The death toll in Haiti had exceeded 370.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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U.S.–Russian Tensions Thwart Cooperation
The Russian countermeasures on proliferation followed quickly on the heels of a U.S. decision to suspend what had become fruitless negotiations toward a cease-fire in Syria. The setback does not bode well for near-term progress on U.S.-Russia disarmament, an effort that has been stalled for years af
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After priest wounded, South African Jesuits urge ‘peace on and around our campuses’
“The shooting of Father Graham has shocked and distressed many people, including students. He, along with the Society of Jesus, remain hopeful that a solution can be achieved.”
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Jesuit priest shot with rubber bullet as student protests in South Africa turn violent
Police apparently fired a rubber bullet point blank into the face of a Jesuit priest near the Witwatersrand campus in Johannesburg.
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Catholic relief agencies respond to hurricane devastation in Haiti
Matthew ruins crops, destroys water treatment plants and leaves a climbing death toll in an already-poor nation.
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Tensions between U.S. and Russia and an international court ruling set back anti-nuke efforts
The setback does not bode well for near-term progress on U.S.-Russia disarmament.
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Will a ‘no’ vote derail peace in Colombia?
In regions where the fighting and suffering has been the most intense, voters said “yes” to the accord by overwhelming margins.
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Fall of Mosul May Prove Greatest Humanitarian Crisis of 2016
U.S. and Iraqi military strategists are preparing for a final drive on Mosul, hoping to dislodge Islamic State militants from their last stronghold in Iraq. But how well are they planning for the inevitable impact of that offensive on the city’s residents?Hani El-Mahdi is the Iraq country repr
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The fall of Mosul could be the year’s greatest humanitarian crisis
The fall of Mosul could mean anywhere between 1 to 1.5 million more displaced people, a figure one aid worker bluntly calls “overwhelming.”
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A Hate Crime in Queens?
The borough’s Bangladeshi community remained tense more than a week after two men were gunned down a few blocks from a humble storefront mosque in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens on Aug. 13. Jewel Chowdhury, the general secretary of the Jalalabad Association of America, says the Muslim c