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By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- It'sbecoming increasingly difficult for Chicagoan Mary Jennett to see and hear daily about the hardship andpersecution Christians face, especially in the Middle East. So Jennett decided to dosomething about it by attending a Sept. 7-9 convention in Washington organizedby In Defense of Christians, a group trying to find solutions to thepersecution of Christians in the Middle East and the preservation ofChristianity in areas of conflict around the world."They're part of our faith family," Jennett said of the Christians facing persecution.Jennett and about 50 others attended an evening prayerservice Sept. 7 at Washington's Holy Rosary Church, where organizers brought inroses symbolizing the life of Christian martyrs killed in the Middle East. Theywere followed by lighted candles carried in by various faith leaders. FatherAndre Mahanna, who guided the ecumenical prayer service, said the leaders wanted toremind those who attended the event that even af...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The first NASA explorer of its kind took off on a seven-year quest Thursday, chasing after a big, black, unexplored asteroid to gather a few handfuls of gravel for return to Earth....
NEW YORK (AP) -- An American flag raised at ground zero on Sept. 11 in a defining moment of patriotic resolve took its place at the site Thursday after disappearing for over a decade....
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -- Police video shows a Nevada homicide suspect handcuffed to a table in a police interview room twisting his body to muscle the hinge of handcuffs attaching his right wrist to one of the table's metal bars....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama administration officials told Congress on Thursday that Iran wanted "immediate access" to $1.7 billion paid by the United States in cash to settle a decades-old arbitration claim between the two countries....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S special operations forces launched a rescue mission to retrieve two men kidnapped by insurgents in Afghanistan last month, but the hostages were not there when the rescue team arrived, U.S. defense officials said Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell found himself on the defensive Thursday following the release of a 2009 email exchange with Hillary Clinton, describing his use of a private, dial-up email account to carry out government business....
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- For months, Hillary Clinton's supporters have griped that she's held to a higher, harder standard than Donald Trump. After Wednesday night's forum on national security, those complaints became a rallying cry....
Washington D.C., Sep 7, 2016 / 05:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Media personality and America magazine editor Father James Martin, S.J. will receive an award from a dissenting Catholic group that has been the subject of warnings from the U.S. bishops and the Vatican for confusing Catholic teaching.Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, said Sept. 6 that the award for Fr. Martin recognized his ministry of communication which has “helped to expand the dialogue on LGBT issues in the Catholic Church.”“Fr. Martin has used his communication skills and channels to allow for an extensive discussion of LGBT issues among Catholics of varying ideologies,” he said, citing the priest’s role as editor-at-large of the Society of Jesus’ America magazine and his presence on social media, including nearly 500,000 Facebook followers.New Ways Ministry has called for the Catholic Church to recognize same-sex unions as sacramental marriages and has oppo...
Birmingham, Ala., Sep 8, 2016 / 12:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The life and legacy of Mother Angelica will be the focus of EWTN Global Catholic Network’s family celebration in Birmingham Sept. 17-18.“This year’s EWTN Family Celebration is our first since the death of Mother Angelica and provides us with an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the extraordinary life of Mother and what she meant to her EWTN family and to the world," said EWTN chairman Michael P. Warsaw.The free event will take place at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex.On Saturday evening there will be a recording of EWTN’s “Family Talk Live” with Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe and Warsaw.“We will share our memories, and answer audience questions about the nun whose faithfulness to God left a legacy of which all of us can be proud,” Warsaw said.Other speakers include EWTN personalities such as Raymond Arroyo, lead anchor of “The World Over”; Johnnette Be...
