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IMAGE: CNS photo/Toby Melville, ReutersBy Jonathan LuxmooreOXFORD, England (CNS) -- European Catholic leaders expressed concern thatthe decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union threatenedunity across the continent, but they also cautioned the EU bloc to rethink itsvalues and priorities.The concerns arose after voters decided June 23 to exit the EU by 52 percentto 48 percent. The decision led Prime Minister David Cameron to announce hisresignation and sent shock waves through world financial markets.In London, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, president of the Bishops'Conference of England and Wales, said the vote must be respected and that theUnited Kingdom is setting out on a "new course that will be demanding onall.""Our prayer is that all will work in this task with respect andcivility, despite deep differences of opinion," he said in a statement themorning after the vote. "We pray that in this process, the most vulnerablewill be supported and protect...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Iceland celebrated its team's historic win with some very appropriate English music....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Rio de Janeiro's acting governor warned Monday that the Olympic Games could be a "big failure," because of budget shortfalls that threaten to compromise security and mobility during the games....
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Elizabeth Warren offered an impassioned endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Monday, vouching for her as someone who could be trusted to fight for workers and fend off Donald Trump....
PARIS (AP) -- French authorities opened a manslaughter inquiry Monday into the May crash of an EgyptAir plane that killed 66 people, saying there is no evidence so far to link it to terrorism....
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi clerks cannot cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, under a ruling a federal judge handed down Monday....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Volkswagen would repair or buy back polluting diesel vehicles and pay each owner as much as $10,000 under a $14.7 billion deal the car maker has reached to settle lawsuits stemming from its emissions cheating scandal, a person briefed on the settlement talks said Monday....
RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) -- When the torrential rains stopped in the tiny West Virginia town of Rainelle, the volunteers started showing up....
LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union (all times local):...
LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Monday that Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union won't send the economy into a tailspin, even as the country was stripped of its top credit rating and stock markets and the pound continued a downward spiral....
