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Debris seen inside damaged church in Syria. (CNS photo/Khaled al-Ha riri, Reuters)
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In April the sultanate of Brunei became the first East Asian country to introduce the criminal component of Shariah law at the national level, raising concerns among Buddhist and Christian minorities. • Palestinian Christians welcomed the agreement between rival political factions Fatah an
A father hugs his daughter while taking a break from helping friends sift though rubble from homes destroyed in an Arkansas tornado.
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Catholic Charities agencies were on the ground assessing damage after a series of storms with deadly tornadoes and massive floods swept through the southern United States on April 27-29. The storms killed 35 people, left thousands without power and razed homes and businesses.Arkansas and Mississippi
"Priests, Bishops, Popes": Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II in St. Peter’s square on April 27.
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Canonizing two recent popes in the presence of his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis praised the new saints, John XXIII and John Paul II, as men of courage and mercy who responded to challenges of their time by modernizing the Catholic Church in fidelity to its ancient traditions. “They were
Pro-Russia protesters scuffle with the police at the regional government building in Donetsk.
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Pro-Russian protesters stormed government buildings in eastern Ukrainian cities.
U.N. soldiers patrol a camp for internally displaced families at a U.N. base in Juba, South Sudan. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey) (April 23, 2014)
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South Sudan’s civil war has taken a brutal turn, despite appeals from the country’s church leaders to stop the violence. In the oil hub of Bentiu, rebels loyal to ousted Vice President Riek Machar, an ethnic Nuer, killed more than 200 civilians and wounded more than 400 in mid-April, the
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A small group of Teresian Carmelites from Kerala, India, began working in the Diocese of Bismarck, N.D., in February, the first time members of the congregation have served in the Western Hemisphere. • Jesuits in Honduras have demanded an investigation after Carlos Mejia Orellana, 35, marketing