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NEW YORK (AP) -- Behind the barbed wire, the white minivan's busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarmac, between a decommissioned 727 and an aircraft hangar, it's doubtful passing drivers notice it at all....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When ex-Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner became a registered sex offender for life last Tuesday, he joined a nationwide list of registered sex criminals that has grown dramatically in recent years to more than 800,000....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man who shot President Ronald Reagan is scheduled to leave a Washington mental hospital for good on Saturday, more than 35 years after the shooting. A federal judge ruled in late July that the 61-year-old John Hinckley Jr. is not a danger to himself or the public and can live full-time at his mother's home in Williamsburg, Virginia....
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Hillary Clinton verbally banished half of Donald Trump's backers to a "basket of deplorables," and the Republican presidential nominee quickly pounced, saying Saturday she had smeared many Americans and would pay a heavy political price....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over Saturday’s audience for the Jubilee Year of Mercy, during which he reflected on the redemption of mankind from the slavery of sin.In his catechesis, delivered to the crowds in St Peter’s Square, the Pope called those who suffer to turn to the crucified Jesus.He also reminded the faithful that God’s mercy is greater than our weaknesses and sins.Please find the official English language synthesis of Pope Francis’ catechesis:Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we reflect today on the word “redemption”: God has redeemed all humanity, liberating us by the precious blood of his Son Jesus (1 Pet 1:18-21). How many ways we can be enslaved by false freedom; how much we need God to truly free us. We are called to a new life, raised to the dignity of children of God. Jesus, the sinless Lamb of God, was sacrificed for us, that we might receive forg...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis warned against a “false freedom” which has created “many new forms of slavery” during his Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday.The Holy Father’s catechesis focused on the word ‘redemption,’ which he said is “little used, but it is important because it points to the most radical liberation God is able to perform for us, for all humanity, and for the entirety of creation.”“It appears that the people of today no longer love to think of being liberated and saved by the intervention of God; in fact, people today are under the illusion that their liberty is a force with which to obtain all things. They even boast of this,” – Pope Francis said – “But in reality, it is not like this. How many illusions are being sold under the pretext of freedom, and how many new forms of slavery are being created in our time in the name of a false freedom!”“Ther...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday thanked once again the members of Italy’s National Civil Protection Service, who had planned on being at the special Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square.“My thoughts first of all go to of Italy’s National Civil Protection Service who were supposed to be here today, but had to cancel their participation in order to continue their precious work in giving aid and assistance to the people affected by the earthquake on 24 August,” Pope Francis said during his greetings to Italian pilgrims.The earthquake hit the regions of Italy surrounding the town of Norcia, killing nearly 300 people, mostly in the village of Amatrice. Another 400 people were injured, and over 2000 people sought refuge in emergency housing.Over 4,400 people were involved in search-and-rescue operations, and Civil Protection officials are still helping in the region, which continues to suffer from aftershocks.“I thank them for their dedicat...
Washington D.C., Sep 10, 2016 / 03:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the 15th anniversary of the World Trade Center terror attacks, we shouldn't overlook how Middle Eastern Christians have suffered from the unintended consequences of U.S. post-9/11 foreign policy, says one expert.“The U.S. Catholic bishops, in their statement after the Sept.11 attacks, made it clear that the response has to be a response that brings more peace for all, not just greater security for U.S. citizens,” said Maryann Cusimano Love, an international relations professor at the Catholic University of America.U.S. Catholics must see themselves as part of “a global Church, and that as followers of Christ, the Prince of Peace, He came to bring peace for all, not for a narrow band,” she told CNA.Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, when 19 men affiliated with the terror group Al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial flights and directed three of the airplanes straight in...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Over and over again, Donald Trump says he opposed the Iraq War before it started. But no matter how many times the Republican candidate for president says it, the facts are clear: He did not....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hailing the values and resilience that he says both define and sustains Americans, President Barack Obama on Saturday honored the nearly 3,000 souls that were lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as the bravery of survivors and the emergency personnel who responded, and the work of scores of others who have labored since to keep the homeland safe....
