Analysts say Soleimani was a “much more powerful figure” than former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden
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Anti-Semitism is on the rise in New York City’s Jewish communities
Bigoted messages have gone unchecked for years, said Rabbi Yisroel Kahan
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Inclusion of ‘ecological sin’ in catechism prompts debate
Ecological sin was discussed at length during Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in October
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Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping
The frequency of attacks has faith leaders and law enforcement grappling with how to protect people when they are at their most vulnerable.
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First clergy abuse lawsuits under new California law announced
The announcement from Jeff Anderson & Associates included plans for the law firm to file suits in the Archdioceses of Los Angeles and San Francisco and the Dioceses of Fresno, Monterey, Orange, San Bernardino, Oakland, San Jose and Santa Rosa.
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Pope Francis begins New Year with apology for hand slap, prayers for peace
Pope Francis had slapped a pilgrim’s hand in an incident that quickly went viral on Twitter. Departing from his prepared text the next day, he said that “love makes us patient. We often lose our patience; me, too, and I apologize for my bad example last night.”
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Catholic, Christian, Muslim voices condemn knife attack on N.Y. rabbi
A host of voices from throughout the religious spectrum condemned the Dec. 28 knife attack at the suburban New York City home of a Hasidic rabbi that wounded five, one of them critically.
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Vatican magazine looks at women in the church in the age of Pope Francis
“Women and Francis” is the theme of the January 2020 issue of Women-Church-World, a monthly supplement to L’Osservatore Romano. It was released Dec. 28.
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Report: McCarrick fund gave more than $600,000 to clerics, including two popes
Though the majority of the $6 million the fund raised in almost two decades went to charities, many priests and more than 60 cardinals and archbishops benefited from it.