Sri Lankan Catholic officials said Thursday that church-run schools that have been closed since Easter Sunday bombings are expected to reopen next week, and Sunday Masses will resume this weekend if security conditions are appropriate.
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Catholic officials call for prayer, action after Colorado shooting
Catholic leaders are calling for prayer and action in response to the May 7 school shooting inside a charter school near Denver. One teenager died and eight other students were wounded.
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Swept up in Muslim genocide crisis, Hindu Rohingyas are stuck in Bangladesh
As talks restart this month about repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh back to Myanmar, neither country’s government has an answer for the fate of Hindu Rohingyas still stuck in Bangladesh.
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Catholic minorities can still change the world, Pope Francis says
Visiting the small Catholic communities in Bulgaria and North Macedonia offered an opportunity to encourage the faithful to remember God’s miracle of being able to feed a multitude with just a few loaves and fishes, Pope Francis said.
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Venezuela’s indigenous migrants face some of the greatest hardships
According to Catholic relief agencies, indigenous families, such as the Warao, have been forced to flee to Venezuala from Brazil, because of environmental and economic hardships.
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Asia Bibi, Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy, leaves Pakistan
Aasia Bibi, the Pakistani woman who was convicted of blasphemy in 2009 for being a Christian and put on death row and whose conviction was subsequently overturned, has left the country to be reunited with her daughters in Canada.
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Mexican bishops call for migrant assistance at their southern border
The Mexican bishops’ conference has appealed for assistance for thousands of migrants stuck in Chiapas state as Mexican officials step up enforcement and stop issuing travel documents.
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Pope Francis called Jean Vanier to thank him before his death
Pope Francis told reporters May 7 he had been kept informed about Jean Vanier’s failing health and had phoned him a week before his death.
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Bride market trafficks Pakistani Christian women to China
In a even more scandalous twist, the practice of human trafficking has been made even more egregious with reports of Christian pastors in Pakistan helping to facilitate the transfer of young Christian Pakistani women as brides in China. For the promise of thousands of dollars, poor parents are enticed to hand over their daughters for the Chinese marriage market.
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Pressured over press rights, Myanmar frees Reuters reporters
The two Reuters journalists who have been jailed since December 2017 because of their coverage of the military’s abuse of Rohingya Muslims were released from prison to great joy from family members and colleagues. They were released as part of an effort to promote peace and national reconciliation.