A new report from the U.N. Human Rights Council calls for the prosecution of Myanmar’s military leaders for genocide and war crimes.
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Puerto Rico getting back on feet ‘step by step,’ but long road remains
Eleven months after Hurricane Maria, needs are still great, especially for food, water and major home repair.
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Italian journalist says he helped pen bombshell allegation against Pope Francis
Tosatti said he told Vigano: “I think that if you want to say something, now is the moment.”
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Pope’s alleged cover-up pivots on if and when sanctions were imposed on McCarrick
Cardinal Wuerl “categorically denied” ever being informed that his predecessor had been sanctioned for sexual misconduct.
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Sen. John McCain: Known as a veteran but also a man of quiet faith
The longtime Arizona Republican senator, reared in the Episcopal Church, attended a Southern Baptist megachurch in his later years. He viewed himself as a Christian but had “a distrust of the religious right and a faith that is too public, too political.”
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Poverty impedes progress in Latin America, say speakers at church congress
Although Latin America has advanced since a 1968 church conference first declared a “preferential option for the poor,” a number of troubling signs threaten the progress made, both socially and religiously.
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Catholic priest says life in danger for criticizing Duterte
A Roman Catholic priest who was one of the earliest critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly crackdown on drugs has gone into hiding due to what he says were signs he’s being targeted by motorcycle-riding hitmen.
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Ireland seeks Church reparations for mass baby burials
An Irish government Cabinet minister has told Pope Francis that the Catholic Church “should contribute substantially” to funding reparations for survivors of a former church-run orphanage where a mass grave of children’s remains was discovered.
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Buffalo bishop will not resign over handling of sex abuse
Bishop Richard Malone says he will not resign in wake of local media reports that he mismanaged sexual abuse complaints.
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Washington Catholics call for Cardinal Wuerl’s resignation, pray for victims
The 77-year-old cardinal, the sixth archbishop of Washington, submitted his resignation, as is mandatory, to the pope when he turned 75 two years ago, but it has not been accepted.