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Malala Yousafzai at Girl Summit 2014
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From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Oct. 10 to Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, heroic advocates for children’s rights, especially the right to education. • In the Maiduguri Diocese in northeastern Nigeria, nearly 200 churches have been destroyed or razed by B
Rev. Augustus Tolton
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From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
The Obama administration announced plans in early October to allow minors to apply for refugee status from within El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, in an effort to discourage them from making the dangerous trek to enter the United States illegally. • On Sept. 29, during a ceremony at Chicago
InterVarsity Spokesperson Greg Jao
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Jim McDermott
IntraVarsity student says groups should be led members "representative of that religion.”
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Anthony Egan, S.J.
Philosophy of 'Ubuntu' is important to the founding myth of the new South African nation.
Does Democracy Have a Prayer? Catholic youth join demonstrators outside a government office in Hong Kong on Sept. 30.
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Gerard O’Connell
Tensions between student demonstrators and authorities in Beijing rose as protests continued for broader democratic rights in Hong Kong in October. On Oct. 3 protesters accused police of allowing pro-government “thugs” to assault them in the city’s Mong Kok district.“Nothing
Iraqi refugees pose with speakers from Jordanian Catholic and Muslim institutions coming to their aid in Jordan.
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From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Iraqi refugees who fled Islamic State violence after Mosul was overrun say it will be difficult ever to return home, despite concerns by the church that more Christians are fleeing their ancient homeland in the Middle East. “I thought I was living in a kind of dystopian end-of-times film,&rdqu