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Chaplains who are part of the Army’s first line of defense against suicide say they need more training in how to prevent soldiers from killing themselves, according to a Rand Corporation survey published online on April 7. Nearly all the chaplains and chaplain assistants surveyed said the
FINAL VERDICT? Protesters against the death penalty outside the federal courthouse in Boston before closing arguments on April 6 in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin Clarke
It was no surprise that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all 30 counts in the Boston Marathon bomber trial on April 8; in an opening statement, his attorneys had conceded his guilt in the April 2013 horror at the finish line. The State of Massachusetts bars the use of capital punishment, but Tsarn
Nigerian archbishop presents relief material to internally displaced people in Jos, Nigeria
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A delegation representing Catholic organizations in Nigeria offered words of comfort and pledged help for Nigerian refugees who fled to neighboring Cameroon because of a violent insurgency. Led by Bishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Umuahia, chairman of Caritas Nigeria, the delegation visited Minawao Ca
 Industrial plant in China
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Steven Schwankert
Discussing the day’s air quality is now the default subject for Beijing small talk.
Utah lawmakers pass bill to protect gay rights and safeguard religious conscience
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After years of disagreement about the rights of states, communities and the federal government to define marriage, two state legislatures have proposed different means to reconcile the conflicting interests of gay rights groups and proponents of religious liberty. In Oklahoma, H.B. 1125, which was r
HELP AND HOPE. Sister Augusta Ernest, principal at St. Martin de Porres School in Hinche, Haiti.
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Bishop Launay Saturne of Jacmel has a vision that he believes could change the future of Haiti. He wants to build partnerships between Catholic parishes in other countries and Catholic schools in his diocese—modeled on the medical missions that many parishes in developed nations already have e