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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzROME(CNS) -- In the small dormitory room that smelled of moist modelling clay,dozens of statues of a laughing Jesus lined wooden shelves against a wall.Thesmall plaster statuettes showed the Lord reclining on the ground against arock, his eyes pinched tight and his hand on his chest, which was inflated witha hearty hoot. "Asstudents become deacons, I give them one," said Edward Gibney, 54, aCanadian seminarian and sculptor from Saskatchewan. He was preparing to be oneof nine men ordained to the diaconate in the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside theWalls June 15."Itdoesn't say in the Bible, but I believe he laughed," he said, explaininghis motivation for the "Laughing Jesus" motif, adding that theunguarded moment of mirth shows "the human side of Christ."Whilethe souvenir statuettes were ready to go, Gibney was still putting thefinishing touches on a bust of Msgr. Roderick Strange, the former rector ofRome's Pontifical Beda College, which is a semina...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it foresees an exceedingly slow pace of interest rate hikes ahead - and is in no hurry to resume them....
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt on Wednesday said that it spotted and obtained images from the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board, according to a statement by the country's investigation committee....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's latest accusation against President Barack Obama - that he's putting U.S. enemies ahead of America's own people - is thrusting him into uncharted territory for the presidential candidate of any major political party....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The nightclub attack in Orlando that left 49 victims dead was initially described by some news organizations, including The Associated Press, as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In truth, America has seen even bigger massacres, some involving hundreds of men, women and children....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic senator waged a filibuster into the night Wednesday, an attempt to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after 49 people were killed at a Florida nightclub in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history....
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- Omar Mateen graduated from community college with a criminal justice degree, worked as a security guard and wanted to be a police officer....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- "Please, don't let my hand go," Eddie Justice begged Demetrice Naulings. The two best friends huddled together in the women's bathroom with about 40 other terrified club-goers....
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- The body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was snatched off a Walt Disney World beach by an alligator and dragged underwater was recovered Wednesday, ending a ghastly search at one of the world's most popular tourist destinations....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Latest on the massacre at a gay Orlando nightclub (all times local):...
