The report argues that the case for genocide exists and called on Secretary of State John Kerry to make such a declaration and to include Christians in it.
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Students’ speaking invitation to Planned Parenthood CEO draws criticism
The Washington archdiocese said the issue is not about free speech because “lacking in this choice by the student group is any reflection of what should be an environment of morality, ethics and human decency that one expects on a campus that asserts its Jesuit and Catholic history and identity.”
Doing the heavy lifting: Women leaders share their stories at Vatican event
Catholics at all levels of the church also need to learn to listen to women’s “voices of faith” as input that is not “threatening,” but enriching.
Holy Year brings more people to confessionals in St. Peter’s Basilica
Father Rizzo said he usually hears 20-30 confessions a day in Italian or Spanish, but the number of penitents increases on Saturdays and Sundays, and he will offer the sacrament to at least 50 people each day on the weekend.
Catholic silence on involvement in Middle East called ‘massive failure’
“What is particularly fascinating and troubling is all three recent popes were clearly opposed to the wars, yet at no level in the Catholic community was there any major opposition or sustained witness,” San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy said.
Crisis compounded: Migrants stranded in Greece as EU nations say ‘no’
Up to 40,000 people are believed to be stuck throughout Greece as border after border to northern Europe has closed along the main route through the Balkans used by more than a million people since the migratory wave began a year ago.
Preacher to Curia: Christians wounded by clerical greed, pedophilia
“Pedophilia and the attachment to money are the two behaviors of the clergy that have most wounded and angered the Christian people,” Servite Father Ermes Ronchi said during the retreat on March 9.
Sanders is surprise victor in Michigan; Trump keeps winning
Even with Sanders’ win, Clinton and Trump moved closer to a general election face-off.
Palestinian attacks kill American student, wound 12 Israelis
Police said the man killed in Jaffa was an American tourist, but did not provide further details. A dozen Israelis, civilians and police officers, were wounded in the Palestinian knife and gun attacks.
Israel fractures by faith on politics and society
“The survey finds deep religious divisions in Israeli society, not only between Jews and Arabs, but also among Jews.”
