Shootings by police in Los Angeles County nearly doubled in the last year, from 23 to 45 cases, 19 of them fatal.
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Pope Francis’ meeting with Patriarch Kirill is a breakthrough of enormous importance
Pope and Patriarch in Cuba: an enormous step for Catholic-Russian Orthodox relations and for Christian Unity
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Pope appoints American Msgr. Peter Wells as nuncio to South Africa and Botswana
He has been “assessor” or deputy-chief of staff in the Vatican since 2009
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Is Lent coming too soon this year?
The thing is, this year it really is too early to start thinking about Lent.
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Pope Francis’ comments on China ‘noted’ in Beijing
China has far less to gain from establishing relations with the Vatican than vice-versa.
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Papal commission asks British abuse survivor member, Peter Saunders, to take a leave
The papal commission for the Protection of Children has asked Peter Saunders, one of its two survivor members, to take a leave of absence.
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Syria flight continues in spite of winter cold
Aid in place needed to staunch refugee crisis.
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Pope Francis and the Patriarch of Moscow will meet in Cuba on Feb 12, an encounter of the utmost importance to Christian Unity
The first ever meeting between the the heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches is a truly historic event.
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President Zuma’s antics threatens ANC legacy
New scandals call in to question the state of South Africa’s democracy 20 years after Mandela.
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In a special interview, Pope Francis calls the Chinese ‘a great people that have much to offer the world’
In an exclusive interview on China, the pope said, “the Western world, the Eastern world and China all have the capacity to maintain the balance of peace and the strength to do so.”