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Pope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and Vice President Kamala Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights. Asked about the U.S. presidential election on his flight back to Rome from Singapore, the pope said not welcoming migrants is a “grave” sin, and likened having an abortion to an “assassination.” He said U.S. Catholics would have to “choose the lesser evil” when they vote in November, without elaborating. Francis was speaking in a press conference with journalists after a demanding 12-day tour across Southeast Asia and Oceania. Although...

Len Lesser, the veteran character actor best known for his scene-stealing role as Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld," has died. He was 88. Lesser's family said in a statement that he died Wednesday in Burbank, Calif., from cancer-related pneumonia. .. list of television credits included parts on "Get Smart,""That Girl,""The Munsters,""The Monkees,""The Rockford Files,""thirtysomething,""ER," and "Everybody Loves Raymond," .. film credits included "Outlaw Josey Wales,""Kelly's Heroes,""Birdman of Alcatraz" and "Death Hunt." .. most recently .. TV drama "Castle."

JAMES the Lesser Also known asJacobus Minor; James the Younger; James the Just Memorial3 MayProfileApostle. Cousin of Jesus. Brother of Saint Jude Thaddeus. One of the first to have visions of the risen Christ. First Bishop of Jerusalem. Having been beaten to death, a club almost immediately became his symbol. This led to his patronage of fullers and pharmacists, both of whom use clubs in their professions. Like all men of renown, large stories grew up around James. He is reported to have spent so much time in prayer that his knees thickened, and looked like a camel's. Soon after...

Iran forced to choose lesser of two evils February 08 2003 at 06:20PM Tehran - US-led war threats against Iraq are facing Iran with a stark choice - accept the massive troop buildup on its borders of arch foe the United States or risk Iraq maintaining the capacity to repeat its chemical attacks of the 1980s. As the question weighs heavily, Iran's influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani voiced the Islamic republic's dilemma on Friday in a sermon at Tehran university. "We are clearly in favour of disarming Saddam of weapons of mass destruction and we are clearly opposed to...