It brings into sharp focus that, while the methods have changed over the past 2,000 years, torture remains part of prison life.
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
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Border crisis declarations mask misery of immigrants
An estimated 100,000 apprehensions of immigrants by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border in March is the highest figure in one month in a decade.
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Likelihood of two-state solution in Middle East dimming, say two clergy
According to Father Elias Mallon, a Franciscan Friar who is the external affairs officer of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, the likelihood of a two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears ever unlikely.
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The personal stories of the opioid crisis paint a grim picture
Many of those attending a Feb. 3 workshop on the opioid crisis at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington told personal stories of pain and loss.
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Sister Norma Pimentel honored by bishops’ anti-poverty agency
Sister Pimentel was given the Sister Margaret Cafferty Development of Peoples Award by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
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Catholic Charities U.S.A. priorities include refugee resettlement, immigration policy
Two top Catholic Charities USA leaders outlined some of the short-term and long-term goals for the organization and its affiliates throughout the country Feb. 3 in Washington.
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Knights take stand against lawmakers’ judicial litmus test
The supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus said senators have no business questioning a federal judicial nominee’s membership in the Knights.
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Faith advocates see victories in new farm bill
The farm bill that passed both houses of Congress by wide margins doesn’t have money in it to protect endangered species, but it did preserve one that had been on the threatened list: bipartisanship.
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Hotels and other companies crack down on pornography
Whatever financial gains can be made from selling a pornographic movie to a hotel guest, though, could be more than canceled out by the lost goodwill of other hotel guests
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Ethicist: Gene-editing human embryos ‘a train wreck of a thing to do’
Tomatoes and animals are one thing. Humans, though, are another.