Trump called the sanctuary cities order a “weapon” against communities that disagree with his preferred immigration policy
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Pope Francis supports Canadian bishops in fight against euthanasia
Ontario bishops spoke particularly about concerns that proposed Ontario laws and policies surrounding euthanasia currently offer no real guarantees of the freedom of doctors and nurses to conscientiously object to actively helping a person die.
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How the Supreme Court rules on this death penalty case will impact halted executions
During oral arguments, the court seemed evenly divided as it examined whether an Alabama death-row inmate should get a new sentencing hearing because he did not have a mental health expert during his sentencing trial more than 30 years ago.
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Pope Francis urges a “revolution of tenderness” in new TED Talk
Pope Francis asked all people to work toward a future that lifts up society’s most marginalized, including migrants, the sick, the unemployed and prisoners.
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Why one Italian bishop is answering pope’s call to evangelize abroad
Bishop Gianfranco Todisco said he wrote to the pope last year saying he wanted to return to his work as a missionary.
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Pope will travel to Egypt as a ‘messenger of peace’
“I hope that this visit will be an embrace of consolation and of encouragement to all Christians in the Middle East,” the pope said.
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Arkansas completes first double execution since 2000
After going nearly 12 years without executing an inmate, Arkansas now has executed three in a few days—including two in one night.
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Are pro-life Americans welcome in the Democratic Party? Depends who you ask.
A rally hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a Nebraska Democrat prompted a flurry of questions about the party’s pro-choice orthodoxy.
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The exile of Palestinian refugees spans 50 years
The plight of Palestinians uprooted by Israeli-Arab wars is one of the world’s longest-running refugee crises, and a solution for millions of refugees and their descendants appears distant.
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Pope pays tribute to modern martyrs, calls for witnesses of God’s love
At Rome’s Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modern martyrs, Pope Francis presided over an evening prayer service April 22, honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships and terrorism.