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By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When DrewDillingham packs his bags after spending the past five months inRome, he will head back to Washington, D.C., with a unique diplomaand added insight into ways the church can continually improve on itsduty to protect children from abuse.While the intensive semester-longcourse was taught by experts in the fields of psychology, canon law,and theology, much of the learning also came from having 24classmates -- priests, religious and lay men and women working in thefield of safeguarding minors -- who came from 18 different countries,Dillingham told Catholic News Service June 7.So, for example, he said, many studentsfrom developing countries are also dealing with the crimes andscandal of children being forced into war, slave labor, marriage andprostitution. "So child sexual abuse by clergy is just one ofthe many issues that they're combating," he said. Their efforts and experiences, he said,made him wonder "how else can the church expand its mi...
MIAMI (AP) -- An ex-convict from Alabama was arrested early Thursday on charges of kidnapping, killing and disposing of the body of a 12-year-old Florida girl....
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Arab states have no right to "blockade" Qatar, the country's top diplomat said Thursday, insisting the campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies to isolate the tiny, energy-rich nation is based on "false and fabricated news."...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The latest on the Gulf crisis after Saudi Arabia and other nations cut ties to Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism (all times local):...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- North Korea's latest launches of several suspected anti-ship missiles were short-range and landed well short of past efforts, but they still served as a defiant message for its enemies that Pyongyang will continue to pursue a weapons program that has rattled its neighbors and Washington....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby acknowledged to police more than a decade ago that he fondled Andrea Constand after giving her what he said were cold-and-allergy pills to help her relax, according to a statement introduced Thursday at the comedian's sexual-assault trial....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has said he wants to do "a big number" on the Obama-era financial rules devised after the Great Recession, and House Republicans were poised to fulfill that goal Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump sought comfort in the figurative embrace of his evangelical supporters Thursday as the FBI director he recently fired told Congress about their conversations, telling a religious gathering that they are "under siege" but will emerge "bigger and better and stronger than ever."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on developments involving fired FBI Director James Comey (all times EDT):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump campaign....
