A Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians on Nov. 26 initiates “Solidarity in Suffering,” a week of awareness and education that runs through Dec. 3.
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Pope Francis condemns attack on Egyptian mosque that leaves hundreds dead
The pope described the attack as a “wanton act of brutality directed at innocent civilians gathered in prayer.”
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U.S. bishops’ policy chair calls Senate tax bill ‘fundamentally flawed’
“The Senate proposal is fundamentally flawed as written and requires amendment,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane in a Nov. 22 letter to senators.
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Pope Francis will meet with military commander in Myanmar
Gen. Min Aung Hlaing wields great political power in the country.
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U.S. Bishops: Haiti cannot handle a return of 50,000 T.P.S. holders
D.H.S. has canceled Temporary Protective Status for Haitians, giving recipients until July 22, 2019, to leave the country.
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Vatican, China exchange art amid stall in hard diplomacy
Pope Francis has made normalizing relations with China a priority. But the Vatican and China remain at odds over the Vatican’s insistence that the pope have the authority to name bishops.
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Bishops’ Thanksgiving Message: We are grateful for the gifts of immigrants and refugees
“These threats to so many vulnerable immigrant and refugee families must end now.”
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Despite law, State Department misses deadline to name religious freedom violators
The U.S. State Department often misses its deadline to release a list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom — or doesn’t release a list at all.
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Vatican investigating abuse at pre-seminary
The Vatican announced it had launched a new investigation into reports about sexual abuse in a pre-seminary for young adolescents run by the Diocese of Como, Italy, but located inside the Vatican.
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Blessed Solanus Casey lived out faith, hope, charity every day, says cardinal
He came from an Irish family of profound Catholic convictions. Faith for him was a very precious inheritance for facing the difficulties of life.