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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even in the midst of suffering and death, Christians canbecome witnesses of the resurrection and the power of God's compassion, PopeFrancis said as he proclaimed two new saints. In the Sunday Gospelreading, Jesus' raising of ayoung widow's child was not a magical performance but rather a reminder that hetakes death upon himself to restore the suffering to new life, the pope saidJune 5."Jesus is no wizard! He is God's tenderness incarnate; the Father'simmense compassion is at work in Jesus," the pope said. At the beginning of the Mass in St. Peter's Square, PopeFrancis canonized St. MaryElizabeth Hesselblad of Sweden, who re-founded the Bridgettine sisters in the early 1900s, and St. Stanislaus Papczynski of Poland,founder of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.Banners bearing the image of the two new saints hung fromthe facade of St. Peter's Basilica as some 40,000 people joined members of the twosaints'...
LONDON (AP) -- British playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died. He was 90....
WYNNE, Ark. (AP) -- For many male defendants in Judge Joseph Boeckmann's courtroom, the initial deal seemed simple enough: The judge would approach them after court, either himself or through a bailiff, and offer a way out of traffic or court fines....
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Residents on Florida's Gulf coast filled sandbags, schools closed early and graduation ceremonies were postponed as Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency with Tropical Storm Colin churning toward the state Monday, threatening serious flooding....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Muhammad Ali and his innermost circle started a document years ago that grew so thick they began calling it "The Book."...
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A prosecutor Monday announced no charges will be brought against the mother of the little boy who got into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo, saying the 3-year-old "just scampered off" as children sometimes do....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A team of experts began a historic renovation on Monday at the spot where Christians believe Jesus was buried, overcoming longstanding religious rivalries to carry out the first repairs at the site in more than 200 years....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A two-pronged advance to capture key urban strongholds of the Islamic State group and its self-styled capital of Raqqa has underlined a quiet convergence of strategy between the U.S. and Russia to defeat the extremists, with Syria's Kurds emerging as the common link....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans roundly scolded their own presidential candidate Monday, demanding Donald Trump apologize for - and just stop - talking about the ethnic background and impartiality of the American judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University....
