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McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is a subject of a federal investigation looking at donations to his gubernatorial campaign, according to a U.S. law enforcement official....
IDOMENI, Greece (AP) -- Greek authorities have begun an operation to gradually evacuate the country's largest informal refugee camp of Idomeni....
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Juba, South Sudan, May 23, 2016 / 02:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Slovak nun and medical doctor died Friday from gunshot wounds she suffered in an attack in Yei, South Sudan last week.Sister Veronika Terézia Racková was shot and wounded by three soldiers on May 16, and died from her injuries on May 20, said Martin Kramara, spokesperson of the Slovak Bishops Conference (KBS), according to Slovak news sources.The sister had been driving a patient to a nearby hospital when she was attacked and shot in the stomach and suffered multiple other injuries, including fractures to her pelvis, according to several reports. She underwent surgery at a local hospital before being flown to Nairobi, Kenya, for further treatment.A member of the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters (SSpS), Sr. Veronika was the head of St Bakhita’s Medical Centre in Yei, South Sudan. She has also served in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Ghana, according ...
Washington D.C., May 23, 2016 / 04:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the U.S. lifted its decades-long arms embargo with Vietnam during President Barack Obama’s visit there, human rights advocates argued that the country had not sufficiently improved its human rights record to warrant the deal. The advocacy group Human Rights Watch expressed serious disappointment over the deal. “President Obama just gave Vietnam a reward that they don't deserve,” John Sifton, Asia policy director for the group, said May 23.After the U.S. had pressured Vietnam “for years” to improve its “human rights record,” he continued, it had not responded in kind. “It has not repealed any repressive laws, nor released any significant number of political prisoners, nor made any substantial pledges,” he said.Weeks in advance of President Obama’s visit to Vietnam, human rights advocates were insisting that the U.S. make any deal with the country conting...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Christina Lee Knauss, The Catholic MiscellanyBy Christina Lee KnaussST.MATTHEWS, S.C. (CNS) -- For years, Matthew Quay picked up paper clips fromdesks and absent-mindedly straightened them while listening to discussions orpresentations at work.Healso carried some in his pockets to straighten during Mass at Holy TrinityChurch in Orangeburg.Itwas simply something to do with his hands to help him stay focused, he said.Henever figured that simple action would eventually turn into works of art thathelp persecuted Christians overseas.Lastfall, Quay started to experiment with twisting the straightened clips intovarious shapes. He made a cross. With a few more twists, he formed the corpusof Christ.Withindays, he was making beautiful crucifixes out of paper clips, sacred art formed fromthe simplest of office supplies.Sincethen, Quay's creations have been displayed at the Orangeburg County Fine ArtsCenter. Sales of the artwork have raised thousands of dollars to helppersecute...
A group of Democratic senators is concerned about how the Zika virus might affect American athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro later this summer....
LONDON (AP) -- Oscar-winning actress and activist Angelina Jolie has been appointed a visiting professor at one of Britain's most prestigious universities....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Monday that the VA should not use wait times as a measure of success, comparing waits for VA health care to the hours people wait for rides at Disney theme parks....
CHICAGO (AP) -- The way Terry Neilen sees it, lifting the ban on U.S. arms sales to Vietnam makes sense in the face of China's growing influence in the region....
