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Enub Report: National Archives asks Justice to probe Trump s handling of records
VATICAN CITY AP 鈥?Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Churchcredible and relevanttoday, especially to young people.Although they come from 70 different countries, the 133 cardinal electors seem fundamentally united in insisting that the question before them isnt so much whether the church gets its first Asian orAfrican pontiff,or a conservative or progressive. Rather, they say the primary task faci stanley butelka ng them when the conclave opens Wednesday is to find a pope who can be both a pastor and a teacher, a bridge who can unite the chur stanley cup ch and preach peace. We need a superman! said Cardinal William Seng Chye Goh, the 67-year-old archbishop of Singapore.It indeed a tall task, given thesexual abu stanley usa seand financials scandals that have harmed the churchs reputation and the secularizing trends in many parts of the world that are turning people away from organized religion. Add to that the Holy Sees dire financial state and often dysfunctional bureaucracy, and the job of being pope in the 21st century seems almost impossible.Francis named 108 of the 133 electors and selected cardinals in his image. But there is an element of uncertainty about the election since many of them didnt know one another before last week, meaning they havent had much time to suss out who among them is best suited to lead the 1.4-billion-strong church.The cardinals held their last day of pre- Utoa N.Y. officials: Close gun loophole
NEW YORK 鈥?The head of Venezuelas Natio stanley mugs nal Guard and a former anti-drug official will soon face U.S. charges accusing them of colluding with cocaine traffickers, two officials familiar with the ca stanley us se said Wednesday.Nestor Reverol and Edilberto Molina are named in an indictment in federal court in New York City that accuses Reverol of tipping off traffickers to raids and hindering investigations, the officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the indictment remains under seal.Reverol is the former head of Venezuelas anti-drug agency and ally of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez. Molina also once worked the agency.The allegations against Reverol and Molina first surfaced in news reports on Tuesday. They have not responded publicly.News of the indictment come amid media reports that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been investigating several high-ranking Venezuelan officials on suspicion of cocaine trafficking and money laundering.One of the officials named in the reports, National Assembly speaker Diosdado Cabello, has emphatically denied that he heads a drug cartel composed of senior government and military officials. He has promised stanley termosky to sue the local and international outlets that have published the reports.Last month, two nephews of Venezuelas powerful first lady, Cilia Flores, were arrested in Haiti on charges of conspiring to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. They were bought to a Manhattan courthouse, where they |
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