U.N. agencies estimate more than 65 million people are currently stateless or forcibly displaced from their countries and 51 percent of them are children.
Beth Griffin - Catholic News Service
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Laughter, tolerance and shared faith seen as crucial for lasting marriage
Laughter, tolerance and shared faith are important ingredients in a loving, lasting marriage, according to a New York couple who will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at the end of National Marriage Week.
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Catholic groups help Colombia rebuild following peace agreement
After 52 years of armed conflict in Colombia, government and rebel leaders reached a peace accord in late 2016. Now, the country is rebuilding.
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What is the future of religious minorities victimized by ISIS?
“The international community must respond to the outrages systematically committed by Daesh with a rock-solid resolve to prevent similar future abominations from recurring.”
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Evangelization, mercy, encounter mark pope’s first four years, Nuncio says
“The raison d’etre of the church is evangelization. It’s not a business, it’s not an organization or an association for the defense of Jesus,” Archbishop Pierre said.
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An “invisible” Catholic organization celebrates 90 years of humanitarian work
Msgr. John E. Kozar, secretary of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, said the agency maintains a low profile because it works through and with the local church.
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Who’s responsible for preventing crimes against humanity?
“Today, as in the past, religions are being manipulated to incite intolerance and hatred against individuals, groups or entire populations.”
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Father Berrigan hailed as visionary who was ruled by faith at funeral Mass
Father Kelly recalled Father Berrigan and his late brother and fellow activist Philip as men who lived the Resurrection and challenged religious leaders to know “bomb-blessing has no place in Jesus’ self-giving.”
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Catholic silence on involvement in Middle East called ‘massive failure’
“What is particularly fascinating and troubling is all three recent popes were clearly opposed to the wars, yet at no level in the Catholic community was there any major opposition or sustained witness,” San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy said.
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Rabbi says ‘Nostra Aetate’ set bold course for Jewish-Catholic relations
"Nostra Aetate" uprooted previous church teachings and charted a new course for the relationship between Jews and Catholics in a bold, unequivocal, radical way, Rabbi Daniel F. Polish said.The manner and vigor in which the principles of the Second Vatican Council's declaration on relat