offer support areas devastated by a massive earthquake in August, where he offered a message of comfort and hope.“I let a bit of time pass, so that some things could be repaired such as the school, but from the first moment I felt that I had to come to you. Simply for nothing more than to pray. I pray for you,” the Pope said during his Oct. 4 visit.He said that “closeness and prayer” were the offering he brought, and prayed that the Lord would bless those affected, and that the Virgin Mary would “comfort you in this moment of sadness, pain and trial.”“Go forward, there is always a future, there are many loved ones who have left us. They have fallen here, let us pray to the Virgin for them. Let us do it together.”According to the Holy See Press Office, after arriving to Amatri...
Vatican City, Oct 4, 2016 / 05:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has tapped two active bishops to head new dioceses, naming Bishop Paul D. Etienne of Cheyenne as the new Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, and Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Raleigh as Bishop of Arlington, Virginia.Announced in an Oct. 4 communique from the Vatican, the appointments came as the former bishops of Anchorage and Arlington go into retirement, after having reached the age limit.Archbishop-elect Paul D. Etienne, 57, is an Indiana outdoorsman with many relatives also in the priesthood or religious life.Born in Philadelphia in 1959, the bishop grew up as one of six children to parents who have been married more than 50 years. Two of his brothers are priests, and his sister is a religious.He graduated from the University of St. Thomas/St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. with a degree in Business Administration before studying at the North American College in Rome and receiving a Bachelor of Sa...
