“We feel because of our values, the choice was this, but that didn’t mean it was easy.”
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Justices reject appeal from parishioners of closed church
A spokesperson for the Friends of St. Frances X. Cabrini, said the group plans to consult with its attorney, but acknowledged, “it doesn’t sound good.”
Report: 27.8 million people internally displaced last year
An average of 66,000 people were displaced every day in 2015.
Two men, including the editor of Bangladesh’s first gay rights magazine, were stabbed to death in Bangladesh
Police said they suspected radical Islamists in the attack, which occurred two days after a university professor was hacked to death.
Colombia to hold peace talks with 2nd-largest rebel group
The government has held exploratory talks in Ecuador with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, for more than a year.
3 former Franciscan leaders charged in Pennsylvania abuse case
Each was charged with conspiracy and child endangerment. Prosecutors said the three have been given until Friday to surrender.
Farmworkers protest by home of Wendy’s billionaire
The coalition has used demonstrations and sometimes consumer boycotts to pressure the five largest fast-food companies—Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway and Taco Bell—into joining its “fair food program.”
Pennsylvania priest gets 17 years for molesting Honduran children
The sentencing came a day after the Pennsylvania attorney general issued a report saying two former bishops in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese covered up, or were slow to respond to, child-sex abuse by more than 50 priests over more than 40 years.
