“It was a great surprise today when, instead of the pastor, the one ringing the door bells was Pope Francis.”
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Malnutrition in Venezuela is now a crisis
With soaring food prices and a free-falling economy, child malnutrition in Venezuela has crossed the threshold of a humanitarian crisis.
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Trump’s new travel ban is before the court. Here’s what you need to know.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments for and against a revised version of Trump’s executive order on immigration.
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Students plan to protest Mike Pence’s Notre Dame commencement address
The protest is not designed to shut down conversation, but to prompt reflection on policies championed by Mr. Pence.
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What’s going on with Medjugorje? An interview with a priest assigned to investigate it.
“The commission held as credible the first apparitions,” he said. “Afterward, things became a little more complicated.”
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The once officially atheist China is booming with religion
When Ian Johnson first went to China as a student three decades ago, he pronounced religion there “dead.” But Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist now based in Berlin and Beijing, has witnessed a transformation, one he documents in “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao,” published in April. China is experiencing “one of the great […]
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Vatican cardinal could soon be charged with sexual assault, Australian police say
Australian police said they were a step closer to deciding whether to charge a top Vatican cardinal over allegations of sexual assault dating back decades.
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Pope Francis embraces those with Huntington’s Disease to end devastating stigma
One by one, Francis blessed and greeted each of the family members and their caregivers who traveled from around the world for the audience.
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Medjugorje commission reportedly thought first seven Marian visions were real
The commission established to study the alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, reportedly voted overwhelmingly to recognize as supernatural the first seven appearances of Mary in 1981.
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After furor over remarks, DNC chair to meet with pro-life Dems’ head
Perez was criticized in pro-life circles when he said, “Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman’s right to make her own choices about her body and her health. That is not negotiable.”