The bill will improve U.S. religious freedom diplomacy efforts globally; better train and equip diplomats to counter extremism; address anti-Semitism and religious persecution and mitigate sectarian conflict.
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The American bishops are ramping up their advocacy for migrants and refugees.
The bishops will be ready to respond to any executive orders and legislation that the new Congress and President-elect Donald J. Trump may introduce.
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UN monitors are being sent to help with the Aleppo evacuation
The move raises questions whether the evacuation will be over before the observers arrive.
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Pope Francis: Nonviolence is not weakness
In a world marked by violence, “the choice of nonviolence as a style of life is increasingly demanded in the exercise of responsibility at every level,” the pope said.
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German churches denounce the arms trade in Yemen war
Government licenses and German arms exports had risen 96 percent in 2015 to a value of $13.6 billion, a priest said.
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Britain approves making babies from 3 people’s DNA
The new procedures are intended to fix problems linked to mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell’s nucleus.
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Evacuation begins in eastern Aleppo
Syrian TV showed live footage of a long convoy of ambulances and green buses driving out of Aleppo.
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Brazilian Cardinal Arns, 95, remembered for his fight for human rights
Sao Paulo Cardinal Odilo Scherer said his predecessor “gave his life to God after having generously dedicated it to his brothers in this world.”
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How education levels differ among faiths around the world
Christians are the second-highest educated religious group in the world, according to the Pew Research Center.
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How Mosul descended into darkness under ISIS
The woman’s killing in a public square was the cruelest moment in the descent of this once proud city.