Three elderly Italian nuns murdered in Burundi were laid to rest on Sept. 11 in a Xaverian cemetery in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid heightened calls for action about their death.Sister Lucia Pulici, 75, Sister Olga Raschietti, 82, and Sister Bernadetta Boggian, 79, of the Xaverian Miss
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Human Rights Watch Alleges IDF War Crimes in Gaza Attacks
The prominent humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch alleged on Sept 11 that three Israeli attacks on Gaza schools caused numerous civilian casualties in violation of the laws of war In the first in-depth documentation of the alleged violations Human Rights Watch investigated the three atta
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Ukraine Bishops Call for Western Help: Warn West not to be accomplices in ‘sin of murder’
Ukraine's Catholic bishops have warned their country is now "flowing in blood," and urged Western governments not to become "accomplices in the sin of murder" by failing to support it. "This peaceful sovereign nation has been subjected to a direct military intervention b
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Unconventional Weddings: Couples with kids, cohabitating are among those marrying at papal Mass
Couples with kids, cohabitating are among those marrying at Mass with Pope Francis.
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Kashmir Flooding Creates Humanitarian Crisis: Indian church appeals for support for relief work
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India has appealed to Catholics to mobilize funds and materials to augment church relief work in northern Jammu and Kashmir state, devastated by floods.While nearly 250 people have perished in the floods following torrential rains in the Kashmir Valley in the
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Face to Face With the Plight of Iraqi Refugees: ‘It pierced my heart like a knife,’ nun says after Irbil visit.
Sister Marie Claude Naddaf, provincial leader of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for Lebanon and Syria, is still shaken by what she witnessed visiting Irbil, Iraq. Representing the Union of the Superior Generals of women religious in Lebanon, Sister Marie Claude accompanied Catholic Near East Welfa
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Saving the Middle East’s Christians: Church leaders, politicians, laity meet in Washington
Diverse group of church leaders, politicians, laity meet in Washington
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Regensburg Redux: Was Pope Benedict XVI Right About Islam?
Eight years ago this Friday Sept 12 Pope Benedict XVI delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg in Bavaria in which he seemed to diagnose Islam as a religion inherently flawed by fanaticism It was an undiplomatic assertion to say the least.
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HHS Continues Suit Against Little Sisters
Government wants religious order to comply with interim rules on contraception mandate.
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What Do Latin American Families Hope From the Synod?: Challenged by poverty, violence, social norms
Challenged by poverty, violence, social norms