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Assisted suicide bills working their way through states, courts

Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs called for an end to financing terrorists and suggested that borders be closed when necessary to prevent their movement.The leaders also appealed for the creation of a Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, based on a long-standing proposal for a two-s

The leaders of the world's bishops' conferences and religious orders must ensure they are doing everything possible to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse and are offering appropriate care for victims and their families, Pope Francis said."Priority must not be given to any

$330 million of financing will go to aid Ebola-impacted countries.

The classic Christian martyr accepted death when presented with the option "convert or die."When the pagan emperors of Rome carried out bloody campaigns against Christians during the first three centuries of the church's history, the Christian community had no difficulty in recognizing

Death toll in the conflict has grown to more than 5,300 people since April.

Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador "certainly within the year and not later, but possibly within a few months," said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop's sainthood cause.Speaking to reporters Feb. 4, the day

Law has been ‘utterly-life changing’ for the 20 million newly insured

12 bipartisan bills introduced “to protect the most vulnerable out there.”

Father John Garvey, a priest of the Orthodox Church and longtime Commonweal columnist, who died Jan. 20, "had a rare capacity for conversation, and especially for listening," said veteran religion writer Peter Steinfels.A former executive editor of the New York-based lay Catholic journal o