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Why we need legislation to clarify the scope of executive privilege and to establish a streamlined legal process to resolve such claims.
Refugees sponsored by the Vatican and the Sant’Egidio Community hold a banner supporting “Human Corridors” upon their arrival at Fiumicino airport on Dec. 4. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service
Since February 2016, Sant’Egidio has been able to bring 3,026 refugees into Europe using humanitarian corridors. Italy, thanks to the commitment of its episcopal conference and Protestant community, has welcomed the majority of the refugees brought in by Sant’Egidio, reaching a total of 2,448, most of them from Lebanon and Ethiopia.
A candlelit vigil against the death penalty, held outside the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville on Dec. 16, 2016. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)
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Archbishop Paul S. CoakleyArchbishop Wilton D. GregoryBishop Frank J. Dewane
A federal judge has placed federal executions on hold. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop Frank J. Dewane write that we should turn back permanently from the path of death.
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
A Jesuit who works for Jesuit Refugee Service in Thailand raised the question of ministry among migrants and refugees.
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Fredrick Nzwili - Catholic News Service
The aid reached families in Berdale, a small town center of 50,000 people, including 6,000 people displaced from their homes.
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Thomas J. Reese
“As a Catholic, I resent your using the word 'hate' in a sentence that addresses me,” she said. “I don’t hate anyone.”