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NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators of last weekend's bombings have released an image of two men who took a suitcase they found on a city street, possibly without realizing a wired pressure cooker they removed from it and left behind could have blown them to bits....
Alexandria, La., Sep 21, 2016 / 11:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop David Prescott Talley, currently auxiliary bishop of Atlanta and a former Baptist, to serve as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria.As coadjutor, Bishop Talley possesses the right of succession as head of the Diocese of Alexandria upon the resignation of its current ordinary, Bishop Ronald Herzog. Bishop Herzog will celebrate his 75th birthday – 'mandatory retirement' age for bishops – on April 22, 2017.Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta said Sept. 21 that Bishop Talley “is a servant minister of our Church, who is graced with extraordinary wisdom, patience, kindness and dedication.”The bishop, he said, “developed these gifts as a priest and bishop here in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, where he always cared for our people as a true minister of mercy and kindness. Thus, he now begins this new appointment wi...
By WASHINGTON(CNS) -- The findings of a recent Georgetown University study on how Catholicsregard Muslims show an "urgent need" to "cultivate positive dialogue" not just amongCatholics and Muslims, but with other faith traditions as well, according toArchbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago."Experiencehas shown that when people of different faith traditions build personalrelationships and engage in dialogue to learn about one another, they developthe capacity to work together; and they come to appreciate the positive elementsin one another's traditions," said a Sept. 21 statement by Archbishop Cupich, theCatholic co-chairman of the National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue.Accordingto a survey of 1,027 Catholics, nearly half of Catholics can't name anysimilarities between Catholicism and Islam. When asked about the overall impressionof Muslims, three in 10 Catholics admit to having unfavorable views, and Catholicsare less likely than the general American public to know a Muslim personally.Thes...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An environmental group on Wednesday accused three major TV manufacturers of misleading consumers and regulators about how much energy high-definition screens devour, alleging that the televisions were designed to perform more efficiently during government testing than in ordinary use....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The charred lump of a 2,000-year-old scroll sat in an Israeli archaeologist's storeroom for decades, too brittle to open. Now, new imaging technology has revealed what was written inside: the earliest evidence of a biblical text in its standardized form....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting, which ended at 2 p.m. with the release of a policy statement, followed by a news conference by Chair Janet Yellen (all times are Eastern):...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Setting aside years of tensions, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bid each other farewell Wednesday with a strident affirmation of security ties between their nations and little public talk of their persistent differences over Iran, Israeli settlements and the Palestinians....
BEIRUT (AP) -- An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an attack on a convoy two days ago that killed 20 people....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on Syria's conflict (all times local):...
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton decried a fresh round of police-involved shootings on Wednesday, with the Republican nominee saying he was "very troubled" by the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Oklahoma....
