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Fresno, Calif., Apr 18, 2017 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A 39-year-old man is in custody following a shooting spree that left three people dead in Fresno, California on Tuesday, including one person who was killed in the parking lot of a Catholic Charities building.The suspect, Kori Ali Muhammad, went by the nickname “Black Jesus,” according to NBC, and reportedly told police that he hated white people. The three people killed were all white men, police said.Police said that Muhammad shot and killed a passenger in a Pacific Gas and Electric Company truck, before gunning down a man walking along a neighborhood street and another man in the parking lot of a local Catholic Charities building.A Catholic Charities spokesperson said there does not appear to be any connection between the shooter and Catholic Charities, the Fresno Bee reported.Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said the shooting was unprovoked and appeared to be random. He added that Muhammad has a significant crim...
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy WiechecBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- This summer's Convocation of Catholic Leaders comes at a time when theU.S. Catholic Church is seeking how best to respond to a changing social landscapewhile bringing Pope Francis' vision for a church that offers mercy and joy to theworld.Calledby the bishops, the historic convocation will find more than 3,000 Catholicleaders -- bishops, clergy, religious and laypeople -- meeting July 1-4 inOrlando, Florida, to focus on how the pope's 2013 apostolic exhortation,"Evangelii Gaudium" ("The Joy of the Gospel"), applies inthe United States.Thepope's document lays out a vision of the church dedicated to evangelization --missionary discipleship -- in a positive way, with a focus on society's poorestand most vulnerable, including the aged and unborn.Jonathan Reyes, executive directorof the U.S. bishops' Department of Justice, Peace and Human Developmentand a convocation planner, sees the gathering as a way for Catholics across th...
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for four days with a recurrence of a case of pneumonia he had earlier in the year, a family spokesman said Tuesday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Through four days of Bill O'Reilly's vacation, his show's viewership declined by 23 percent in the hands of substitutes Dana Perino, Eric Bolling and Greg Gutfeld....
LONDON (AP) -- Delivering the latest jolt in Britain's year of political shocks, Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for a snap June 8 general election, seeking to strengthen her hand in European Union exit talks and tighten her grip on a fractious Conservative Party....
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Since her father was elected president of the United States, global sales of Ivanka Trump merchandise have surged and the company has applied for at least nine new trademarks in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. The commercial engine of the first daughter's brand is stronger than ever even as she builds a new political career from her West Wing office....
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) -- Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, President Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday he said should help American workers whose jobs are threatened by skilled immigrants....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump is targeting a visa program cherished by tech companies for bringing in programmers and other specialized workers from other countries....
VARNER, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas officials vowed to carry out a double execution later this week after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a setback to the state's plan to resume capital punishment for the first time in nearly 12 years by refusing to lift an order sparing an inmate just minutes before his death warrant expired....
The CEO of United Airlines says no one will be fired over the dragging of a man off a plane - including himself....
