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Catholic Relief Services is working with local partners to help determine the greatest needs of survivors of Indonesia's Dec. 22 tsunami.
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In a statement issued on December 18, 2018, Greg Schleppenbach, associate director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, decried the epousal by Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, of using fetal tissue from aborted babies for use in medical research.
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Archbishop Luc Ravel of Strasbourg and Pope Francis decry the terrorist attack that occurred on December 11, 2018 at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, where two were killed an twelve injured.
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The bill will provide humanitarian relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria and hold accountable Islamic State perpetrators of genocide.
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In a message marking the anniversary of their country's December 1991 referendum on independence from the Soviet Union, Ukrainian Catholic bishops said Ukrainians had a "right and sacred duty" to defend themselves against "Russian aggression," but should also avoid yielding to alarm and panic.
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IRONDALE, Ala. (CNS) -- The chairman and CEO of the Eternal Word Television Network said the global Catholic media organization is "grateful that finally" it no longer "has to worry about being forced to choose between massive fines and following our faith."
"It shouldn't take years to prove the obvious: You can't tell a religious media network to say one thing and do another," said Michael P. Warsaw in a statement issued from EWTN's headquarters in Irondale.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is urging Filipinos to stop going to church altogether.
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The abortion rate in the United States continues to decline, as do the number of abortions overall.
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A coalition of Christian faith leaders came together to pledge support for those migrants seeking asylum in the United States.
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The accused are 14- and 15-year-old students of St. Michael's College School in midtown Toronto. Five of the accused turned themselves into police early Nov. 19 and a sixth was arrested on his way to school.