The law has fueled a diplomatic crisis with Israel, which fears it would enable Poland to whitewash the role of the Poles who killed or denounced Jews during the Holocaust.
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Pope Francis: Beware of false prophets and cold hearts this Lent
The Pope called his message “Because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.”
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Catholic groups help Colombia rebuild following peace agreement
After 52 years of armed conflict in Colombia, government and rebel leaders reached a peace accord in late 2016. Now, the country is rebuilding.
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Philadelphia Eagles punter sees God’s hand in path to Super Bowl
Philadelphia Eagles punter Donnie Jones, a lifelong Catholic, believes that God has guided him throughout his NFL career and vocation as a husband and father.
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Indian reservations are in poor conditions, show no signs of improvement
“Today, Indians are the poorest of all American ethnic groups,” said Father Michael Carson, a Choctaw Indian who is assistant director of Native American affairs for the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church.
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Bishop gives stark appraisal of church relations with African-Americans
“The American Catholic Church has continued to be virtually silent,” said Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, “which leads us to the question: Why?”
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Parishes should welcome women who feel unheard, Catholic leaders say in response to ‘America’ survey
“Women’s perspectives should be at the heart of conversations about how to build up the church,” said Kim Daniels.
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Pope Francis received sex abuse victim’s letter, contradicting denial
The fact that Francis received the eight-page letter challenges his insistence that he has “zero tolerance” for sex abuse and cover-ups.
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‘Devils in a cassock’: Venezuela’s Maduro attacks church leaders
During his comments to the pro-government National Constituent Assembly Jan. 15, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro also ordered the attorney general to investigate the bishops for hate crimes.
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Ross Douthat and Massimo Faggioli debate Francis’ legacy
The conversation often circled back to the question of whether Francis was fundamentally altering the church, and if his doing so could result in a “break” or schism.