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The family of Nnamdi Kanu say they want the corpse of leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) handed to them; if the army has ended his life as is being speculated in certain quarters. The whereabouts of the separatist Kanu remain unknown, days after the army raided his apartment in Umuahia, Southeast Nigeria. |
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Sixty years ago Wednesday , a shiny metal ball weighing 184 pounds was hurled into space. It had always been a matter of when, not if, humans would launch something into orbit. The surprise to many Americans was that it was the Soviet Union that got there first. The orb was called Sputnik, Russian for “fellow traveler of Earth. |
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In the wake of a series of homicides in The Bahamas over the last few weeks, retired Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Province of the West Indies, the Most Reverend Drexel Gomez is calling for the reordering the Bahamian society. Speaking on Love 97 radio show Issues of the Day yesterday,.... |
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Kumurdo Cathedral, a tenth-century Georgian church in a majority Armenian village that was the site of clashes over the church's heritage. (photo: Wikimedia Commons, Jaba1977)
A clash over a contested church in a majority-Armenian part of Georgia has raised tensions and, many fear, set the stage for further ethnic conflict. |
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When the month began, a confluence of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and a brewing international nuclear confrontation already had some Americans thinking about End Times. Then Las Vegas, the nation’s playground, witnessed the worst mass shooting in U.S. history — the latest in this peerless series of catastrophes. |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the shooting in Las Vegas (all times local): 11:30 p.m. An Australian man with the room next to the gunman's says he's "shaken" by Sunday's attack. Brian Hodge wasn't in the room when 64-year-old retired accountant Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor concert.... |
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Dear Archbishop Justin, You and I met once – though I appreciate you probably won't recall the event. It was the consecration of the Bishop of Lewes at Westminster Abbey, and we shook hands. I looked you straight in the eyes and said, 'I pray for you ever such a lot. |
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"No affiliation, no religion, no politics. He never cared about any of that stuff," Eric Paddock said. "He was a guy who had money. He went on cruises and gambled." Stephen Paddock, who had worked previously as an accountant, was "not an avid gun guy at all," though he had a couple of handguns and a long gun, he said. |
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Ave Maria Mutual Funds announces that Gloria Purvis has joined its Catholic Advisory Board. Gloria is the creator and host of the EWTN series, Authentically Free at Last , which deals with the modern challenges to the expression and understanding of authentic human freedom. She is also the host of Morning Glory on EWTN Global Catholic Radio. |
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When the month began, a confluence of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and a brewing international nuclear confrontation already had some Americans thinking about End Times. Then Las Vegas, the nation’s playground, witnessed the worst mass shooting in U.S. history — the latest in this peerless series of catastrophes. |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the shooting in Las Vegas (all times local): 11:30 p.m. An Australian man who says he had the room next to the gunman's says he's "shaken" by Sunday's attack. Brian Hodge wasn't in the room when 64-year-old retired accountant Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor.... |
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