One month after President Barack Obama announced the relaxation of regulations governing travel and remittances to Cuba, activists were pushing to lift travel bans on all U.S. citizens. Members of Congress, representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Human Rights Watch called for
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The Vatican has condemned the latest round of nuclear testing by North Korea.
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The Vatican has condemned the latest round of nuclear testing by North Korea, warning that such acts of aggression threaten “the very survival” of the country’s own people by exacerbating its isolation. • Catholic Relief Services has announced that the agency will focus on hel
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The Vatican has condemned the latest round of nuclear testing by North Korea, warning that such acts of aggression threaten “the very survival” of the country’s own people by exacerbating its isolation. • Catholic Relief Services has announced that the agency will focus on hel
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Immigration Advocates to Push Legislation this Summer
While it may be some time before a comprehensive reform bill is ready to advance, several individual bills already have been introduced in Congress.
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Christian Leaders Pledge Support for Peace Effort
Nearly five dozen Christian leaders have pledged their support to President Obama in his effort to end the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Obama Names Vatican Ambassador
Miguel Diaz, 45, is a professor of theology at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, both in Collegeville, Minn.
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Johannesburg Increases Aid to Zimbabweans in City
Since South Africa dropped its visa requirements for Zimbabweans, “the wait at the border on the South African side is said to be about nine hours.”
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Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, of Mosul, Iraq, was honored posthumously with the 2009 Path to Peace Award in New York on June 9.
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Pope Benedict’s ‘Pilgrimage of Peace
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Israel on May 11, the midpoint of his eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.