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Soccer Wars: Riot police tangle with Brazilians protesting excessive spending on the 2014 FIFA World cup in July 2013.
Signs Of the Times
Pope Francis Challenges New Leaders
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Construction for 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Brazil sparks protests.
Farmed in the U.S.A: Grain arrives in South Sudan. International food assistance is just one component of the complex farm bill.
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Little to Praise in House Farm Bill
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
The House finally passed a five-year farm bill on Jan. 29, more than a year after the previous agriculture program expired and two days before a stopgap extension was itself set to expire. While Catholic groups and other rural advocates had been urging passage of a farm bill, their enthusiasm for th
People rally in Washington for comprehensive immigration reform. (CNS photo/Larry Downing, Reuters)
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‘Encouraged’ on Immigration Reform
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House Republicans released a one-page set of “standards for immigration reform” during their annual retreat in Cambridge, Md., on Jan. 29. Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration,
“Superpope” graffiti has sprouted up on buildings around Vatican City. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
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News Briefs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
The global pope-apalooza continued in January as Pope Francis was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and in “superpope” graffiti that sprouted up on buildings around Vatican City. • It was announced on Jan. 27 that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melkite Ar
Migrants and others cross the Suchiate River where it forms a border between Guatemala and Mexico Dec. 18. The river crossing is part of the main route that Central American migrants follow on their way north. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)
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Child Migrants
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Number of unaccompanied minors apprehended at U.S. border doubled last year.
Next Generation: Young workers in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam.
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Too Many Workers, Too Few Jobs; World Youth Are Hardest Hit
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
The U.N.’s International Labor Organization in January offered a sobering review of global labor conditions and projections for the future that were not much more heartening. According to I.L.O. researchers, almost 202 million people around the world were unemployed during 2013, an increase of
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