Mexico suffered its most murderous year in memory in 2017, recording more than 29,000 homicides, as the country’s crackdown on drug cartels and organized crime showed few signs of success.
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Philippine president slammed for calling God ‘stupid’
The Philippine president, notorious for having insulted the pope and former U.S. President Barack Obama, has sparked outrage for calling God “stupid” in Asia’s bastion of Catholicism.
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Bishops “stopped another massacre” in Nicaragua
“I want to make a call to those who have come to this city to kill, I want to make a call to those that are sharpshooters … I want to make a call to (President) Daniel Ortega and (Vice President and first lady) Rosario Murillo, not one more death in Masaya,” Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Baez Ortega told locals outside St. Sebastian Parish.
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Physician warns of family separation’s harmful effects on children
Although the executive order President Donald Trump signed ended the policy of separating children from their parents by directing that families be detained together as they await criminal proceedings, the over 2,000 children already separated from their parents will suffer for the rest of their lives as a result of the separation, according to Sriram.
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Catholic Extension launches reunification fund to help families at border
Catholic Extension announced it has established a Family Reunification Fund as “a response to the human tragedy unfolding on the nation’s southern border” with Mexico.
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Archbishop Coleridge: The church is now facing its own #MeToo moment
“There’s something going on in the culture. And one of the elements of that cultural shift is that people are prepared to speak up in a way that they would never have done before.”
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Pope Francis: Individual bishops must decide about Communion for Protestants married to Catholics
During an inflight news conference June 21, the pope was asked about his recent decision requesting the Catholic bishops’ conference of Germany not publish nationwide guidelines for allowing Communion for such couples.
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Court halts release of report on Pennsylvania priest abuse
The report is expected to reveal details of widespread abuse and efforts to conceal and protect abusive priests.
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Trinidad and Tobago Catholics come to aid of Venezuelan refugees
This April, 82 Venezuelans were sent back to their country by Trinidad and Tobago officials. There have been other deportations in years past, but this one was significant because the Venezuelans were migrants seeking asylum or hoping to file for refugee status.
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Democrats face challenges engaging faith voters
Roberts, now president of UMW, said these days, the Democratic Party seems to have lost its way when it comes to embracing supporters with a religious identity, including those he grew up with in coal country and whose faith drove them to work to elect those who believed that “all of God’s children should have equal opportunity in this society.”