Nearly 2.5 million refugees are now scattered in camps in states bordering Syria.
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‘Irresponsible’ Decision
The Food and Drug Administration “acted irresponsibly” with its decision to lower the age limit from 17 to 15 for purchasing an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive, said an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “No public health consideration justifies the unsup
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New Priests: Reviewing the Class of 2013
The median age of men ordained to the priesthood in 2013 is 32; two-thirds are Caucasian.
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The Rev. Scott Deeley, assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, said that while the church “won’t be telling people how to vote” in the fall 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, “some bishops have indicated unofficially they’d have no p
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Power Review
The need for improved relationships and a rebuilding of trust in the church is the message that emerged from a meeting of the International Union of Superiors General, which opened in Rome on May 3. The conference brought together 800 leaders of women’s religious communities worldwide. The hea
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Gang Truce Sought In Honduras
Msgr. Romulo Sánchez has begun a dialogue with the country’s main criminal gangs.
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Nigeria: New Fighting as Amnesty Plan for Boko Haram Provokes Outrage
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised an investigation after heavy fighting in Baga.
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Three Counts Dropped Against Abortionist
A Philadelphia judge dismissed three of eight murder charges on April 23 in the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist accused of killing infants who had been born alive at his abortion clinic. Gosnell was arrested in January 2011 and charged with seven counts of infanticide and one
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Steady Progress On Abuse in Ireland
A national board reported “progress in developing robust safeguarding structures.”
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A Vatican-convoked commission of doctors concluded that a healing attributed to Blessed John Paul II had no natural explanation, a finding that could clear the way for the canonization of the pope. • U.S. Army Chaplain Stephen McDermott was awarded the Bronze Star in April for his service in Af