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IMAGE: CNS photo/Graham Lacdao, Chapter of St Paul'sBy Dale GavlakLONDON (CNS)-- As Europe held its breath on whether Britain would vote to remain or exitthe European Union, the U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, reported that numbersfleeing war and persecution have soared four times over the past decade, to 24 peopleper minute or more than 65 million people forcibly displaced worldwide.Concernsover immigration might tip the so-called Brexit vote, but a June 19 liturgy broughthome the precarious plight of the displaced and how Christians respond to it.Astark, weather-beaten cross stood at the center of the ornate 17th-century baroqueSt. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in the English capital. It was carved by Italiancarpenter Francesco Tuccio from pieces of a boat wrecked Oct. 11, 2013, off thecoast of Lampedusa, Italy. More than 300 Eritrean and Somali refugees drownedwhile attempting to reach Europe that day, but the inhabitants of Lampedusahelped to save the lives of 155 others. Aftermeeting s...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he would travel toArmenia June 24-26 topromote closer bonds with the Armenian Orthodox church, honor the Armenianpeople's steadfast faith in the face of tragedy and support them in theirefforts to build a peaceful future.In a video message transmitted June 22 on Armenian television,the pope said he admires the Armenian people but also shares their pain overthe difficult moments of the country's history and its people.In more than 1,700 years as an officially Christian nation,he said, "you have found in the cross of Christ and in your genius thestrength always to rise again even from the sufferings that were among the mostterrible that history recalls." The remarks were an obvious reference towhat is widely known as the Armenian Genocide when 1.5 million Armenians were killedby Ottoman Turks in 1915-18.However, he said, "we must not allow painful memoriesto take possession of our hearts. Even in the face of repeated assaults ofe...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Remember the Jetsons' robot maid, Rosie? Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers think her future real-life incarnations can learn a thing or two from Steve Carell and other sitcom stars....
BEIJING (AP) -- A powerful tornado and hailstorm struck the outskirts of an eastern Chinese city on Thursday, killing at least 78 people and destroying buildings, smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their roofs....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Five years before Donald Trump accused a federal judge of bias against him in a Trump University lawsuit, the New York billionaire tried to get another judge pulled from a case, court records show....
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas can execute eight death row inmates, a split state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding a state law that keeps information about its lethal injection drugs confidential....
BERLIN (AP) -- A masked man was shot dead Thursday after entering a movie theater in southwestern Germany with a weapon and taking several hostages, authorities said. No one else was injured....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Weary but defiant Democrats commandeered the House floor Thursday morning, demanding gun-control votes in the aftermath of the Orlando massacre in an extraordinary 24-hour long protest broadcast live to the world by social media....
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A judge acquitted a police driver of all charges on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore's worst riots in decades....
