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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...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Though generally renown for Gregorian chant, curating librariesand offering quiet retreats, some Benedictine monks also brew beer, run farmsor play electric guitar, like Abbot Primate Nokter Wolf.Endinghis third and final term as leader of the confederation of Benedictinemonasteries, the 76-year-old German monk also plays in a rock group, namedFeedback, in his spare time, and performs classical and sacred music onflute.Abest-selling author, too, Abbot Wolf said he had seen his volume, "WhatAre We Waiting For? Heretical Thoughts on Germany," piled high next to astack of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," at the Munich airport'snewsstands.It'snot unusual to find monks pursuing such aesthetic or eclectic endeavors becausethey embrace creativity, he told Catholic News Service.Havingpeople from different backgrounds living, talking, working and praying togethermeans "you are rather creative, I would say, in a monastery," hesaid.Buti...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Honoring Star Trek's50th anniversary, the Vatican newspaper said the overwhelmingly popular seriesgave the world a model of peace, tolerance and cooperation at a time of global tensions.The show -- whose first episode aired Sept.8, 1966 -- began during the Cold War. But "while builders of nuclear falloutshelters made buckets of money, especially in the United States, Star Trekproposed a true model of cooperation," the article said.Captain James Kirk and his faithful crew, itsaid, journeyed to distant galaxies and discovered new civilizations "inorder to propose peaceful relations (built) on a foundation of equality."Also significant and groundbreaking was themakeup of the crew of the starship Enterprise: an alien, an African-American woman and aJapanese man, it said. "Today is might seem totally normal,but it's important to remember that America at the time had recently emergedfrom a bloody war fought against Japan, too, and it was marked by deep...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Having flopped with the New York Jets, Tim Tebow will try to revive his career as an outfielder with the Mets....
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The growth of the U.S. Latino population - once the nation's fastest growing - slowed considerably over the past seven years and slipped behind that of Asian Americans amid declining Hispanic immigration and birth rates, a study released Thursday found....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their views on politics and immigration than those with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows....
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers and enlisted leaders, the Marine Corps said Thursday....
