"I have already lost a cousin to malnutrition today, I can't lose my little brother," 19-year-old Mohammed Ali says.
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New Year calls for courage, hope; no more hatred, selfishness, pope says
“That is how one builds peace, saying ‘no’ to hatred and violence—with action—and ‘yes’ to fraternity and reconciliation,” Pope Francis said on Jan. 1.
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Ending of Muslim registry praised by Catholic organizations
Some see the end of the registry as a way to make it difficult for an incoming Donald Trump administration to target Muslims through such a program.
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Ceasefire deal reached in Syria, raising hopes for peace
The truce does not include the Islamic State group or al-Qaida’s branch in Syria. Several previous ceasefires all collapsed, some of them in a matter of days.
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Nearly 4 million people visited the Vatican during the Year of Mercy
Although the total was slightly higher from the 3.2 million visitors received by Pope Francis in 2015, for a jubilee year it still fell short of the 5.9 million pilgrims who visited in 2014.
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Why the Catholic Church is taking a ground-up to helping victims of sexual assault
The imbalance in the world, one Jesuit expert has said, reflects how years of papal pleas and Vatican mandates have not been received or implemented consistently everywhere.
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‘Catholics must be patriots’ in China to end divide with Vatican
The ruling Communist Party has long feared that opposition to its rule could be spread by religious and other civic groups outside its control.
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In Christmas messages, Middle East patriarchs call for peace amid Christian persecution
Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, appealed to the international community to work to end terrorism “that is killing and displacing families and depriving them of their rights and dignities.”
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Why New Mexico’s “grocery tax” is going to hurt the poor (and the people trying to feed them)
Archbishop Wester: “Countless nonprofits and civic organizations work to fill food baskets, but some legislators want to take food out of another basket, the grocery basket, with their proposed food tax.”
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‘Creating a Culture of Encounter’ is the theme for National Migration Week
“The week serves as both a time for prayer and action to highlight the contributions of immigrants and vulnerable populations coming to the United States.”