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IMAGE: CNS photo/www.thesatanictemple.comBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- It's 3 p.m. Do you know where your children are?Parents, schoolsand school districts are paying even closer attention to after-schoolactivities ever since a group called the Satanic Temple announced in earlyAugust that it plans to introduce after-school Satan clubs at some U.S. public elementaryschools this year.Parents across thecountry, many of whom have yet to purchase their children's necessary schoolsupplies, had to scratch their heads when they heard this one. These clubs certainlydon't sound like the typical band, science or Scout groups that typically gatherafter the bell rings.And the Satan clubs'planned activities -- focusing on reason and science, according to the website-- also are not nearly as eerie as the group's name implies. That's because SatanicTemple, the political activist and religious group based in New York, is moreabout bringing attention to what it describes as an unfair after-...
By Michael KellyDUBLIN (CNS) -- Bishop EdwardDaly of Derry, known for his tireless advocacy for peace and reconciliationduring decades of sectarian tension in Northern Ireland, died in a hospital inLondonderry, Northern Ireland, Aug. 8.Bishop Daly, who retired in 1993due to ill health after suffering a stroke, was 82. He had suffered from cancer.He first came to prominence in aphotograph from Bloody Sunday in 1972, when 14 civil rights protesters wereshot dead by the British army in Londonderry. For decades, the victims wereaccused of being terrorists. However, in 2010, an independent inquiry ruledthat all the victims and the injured, had been unarmed and that those killedhad been killed unlawfully.Bishop Daly worked tirelesslywith the families to clear their names and ensure that an independent inquirywould overturn the allegations that they were terrorists.Irish President Michael D.Higgins expressed "great sadness" at news of Bishop Daly's death."Edward Daly will beremembered by m...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The "Usain Bolt Variety Hour" hit Brazil, big time, on Monday....
DALLAS (AP) -- The family of a Muslim boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Texas school officials and others, saying the incident violated the 14-year-old boy's civil rights, prompted death threats and forced them to leave the United States....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A white man who apparently called police to complain about "hoodlums" near his house was charged with murder after he shot and killed a black man outside, authorities said....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Experts painted a graphic portrait of barrel bombings, attacks on medical facilities, chemical weapons use and the ongoing suffering inside the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, shaming the international community for its inaction at an informal Security Council meeting Monday organized by the United States....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Kansas thrill ride billed as the world's tallest waterslide remained off-limits Monday as authorities pressed to figure out how a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son was killed on a day the park honored elected officials and their families....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump changed some of his facts to fit his agenda Monday, pitching shades of truth and misconceptions in what was billed as a major economic policy speech....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Desperate conservatives have circulated a petition calling for the Republican National Committee to host a special meeting where Donald Trump could be replaced as the party's presidential nominee....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):...
