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The Lebanese parliament elected 81-year-old Michel Aoun, pictured in 2015, as president Oct. 31, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum. (CNS photo/Nabil Mounzer, EPA)
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
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Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, welcomed the election of a new Lebanese president, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum that had crippled the country's government institutions.
Baie de Grand Goâve. (Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Tim Padgett
Haitian expatriates have long considered themselves a “dissed” diaspora—in both their new country and the old.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Rhona Tarrant
The call to liberalize Ireland’s abortion laws has created significant political pressure.
Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, is pictured in a 2014 photo in Sydney. Australian police questioned Cardinal Pell in Rome regarding accusations of alleged sexual abuse. (CNS photo/Jane Dempster, EPA)
FaithSigns Of the Times
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Australian police questioned Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, in Rome regarding accusations of sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell was "voluntarily interviewed" by Victoria police in late October, said a statement on Oct. 26 from the cardinal's office.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Kevin Clarke
Researchers say deforestation, pollution, overfishing and the illegal wildlife trade, together with climate change, “are pushing species populations to the edge.”
Betty Howard arranges produce at the City Greens at Midtown Center in St. Louis in this June 17, 2010, photo. The project, sponsored by Catholic Charities, was developed with the goal to get produce into the kitchens of all families.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
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Three Catholic charitable organizations that support programs in the United States and around the world rank among the top 100 groups in terms of fundraising.