The pope encouraged all government efforts for helping families’ real needs, saying, “if families are not the focus of the present, there will be no future.”
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Jesuit Father Kevin O’Brien, President of Santa Clara University, resigns due to inappropriate behavior
The 54-year-old priest said in a May 9 letter to the university community that based on the results of this review, he would begin taking part outpatient therapy program for alcohol use and stress management.
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Pope Francis meets with Argentina’s president, months after the country legalizes abortion
It’s the second time Francis and Fernandez have met and added yet another wrinkle in the Argentine pope’s sometimes strained relationship with the governments of his native country.
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As Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates, Christian leaders voice concern
Christian leaders in the Holy Land expressed deep concern over growing Israeli-Palestinian violence, as the two sides clashed in Jerusalem and Israel launched airstrikes into Gaza, responding to rocket attacks.
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In Gaza, tiny Catholic community tries to stay in touch during airstrikes
Since early May 11, Israeli bombs have been falling around the Rosary Sisters school in Gaza, which sustained light to moderate damage inside and outside the compound — including to the front door and solar panels used for electricity.
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A coroner ruled that victims of 1971 Belfast massacre—a priest and 9 lay Catholics—were ‘entirely innocent’
A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were “entirely innocent” and their deaths were unjustified.
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Nuns speak out against voter suppression
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the National Black Sisters Conference issued a joint statement May 5 on the importance of ensuring that all people enjoy the right to vote “regardless of their race, zip code, economic status or party affiliation.”
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Catholic actors Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson begin filming movie about boxer-turned-priest
Catholic actors Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson star in the project, Wahlberg as the priest and Gibson as his father.
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‘The love of homosexuals is something good’: German Catholics to bless gay unions, defying Vatican ban
German Catholics will bless same-sex unions at about 100 different services all over the country this week.
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Rachel Zoll, AP religion writer who covered papal transition and sex abuse scandal, dead at 55
Zoll covered religion in all its aspects, from the spiritual to the political, and her stories reached a global audience.