11 days ago
GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV returned Monday to a sanctuary where he prayed just after his election and revealed a permanent sign of his devotion to the place: a fresco depicting him praying that now adorns an upper cornice of the basilica.
Leo unveiled the portrait before celebrating Mass with his fellow Augustinian brothers at the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano south of Rome. He joins a handful of past popes whose visits to the sanctuary were commemorated with portraits that adorn its walls, going back to Pope Urban VIII in 1630.
Leo visited the sanctuary on May 10, 2025, just two days after his election and in his first outing as pope. The former Robert Prevost had been there many times before, since the place has special significance for the pope's Augustinian religious order.
The sanctuary is managed by Augustinian friars and has been a place of pilgrimage since the 15th century. Leo's namesake, Pope Leo XIII, elevated it to a minor basilica and expanded the adjacent convent in the early 1900s.
Leo referred to that 2025 outing during his homily at the basilica Monday, which commemorates the birth of Mary. Leo recalled what he wrote then in the sanctuary's guest book.
#pope #basilica #Monday
Leo unveiled the portrait before celebrating Mass with his fellow Augustinian brothers at the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano south of Rome. He joins a handful of past popes whose visits to the sanctuary were commemorated with portraits that adorn its walls, going back to Pope Urban VIII in 1630.
Leo visited the sanctuary on May 10, 2025, just two days after his election and in his first outing as pope. The former Robert Prevost had been there many times before, since the place has special significance for the pope's Augustinian religious order.
The sanctuary is managed by Augustinian friars and has been a place of pilgrimage since the 15th century. Leo's namesake, Pope Leo XIII, elevated it to a minor basilica and expanded the adjacent convent in the early 1900s.
Leo referred to that 2025 outing during his homily at the basilica Monday, which commemorates the birth of Mary. Leo recalled what he wrote then in the sanctuary's guest book.
#pope #basilica #Monday
12 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms.
The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order for the November elections.
The legal wrangling is happening even as states start sending out mail ballots, leaving the administration little time to make big changes in mail ballot rules.
"Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more States will begin the mailing process as the injunction remains in place — including Alabama on September 9 and at least five States the week of September 13," Solicitor General John Sauer said in the filing.
"Once those ballot envelopes enter the mailstream, there is no retrieving them. And while the injunction allows the Postal Service and the States to continue taking steps to ensure that their envelopes satisfy the Rule's requirements … each day the injunction is in place risks sowing confusion and chaos because the injunction makes those preparatory steps voluntary, rather than mandatory."
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The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order for the November elections.
The legal wrangling is happening even as states start sending out mail ballots, leaving the administration little time to make big changes in mail ballot rules.
"Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more States will begin the mailing process as the injunction remains in place — including Alabama on September 9 and at least five States the week of September 13," Solicitor General John Sauer said in the filing.
"Once those ballot envelopes enter the mailstream, there is no retrieving them. And while the injunction allows the Postal Service and the States to continue taking steps to ensure that their envelopes satisfy the Rule's requirements … each day the injunction is in place risks sowing confusion and chaos because the injunction makes those preparatory steps voluntary, rather than mandatory."
1 month ago
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(NewsNation) — One of the experts Bryan Kohberger's defense team hired before he pleaded guilty says cellphone data points to Madison Mogen as the suspect's primary target.
Sy Ray, a digital forensics expert, told NewsNation's Brian Entin he believes Kohberger stalked Mogen and was in the University of Idaho student's home before the killings.
Kohberger pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty in the 2022 murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Kohberger may have targeted Idaho students because they were women
#madison #guilty #owquazw62 #newsnation
(NewsNation) — One of the experts Bryan Kohberger's defense team hired before he pleaded guilty says cellphone data points to Madison Mogen as the suspect's primary target.
Sy Ray, a digital forensics expert, told NewsNation's Brian Entin he believes Kohberger stalked Mogen and was in the University of Idaho student's home before the killings.
Kohberger pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty in the 2022 murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
Kohberger may have targeted Idaho students because they were women
#madison #guilty #owquazw62 #newsnation
2 months ago
Before July and August, traditionally Jersey's two hottest months, had started, the island had already experienced a pair of heatwaves and record temperatures.
Climate change caused by humans has made heatwaves more frequent, intense, and last longer.
While some people enjoyed spending time on the beach during the hot weather, for many others temperatures over 30C (86F) in May and June were more of an endurance.
With Jersey now in the middle of its third heatwave in less than two months, and more hot weather increasingly likely, how can the island prepare its public buildings and homes?
Jersey had its hottest ever May and June this year, when it hit by what Jersey Met described as "unprecedented heat".
Climate change caused by humans has made heatwaves more frequent, intense, and last longer.
While some people enjoyed spending time on the beach during the hot weather, for many others temperatures over 30C (86F) in May and June were more of an endurance.
With Jersey now in the middle of its third heatwave in less than two months, and more hot weather increasingly likely, how can the island prepare its public buildings and homes?
Jersey had its hottest ever May and June this year, when it hit by what Jersey Met described as "unprecedented heat".
