A tractor-trailer veered into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin and plowed through bystanders, killing 12 people and wounding nearly 50.
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The future for Iraqi Christians has rarely looked grimmer
The struggle to liberate Mosul from ISIS militants has entered a third month of often savage combat.
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The Catholic Church doesn’t bar all gay men from priesthood, Vatican newspaper suggests
Father Louis J. Cameli writes that the church’s instructions on candidates for the priesthood do not explicitly prohibit gay men.
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Pope Francis celebrates 80th birthday with the homeless
Pope Francis celebrates his 80th birthday with the homeless and reflects on the wisdom of getting older.
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Pope Francis brought together political rivals to shore up the Colombian peace deal
This was only the second time in six years that President Santos and ex-President Uribe have met.
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Pope Francis: Nonviolence is not weakness
In a world marked by violence, “the choice of nonviolence as a style of life is increasingly demanded in the exercise of responsibility at every level,” the pope said.
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German churches denounce the arms trade in Yemen war
Government licenses and German arms exports had risen 96 percent in 2015 to a value of $13.6 billion, a priest said.
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Britain approves making babies from 3 people’s DNA
The new procedures are intended to fix problems linked to mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell’s nucleus.
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Evacuation begins in eastern Aleppo
Syrian TV showed live footage of a long convoy of ambulances and green buses driving out of Aleppo.
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Hidden Hunger in New York City
This week, photojournalist Joey O’Loughlin talks to Tim Reidy and Matt Malone, S.J., about her photo project, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Portraits of Hunger in NYC.” She explains that many people who rely on food banks work multiple jobs, and the food banks are a vital lifeline when they can’t afford groceries. If you’re based […]