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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama scrapped plans Wednesday to cut American forces in Afghanistan by half before leaving office, a dispiriting blow to his hopes of extricating the U.S. after 15 years of fighting. He said he'll leave 8,400 troops to address the country's "precarious" security situation....
IMAGE: CNS illustration/Liz AgbeyBy Chaz MuthGREATFALLS, Mont. (CNS) -- As U.S. Air Force Maj. Justin Secrest organizes movingboxes in the family garage, his wife, Jennifer, surveys the kitchen to see whatshe can do without before the movers come in a few weeks to take theirbelongings to their new home near Kansas City, Missouri.Itwill be the 13th move that the couple has made in their 24 years of marriage.Frequentmoves are a fact of life when one or both spouses in a family have militarycareers, and though the physical transport of their belongings to a new home atWhiteman Air Force Base is a manageable task, it's the saying goodbye tofriends that never gets easy, 46-year-old Jennifer Secrest told Catholic NewsService as she was packing up her home of a few years at the Malmstrom AirForce Base in Great Falls.Thegolden-haired mother of two adult sons and a teenage daughter in high schoolbecame misty-eyed when she talked about leaving the life her family has made innorthwest Montana...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pray for those responsible forextreme poverty, for the rich who feast unaware of people in need at theirdoor, and for priests who ignore those who are hurting, Pope Francis toldpeople living a precarious existence.Say a prayer for these people, wish them well and"ask Jesus that they convert, and I assure you that if you do this, therewill be great joy in the church, in your hearts and also in belovedFrance," the pope told his audience.The pope met with about 200 people from the Frenchprovince of Lyon, who are homeless, living in poverty or coping with an illnessor disability.The group was on pilgrimage to Rome with CardinalPhilippe Barbarin of Lyon and the All Together With Dignity Fourth Worldmovement founded by Father Joseph Wresinski, who ministered to deprivedfamilies in urban and rural parishes.Meeting with the group July 6 in the Vatican's Paul VIaudience hall, the pope told them he had a favor to ask them, or rather, ...
PARIS (AP) -- A French court on Wednesday convicted seven young men who returned from weeks among the ranks of Islamic State extremists in Syria, including the brother of one of the suicide attackers who targeted Paris in November....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Fox News Channel anchor Gretchen Carlson sued network chief executive Roger Ailes on Wednesday, claiming she was fired after she refused his sexual advances....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Irate that Hillary Clinton will not face criminal charges over her emails, House Republicans are summoning FBI Director James Comey to Capitol Hill to answer their questions....
LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair led Britain into an unsuccessful war in Iraq through a mix of flawed intelligence, "wholly inadequate" planning and an exaggerated sense of the U.K.'s ability to influence the United States, according to a damning official report on the conflict that was published Wednesday....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A series of attacks, most linked to the Islamic State group, has killed nearly 350 people in eight countries during the holy month of Ramadan. The attacks are widely seen as an attempt to distract from a string of battlefield losses suffered by the extremist group in Syria and Iraq, where the borders of its self-styled caliphate are shrinking....
BEIRUT (AP) -- As Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, many are struggling to comprehend a wave of attacks that killed 350 people across several countries during the holy month and raised the question of what drives the militants to ever more spectacular violence....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ prayer intention for July is for Respect for Indigenous Peoples: That indigenous peoples, whose identity and very existence are threatened, will be shown due respect.The Apostleship of Prayer has produced the Pope’s Video on this prayer intention. The full text of the Pope’s Video is below Representative of Indigenous People:Speaking for indigenous peoples, I ask that our ways of life may be respected, our rights and our traditions. Will you listen to me? Pope Francis:I want to be a spokesman for the deepest longings of indigenous peoples. And I want you to add your voice to mine in a heartfelt prayer that all will respect indigenous peoples, threatened in their identity and even in their existence.
