China criticized Pope Francis on Tuesday over a passage in his new book in which he mentions suffering by China’s Uighur Muslim minority group.
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Joe Biden begins Election Day with morning Mass and visit to son’s grave
How both candidates and voters are spending Election Day.
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Seven more Swiss Guards test positive for Covid-19 at the Vatican, bringing total to 11
Seven more Swiss Guards have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing to 11 confirmed cases
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John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
He was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a group led by Martin Luther King Jr. that had the greatest impact on the movement.
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Court considers status of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia
An appeal is being made to Turkey’s highest administrative court to have it reject a proposal of having Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia revert to being a mosque instead of a museum.
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Mexican bishops urge no statute of limitations for sex abuse
The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico called on the country’s government Tuesday to modify the legal code and do away with statutes of limitations for sexual abuse of minors.
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China blasts human rights report, praises current situation
China has blasted a report from Human Rights Watch that accused it of constructing a surveillance state at home while seeking to silence critics abroad.
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Israel to grant Gaza Christians holiday travel permits
It had been unclear whether Israel would grant permits to members of Gaza’s tiny Christian community to leave the Hamas-ruled coastal territory.
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Vatican official brings Christmas cheer to Gaza Catholics
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa said he wanted to bring some holiday cheer to Gaza’s Christians because it remains unclear whether they will be able to travel to Bethlehem in the West Bank for the holiday.
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Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work
Taken as a whole, the documents give the most significant description yet of how the mass detention camps work in the words of the Chinese government itself.