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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Shot in the leg and lying in a mix of blood and water on a bathroom floor, Patience Carter heard gunman Omar Mateen dial 911 from just a few feet away. The American-born son of an Afghan immigrant, Mateen told the person on the other end he wanted America to stop bombing his country, she recalled....
Some passages in Scripture are hard to grasp, the meanings of others seem apparent. This looks like one of the latter. Don't parade your charity before others to build yourself up in their eyes. However, like most...
(Vatican Radio) The First Secretary of the Holy See Mission to the UN in Geneva gave an intervention Tuesday in which he renewed the Holy See’s call for the international community to responsibly and adequately address the ongoing migrant crisis.The 15 June statement delivered in English by Mons Richard Gyhra to the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva was that of the Vatican’s representative to the UN in Geneva, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic.Listen to the intervention delivered by Mons Gyhra, courtesy of UN correspondent Christian Peschken: “These movements are often the consequence of social and economic inequalities, violent conflicts, natural disasters and also religious persecutions,” the statement said.“While understanding the need for national policies to address large flows of migrants and refugees, my Delegation wishes&nb...
Vatican City, Jun 15, 2016 / 12:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has officially recognized 115 Catholics who were killed during the Spanish Civil War out of hatred of the faith.The newest martyrs are Servants of God José Álvarez Benavides y de la Torre, Spanish dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Almería, and his 114 companions. They were killed between 1936 and 1938 during Spain’s brutal civil war.The June 14 recognition means that they are considered “Blesseds” in the eyes of the Church, one grade below saints. The decree came from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.In addition, Pope Francis also recognized the heroic virtues of seven Catholics who will now be known by the title “Venerable.”These are Anton Cyril Stojan (1851-1923), the Archbishop of Olomuc in what is now the Czech Republic; Vicente Garrido Pastor (1896-1975), the Spanish diocesan priest who founded the Secular Institute of Workers of the Cross; Mexican pri...
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Numbers may not necessarily lie, though they can deceive....
BEIJING (AP) -- Even before a ruling, China may have lost by refusing to cooperate with a U.N. arbitration tribunal over its South China Sea claims. Yet Beijing seems prepared to absorb the cost to its reputation, confident that in terms of territory and resources, it won't lose a thing....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump's favorite nickname for the news media is the "dishonest press." He swaps in "disgusting press" from time to time....
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities were searching early Wednesday for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney's upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa....
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- In this Northern California city where people can buy prayer flags at the dollar store, fresh-baked Afghan bread at corner markets and feast on beef kabobs in "little Kabul's" many restaurants, Afghan-Americans are angry....
RODEO, California (AP) -- She was a sweet, pretty California girl with Palestinian roots who left an arranged marriage only to find love with a man who committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S history....
