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COLLATERAL DAMAGE. A Palestinian woman weeps on July 17 in what remains of her Gaza City home. the death toll in Gaza exceeded 510, mostly noncombatants, on July 21.
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As an Israeli Defense Forces operation into the Gaza Strip entered its second day on July 18, the head of Caritas Jerusalem said he would launch an international appeal for assistance in Gaza and would not wait until the end of the Israel-Hamas hostilities, as he has done in the past. The Rev. Raed
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On July 17 the convicted murderer David Paul Hammer succeeded in an appeal against his death penalty sentence. A federal judge in Pennsylvania agreed to commute his sentence to life without parole. In April 1996 at a penitentiary in Allenwood, Pa., Hammer strangled his cellmate, 27-year-old Andrew H
MAKING THE COMMITMENT. U.S. bishops cast their votes on the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” at their 2002 meeting in Dallas.
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Jennifer M. Haselberger, former chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, accuses top church leaders of a “cavalier attitude” toward the safety of children.
South Korean actor to appear in video promoting papal visit (CNS photo/Stringer, EPA)
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When Pope Francis visits South Korea on Aug. 14 to 18, he will find a Catholic Church that exemplifies much of what he hopes for the church around the world, including a highly active laity, extensive efforts to help the needy and strong relations with non-Christian communities. [America will provid
Migrants sit in shelter at Catholic church in Texas.
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Bishop says influx of young migrants is a humanitarian crisis, not an immigration problem.
A victim of a landmine tries out a prosthetic limb. Pope Francis is urging international action to rid the world of landmines, which, he said, prolong war and nurture fear. (CNS photo/Yahya Arhab, EPA)
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Landmines wound innocent civilians, “prolong war and nurture fear” long after conflicts have ended.