“The situation is dire. We must do more to help [the Rohingya],” said the ambassador.
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Teaching on all-male priesthood is definitive, cardinal-designate says
Archbishop Luis Ladaria is one of the 14 men Pope Francis has chosen to make cardinals this year.
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Priest: ‘Ninja’ show is way to proclaim the Gospel using his God-given talents
“Father Flex is not just muscles. … With all this stuff I want to invite people to take it to the next level, go to the spiritual level,” he said.
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Masked men attack Jesuit University in Nicaragua
Since protests directed at the Sandinista government in Nicaragua began in April, the Jesuit-run University of Central America has been a target of violence.
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Irish bishop hopes papal visit can help bring healing after abortion vote
Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick told Massgoers on May 26 that the result “is deeply regrettable and chilling for those of us who voted ‘no.'”
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Defend right to life, conscientious objection, pope tells doctors
“The church is for life and her concern is that nothing be against life,” no matter the stage of development or how weak or defenseless that life is, Pope Francis said.
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Some Irish Catholics worried after abortion vote
With the vote decided, attention is turning to Ireland’s parliament, which will make new laws to govern abortions.
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Catholic leaders notably quiet as Ireland debates and votes on abortion
“Priests and bishops get verbal abuse by being told, ‘How can you speak for women? You don’t know what it’s like!’”
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Italian nun murdered in Somalia to be beatified in Italy
Sister Leonella Sgorbati and her bodyguard were gunned down as they left the children’s hospital where she worked in Mogadishu.
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Hindu hardliners criticize archbishop for talking politics
A top party lawmaker demanded the scrapping of diplomatic ties with the Vatican because of the archbishop’s remarks.