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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's Grace, a sweetly smiling little girl in a wheelchair. Now here's her mother, Lauren Glaros: "When I saw Donald Trump mock a disabled person, I was just shocked," she says. Then we see Trump, his hands jerking in front of his body as he imitates a reporter who has a condition that limits his arm movement....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Presidential battleground states were supposed to be swarming with Republican Party workers by now....
LONDON (AP) -- After all of the flamboyant characters and very public backstabbing in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, the winner turned out to be an understated workhorse who maintained a low profile throughout the campaign....
LONDON (AP) -- A political era ended Monday - unexpectedly and without an election - as Prime Minister David Cameron said he will step down in two days in favor of Theresa May, a senior member of his Cabinet who will become Britain's second female leader....
Deadly force occurs in less than 1 percent of the millions of encounters police have with people each year. A look at the laws and policies governing when police can use deadly force:...
DALLAS (AP) -- The Latest on the aftermath of the shooting of police officers during a protest in Dallas (all times local):...
The Holy Father, Pope Francis Monday appointed Cardinal Pasinya Laurent Monsengwo, the Archbishop of Kinshasa (DRC), as his special envoy to the Third Congress for Africa and Madagascar on Divine Mercy (AMACOM), which will be held in Kigali (Rwanda) from 9 September to 15 September 2016.Speaking about the Apostolic Congress on Mercy, Father Stanislas Filipek, the AMACOM Coordinator says the Congress has a continental scope to offer inner healing and reconciliation rooted in mercy. “We are currently living a Jubilee Year of Mercy. A Congress, which has a continental scope, on Divine Mercy to be held in Rwanda from 9 to 15 September 2016, is to be considered as one of the pastoral events of the Universal Church of the extraordinary Jubilee Year of mercy. The Congress, through its general theme, ‘Divine Mercy source of hope for the New Evangelization in Africa’ would like to meet men and women of Africa in the evil that hurts them, often causing hatred and offe...
(Vatican Radio) Greg Burke is thrilled, excited and also a little daunted by the task and responsibilities that lie ahead in his new position as Director of the Holy See Press Office.Burke will take over from Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi on August 1. Before being appointed as vice-director at the Holy See Press Office in January, the 56-year-old Greg Burke was senior communications adviser of the Vatican's Secretariat of State.He was formerly a correspondent for the Fox News Channel, and for Time Magazine, based in Rome. Speaking to Vatican Radio’s Alessandro Gisotti shortly after the announcement on Monday, Burke noted that the choice of an Anglophone heading the Press Office makes perfect sense if you are aiming for a global outreach. And commenting on the appointment of Spanish journalist, Paloma Garcia Ovejero as Press Office Vice-Director, Burke pointed out that half the Catholic world speaks Spanish.Listen to the interview: Reacting wi...
Hundreds of thousands of people in India's most populous state are jostling for space as they attempt to plant 50 million trees over the next 24 hours in hopes of setting a world record. Officials in Uttar Pradesh state have distributed millions of saplings to be planted across the state in a bid to get into Guinness World Records for the most trees planted in a day. India's government is encouraging all 29 states to start tree-planting drives to increase the country's forest cover as part of commitments made at last year's climate change summit in Paris. Last year, Uttar Pradesh entered Guinness World Records for the largest distribution of saplings by donating more than 1 million trees that were planted at 10 locations in the state. (Source: AP)
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Monday published the programme for Pope Francis’ visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan which will take place from September 30th to October 2nd . The pastoral journey follows on from his recent visit to Armenia in June, during which the Pope appealed for peace and full religious freedom throughout the Caucuses region.Listen to the report: The three day journey begins in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, where the Pope arrives at 3pm local time for a welcome ceremony. He then travels to the Presidential palace for a courtesy meeting with President Giorgi Margvelashvili, followed by an encounter with diplomats, government and civil society representatives. Later in the day, the Pope will visit the Patriarchal Palace in Tbilisi to meet with the Catholicos or leader of the Orthodox Church in Georgia, Patriarch Elias II, and then go on to greet the Assyrian Chaldean community in the church of St Simon the Tanner.The following day, Saturday, Octobe...
