Makeshift camps have formed close to the border in Mexico, where people wait their turn for a hearing on U.S. soil
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Notre Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas in centuries
Notre Dame kept Christmas going even during two world wars — a beacon of hope amid the bloodshed. Yet an accidental fire in peacetime finally stopped the Paris cathedral from celebrating Midnight Mass this year, for the first time in over two centuries.
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Christianity Today editor says Trump should be removed from office
The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” he wrote.
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Pope Francis pays surprise visit to Rome high school
Some 800 students met Pope Francis there Dec. 20; he was ready to listen to their questions and offer his reflections.
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Pope Francis to diplomats: Set aside indifference and fear in order to build peace
Speaking to the group of diplomats, the pope dedicated his brief talk to “the path to peace”
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Pope Francis meets new arrivals in Rome, says helping migrants is moral duty
The group, which included 14 children and teens, arrived in Rome from the Greek island of Lesbos Dec. 4.
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Mexico president opposes bill to end church-state separation
President López Obrador’s party and allies control both houses of Mexico’s Congress
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Volunteers step in to keep asylum seekers healthy on border
Many in Tijuana have lived for months at crowded shelters, sleeping on floors, with little access to public health clinics.
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Presidential debate to continue at L.M.U. after labor dispute resolved
This will be the final debate of the year; four more are scheduled for 2020.
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What America needs to know about the Afghanistan Papers
To help make sense of the Afghanistan Papers, America spoke with Karen J. Greenberg, permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations and director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law.