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Signs Of the Times
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U.S. and Canadian bishops joined their Latin American counterparts who came to Washington to testify about the environmental and social ills wrought by extractive industries like mining and logging. The bishops testified on March 19 before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in a bid to he
People march in protest of the death penalty and abortion in Texas. (CNS photo/Erik Noriega, Texas Catholic Herald)
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Pope Francis came out squarely against the death penalty on March 20, calling it “unacceptable” regardless of the seriousness of the crime of the condemned. Pope Francis met with a three-person delegation of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty and issued a letter on th
UNKINDEST CUTS. Budget proposals out of Congress have proposed reductions in spending on social services like this Baltimore Catholic Charities Head Start program in Edgewood, Md.
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Catholic advocates are pressing Congress to make the needs of poor and vulnerable people a priority as legislators hammer out a federal spending plan for 2016. They want to prevent trillions of dollars in social services spending from disappearing over the next decade as Congress seeks to balance th
AT WHAT COST? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu burned a few bridges in the final days of his successful campaign.
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’Connell
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel snatched victory out of what pollsters had predicted would be a shock defeat by ending his campaign with a rejection of a two-state solution for the 67-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, by raising an alarm over Arab-Israeli voters that many condemned
LIVING STONES—HAMMERED. Church leaders implore a global response as state of Christian communities in Middle East reaches a crisis point.
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In a joint statement, representatives of more than 60 countries have recognized that Christians are particularly endangered in the Middle East, and they called on the international community to reaffirm the human right to freedom of religion. The violence carried out by terrorist groups “creat
JUBILEE! Pope Francis announces a Holy Year of Mercy during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter’s Basilica on March 13.
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Gerard O’Connell
In a surprising and far-reaching decision, Pope Francis announced an extraordinary holy year, a Jubilee of Mercy, that will extend from Dec. 8, 2015, to Nov. 20, 2016, and will involve the Catholic Church throughout the world. He broke the news during a penitential celebration in St. Peter’s B