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SAFE AT LAST? Syrian refugee children covered with dust arrive on Sept. 10 at the Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq, near Amman, Jordan.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin Clarke
The Obama administration announced on Sept. 10 that it would seek to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees during the next fiscal year in response to a growing crisis that has shocked consciences around the world. That number would reflect a significant increase from the 1,293 admitted in fiscal year 2015, b
Israel school protest
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As Israeli students began their second week of classes on Sept. 6, thousands of students and teachers from Christian schools converged in front of the Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s office to protest government budget cuts to their schools. • During his homily on Sept. 10, Pope Francis s
BORDER PRESS. Exhuastion at an attempted crossing between Macedonia and Greece, near the town of Gevgelija, Macedonia.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin Clarke
What has been described as the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II reached a crescendo in early September as thousands of people fleeing Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern calamity zones piled up against hastily erected barricades on the outskirts of Europe. But European sentiment,
An American Airlines ground crew unloads baggage at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in late March. Labor Day, honoring working people of America, is observed Sept. 7 this year. (CNS photo/Jim West)
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Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami cited the importance of work in supporting families in the U.S. bishops’ 2015 Labor Day statement, which drew on Pope Francis’ June encyclical on ecology, “Laudato Si’.” Archbishop Wenski said ,“We must not resign ourselves to
Pope Francis, seen praying during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 26, has issued a letter offering a series of instances in which absolution can be granted during the Year of Mercy. (CNS photo/Ettore Ferrari, EPA)
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Pope Francis’ announcement on Sept. 1 that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and Canada. “It is my understanding that the faculty [authorization] for the priest to lift the latae sent
A migrant seeks medical attention for a child suffering with heatstroke in the village of Roszke, Hungary, Sept. 7. (CNS photo/Laszlo Balogh, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times
David Stewart
The Calais migrants emerge as real people, some of whom even go to church.