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ON GAURD. An Iraqi soldier stands before truckloads of volunteers in Baghdad on June 17, eager to fight Sunni militants converging on the city.
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Bishop calls on the U.S. to urge Iraqi political leaders to form an inclusive government.
Fast-food workers and supporters demand higher wages during rally in New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
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Advocacy has basic message: Anyone who works full time should not live in poverty.
In Liberia, fighting Ebola
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On World Refugee Day, June 20, Bishop Eusebio Elizondo of Seattle, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, called on the U.S. government to do more to assist Syrian refugees and to protect the rights of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.• Noting
SOWING THE FUTURE. Can private investment be put to work against poverty? A farmer digs irrigation channels in Alauca, Honduras.
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Kevin Clarke
A new development model seeks to turn the power of the market economy to social good.
Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez has called the hedge funds 'vultures' (CNS photo/Enrique Marcarian, Reuters)
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on June 16 from Argentina of an order to pay a so-called vulture fund $1 billion. That decision lets two lower federal court rulings stand, and Argentina now must turn over information about its U.S. bank holdings. Eric LeCompte, executive director o
Historic Prayer: Israeli President Shimon Peres, Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after their joint prayer.
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Gerard O’Connell