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Signs Of the Times
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Pope Francis called for abolition of the death penalty as well as life imprisonment and denounced what he called a “penal populism” that promises to solve society’s problems by punishing crime instead of pursuing social justice. “It is impossible to imagine that states today
PERMANENT STATUS? An Iraqi child, who fled from ISIS militants in mosul, outside her tent at a camp in Erbil in September.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin Clarke
Church agencies are rushing to prepare shelters so refugee can last through the winter.
FINAL WORDS. Pope Francis talks with Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi as they leave the synod’s concluding session on Oct. 18. At right is Italian Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops.
Signs Of the Times
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After several days of animated debate over its official midterm report, the Synod of Bishops on the Family agreed on a final document more clearly grounded in traditional Catholic teaching. The assembly failed to reach consensus on the especially controversial questions of Communion for those who ar
Children encouraged to wash hands at Ebola sensitization program in Liberia.
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Ever since Frank Mulbah’s mother died of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, in August, no one will go near him. “I went to my relatives after my mother died, but they chased me away, even after I told them that I didn’t have Ebola,” said Frank, 12, who tested negative for Ebola at t
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The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said on Oct. 14 that it hoped that a $9.95 million settlement of abuse claims “can bring about some closure to those hurt by abuse in the past.”• Alaska’s Gov. Sean Parnell said in a statement released on Oct. 12 that his administration wi
Signs Of the Times
Judith Valente
Jordan Becker has close-cropped dark hair, a trim goatee and bulging biceps from lifting weights daily at the gym. Becker did not always look this way. A photograph of Becker at age 4 shows a smiling little girl with ringlet curls in a frilly dress. “My mother had to pay me to wear that dress,