Shouting slogans such as "Obama, Obama, where are you? Iraqi Christians need you!" and "Stop the violence in Iraq!" about 150 protesters marched through the streets of downtown Detroit on Aug. 1 to call awareness to the violent persecution of Christians in their native land.Later
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Looking for Hope as Violence in Gaza Continues
The latest ceasefire in Gaza unraveled less than two hours after it began on Aug 1 when a Hamas operation led to the killing of two I D F soldiers and the capture of a third updated IDF now reports soldier believed captured had been killed and circumstances around the incident are disputed In
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Vatican: Don’t Get Carried Away at Sign of Peace: Vatican says it stays put, but urges education
After nine years of study and consultation, Vatican says it stays put, but urges education.
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In Gaza, Peace Is Impossible Without Reconciliation: Desperation of people spurs violence, say cardinal, patriarch
The president of Caritas Internationalis suggested Israeli and Hamas leaders pick up a pair of binoculars so they could see that "most of your victims are innocent people." Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, president of the Vatican-based umbrella organization for
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Told to Leave, But Nowhere to Go: IDF texts urge evacuation, but how with 29 disabled children?
When the staff at the lone Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip received text warnings to evacuate the premises, they had nowhere to go.Father Raed Abusahlia, president of Caritas Jerusalem who has been in contact with the parish priest, told Catholic News Service that Father Jorge Hernandez of the Ins
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Protect the People at the Border: Jesuits in personal appeal to Jesuit alumni in Congress
U.S. Jesuits make appeal to Jesuit alumni in Congress to uphold human dignity.
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Human Trafficking Numbers Rise: Campaign against trafficking must focus on victims
Global campaign against trafficking must focus on victims and survivors.
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Church Must Seek Out, Help Survivors of Abuse
Sex abuse survivor told pope ‘how awful it is when there is no justice, no one listening.’
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U.S. Jesuit to Lead Jesuit Refugee Service : Thomas H. Smolich, outgoing president of the U.S. Jesuit Conference, to be the next director
Thomas H. Smolich, outgoing president of the U.S. Jesuit Conference, to be the next director
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Address Issues Forcing Migrant Flight: Bishops on how to end the border crisis
Bishops on root causes of the border crisis and the need to care for children and families