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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton acknowledged Friday the challenge she'd face leading a country where most Americans don't trust her, saying she takes "seriously" the work she must do to build confidence in her character....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Donald Trump faced an all-too-clear sign of GOP divisions Friday in two Midwestern battlegrounds, embraced by party leaders in one state but ignored in another as he strained to overcome deepening concerns about his presidential candidacy....
(Vatican Radio) The ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa is headed for its biggest electoral setback since it won power at the end of apartheid 22 years ago.The ANC has won more than 60% of the vote in every election since 1994, but have fallen below 55% in this election.“The people are telling the ANC by voting for alternative candidates that they are not happy with the ANC’s performance,” said Günther Simmermacher, the editor of The Southern Cross, the leading weekly Catholic newspaper in the country.Listen: “This election, even though it was a municipal election – a local election – was also seen as a referendum on the presidency of Jacob Zuma, who has been riddled by various scandal of the last few years, and whose government is seen as being very corrupt,” he told Vatican Radio“The other point of significance in this particular election is that the opposition Democratic Alliance, which has long been seen ...
(Vatican Radio) Hungary's government says people smugglers are running an organized operation to transport unaccompanied minors from a centre for children near Budapest. The allegations came after Hungary stepped up security near its borders with Balkan countries, with support from Germany and other European Union nations, adding to hardship for hundreds of refugees stranded near the Serbia-Hungary border.Listen to the report by correspondent Stefan Bos: Hungary's state secretary of Human Recources Bence Rétvári has expressed concern about minors disappearing from an orphanage in the town of Fót, near Budapest. The official told media that over the past 12 months some 3,500 young migrants received shelter in Fót after claiming they were minors, though they carried no documents to prove this.He said Hungary is the only European nation besides Denmark where underage migrants receive the same services as locals.Yet the official claimed that t...
(Vatican Radio) The president of Colombia said on Thursday the national referendum on the peace settlement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) could be put to the vote before the formal signing ceremony of the agreement. Listen to the report by correspondent James Blears: According to Colombia`s Constitutional Court, in order for binding legitimacy to prevail, at least thirteen percent of the Electorate would have to vote in favor of holding a national referendum, about the peace treaty, which has been agreed to by the government and the rebels.President Juan Manuel Santos, who took his time in agreeing to a ceasefire with the FARC, has already staked his re-election and overall political career on the success of the deal. He has been insistent on making tangible progress towards a deadline after four years of peace negotiations in Havana."When we finish the agenda points, that is to say, when everything is agreed, that is when we will send the texts t...
By SILVERSPRING, Md. (CNS) -- More than 5,600 U.S. religious sisters have signed a letter askingfor civil discourse in the presidential campaign.Theletter was to be sent Aug. 8 to the candidates of the Democratic, Republican,Green and Libertarian parties as well as their vice presidential running matesand the chairs of their respective parties."Wesimply ask that all who seek to lead refrain from language that disrespects,dehumanizes or demonizes another," the letter said. "We pray that all who seekto influence public opinion will be mindful of the common good and respectfulof the dignity of each and every person."Theletter was written by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, whichrepresents about 80 percent of the 49,000 women religious in the United States. LCWR, based in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, has about 1,350 congregationsof women religious as members,representing 80percent of the 57,000 women religious in the United States.As ofAug. 3, 5,671 sisters had s...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic OfficeBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican will anticipate thecanonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata with a special postage stamp, whichwill be released Sept. 2, two days before Pope Francis officially declares hera saint.The Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office announced thestamp's release Aug. 5 and distributed initial images of it.The 95-cent stamp features a wrinkled but radiant MotherTeresa smiling in her blue-trimmed, white sari. Overlaid on the design byPatrizio Daniele is another image of her holding the hand of a small child."Frail but equally determined in her vocation, MotherTeresa loved God and the church with great strength, simplicity andextraordinary humility, glorifying with her life the dignity of a most humbleservice," said the brochure announcing the stamp's release."She was a humble messenger of the Gospel and ofChrist's love, known as 'a small pencil in the hands of the Lord,' doing ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Adele may be one of pop music's biggest stars, but she says her fame and fortune didn't prevent her credit card from being declined at an H&M store....
SYDNEY (AP) -- A powerful X-ray technique has unveiled a hidden portrait beneath a famed painting by French impressionist artist Edgar Degas, helping solve a mystery that has stumped the art world for decades....
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- A northern Virginia mayor was facing drug charges Friday after his arrest in a meth-for-sex sting, police said....
