GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area left at least 11 people dead, injured scores more and tore up a 40-mile swath south and east of the city while record warmth continued along the East Coast from Florida to Boston.
It's the latest of a succession of freakish winter-weather events across the country that could include heavy snow and massive flooding Sunday from north Texas through eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, western Arkansas and parts of Missouri. Days of tumultuous weather in the Southeast have led to 29 deaths overall — those in Texas plus 18 total in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas.
VATICAN CITY – For Pope Francis, the path forward from Christmas can be found in the martyrdom of St. Stephen, especially in his transforming forgiveness of his persecutors.
"If we want to move forward in faith, first of all we must receive the forgiveness of God. We must meet the Father, who is ready to forgive everything and always," Pope Francis told a crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square before the Angelus prayers Saturday.
