The CNEWA-funded health clinic outside Beirut serves more than 20,000 refugees annually.
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Conference looks at how to preserve religious orders’ archives
An upcoming conference at Boston College will address a pressing need.
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Lawyers make final remarks in Australian cardinal’s sex case
Magistrate Belinda Wallington will make her ruling on May 1 on whether Pell will stand trial.
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Starbucks closing stores for an afternoon for bias training
Starbucks, which once urged its employees to start conversations about race with customers, found itself through the looking glass: under fire for its treatment of black people.
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Philippines to deport 71-year old Australian nun who advocates for farmers
Immigration officials have accused the nun, who has worked in rural communities for 27 years, of being an “undesirable alien” for joining protest rallies and visiting political prisoners.
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Pope Francis: Respect the lives of Vincent Lambert and Alfie Evans
Highlighting the plight of a seriously ill toddler in Great Britain and a severely brain-damaged man in France, Pope Francis called for greater respect for every patient’s life and dignity.
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‘Is my dad in heaven,’ little boy asks pope
“God is the one who says who goes to heaven,” the pope explained.
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After priest is killed in Congo, clerics say they won’t be intimidated
Roman Catholic priests in eastern Congo are vowing to continue their work in parishes, schools and clinics after the murder of one of their brethren this week in the largely lawless region.
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Priests’ group recommends revisions in U.S. priestly formation
The organization said the current edition of the U.S. norms “needs more than minimal editing.”
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Salvadoran bishops seek Romero’s intercession for migrants in United States
The end of Temporary Protected Status and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs means more than 215,000 Salvadorans are now facing a return to a country in turmoil.