A South African archbishop has urged the government to act against xenophobic attacks, which have increased as general elections approach.
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Anti-Semitic attacks spike, killing most Jews in decades
Jewish communities worldwide are feeling an “increasing sense of emergency” due to the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks. In 2018 alone, according to Tel Aviv University researchers, there has been a 13% increase in such attacks upon Jews and Jewish communities, with the most dramatic cases occurring in Western Europe, and recently, in the United States.
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Pew study finds continued support in Western Europe for paying church taxes
A recent report from the Pew Research Center, “In Western European Countries With Church Taxes, Support for the Tradition Remains Strong,” finds that in an ever more secular European continent, official financial support for the churches remain constant, whether people attend services or not.
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How Trump is able to exploit the abortion issue, and why that’s bad for everyone
President Trump is leveraging the failure of the pro-choice movement to acknowledge Americans’ moral qualms about abortion.
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Jesuit priest Richard Ryscavage, supporter for world’s refugees, dies at 74
Father Ryscavage’s research and advocacy on behalf of refugees and migrants was recognized around the world
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The Editors: Border security will not solve the immigration crisis
The notion that asylum seekers are traveling thousands of miles to exploit a so-called loophole is absurd.
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Rural Catholic church defies Sri Lanka threats and holds Mass
Thannamunai, a small village some 140 miles northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, was the place where people defied the ban on Sunday Mass in the wake of the recent terror attacks in the country.
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Churches have been targets of attack in South Asia, Southeast Asia
Churches and governments throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia are becoming increasingly concerned with the continued threats from Isis-inspired groups and persons, given the growing number of church bombings.
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The Mueller Report’s most pressing question: Who will hold Trump accountable?
If begun, impeachment could succeed in the House, but conviction and removal from office would almost certainly fail in the Senate along partisan lines.
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Canadian Catholics skeptical new oversight office will stop mining exploitation abroad
“Will this ombudsperson really be able to provide justice for a community in Guatemala, who has really experienced crimes, including rape, the forced displacement of their community, and murder?”