Negotiators in Ethiopia reach plan to end violence and release detainees.
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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AP Reports 400 Priests Defrocked in 2011-12
The Associated Press is reporting tonight that a document it has obtained indicates that nbsp Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for sexually molesting children According to the report the statistics for 2011 and 2012 quot show a dramatic increase over the 171 priest
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‘Bulldog’ or ‘Butcher’? Remembering Sharon
Picking his words with some care during a memorial service in front of Israel rsquo s Parliament building in Jerusalem Vice President Joseph R Biden Jr said today of Israel rsquo s former prime minister Ariel Sharon ldquo Like all historic leaders all real leaders he had a North Star that gui
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Alternatives to Mexico Drug War?: U.S. Bishops Support Changes in U.S. Aid Focus
Calling an overemphasis on military responses “counterproductive,” the bishops who chair the domestic and international peace and justice committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged Secretary of State John Kerry to examine the funds and priorities of the coordinated effor
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Catholic Leaders Promote ‘Decent Work and Just Wages’
On a day marking the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson 39 s declaration of a war on poverty Archbishop Thomas G Wenski of Miami chairman of the U S bishops 39 Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and Father Larry Snyder president of Catholic Charities USA in a letter today
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Two Bishops on Two Problems: Immigration Reform and Just Wages
January quot hosts quot the U S C C B 39 s Poverty Awareness Month and National Migration Week and two U S bishops led the charge in the press this week on themes related to these issues Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput on immigration reform and Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski on fixing
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Sotomayor blocks mandate–for now
The Associated Press reports tonight that in a late night ruling Justice Sonia Sotomayor has blocked the implementation of portions of President Barack Obama 39 s health care law that would have forced some faith-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance for employees that includes birth
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Death Penalty on the Ropes?: Annual report shows continuing decline
In 2013 the use of the death penalty continued its steady decline by almost every measure, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center. Executions in the United States dropped by about 10 percent from 2012, from 43 to 39, “marking only the second time in the pa
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Scholars Warn CUA Over Koch Cash
A group of about 50 Catholic scholars from across the United States has urged Catholic University President John Garvey to get with the Pope Francis spirit and take advantage of ldquo an opportune time to educate students about the importance of business ethics and global solidarity rdquo How By t
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CHA Responds to NYT on ACLU v. USCCB
You know you are not going to have a great Christmas when the season opens with a lawsuit from the likes of the American Civil Liberties Union but the season turned even less merry yesterday when the N Y Times editorial board weighed in solidly against the U S bishops 39 conference ldquo When