The student charged in his death now awaits trial, but police are not calling the attack a hate crime.
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Myanmar army killed at least hundreds of Rohingya, according to Amnesty International report:
The witnesses repeatedly described an insignia on their attackers’ uniforms that matched one worn by troops from Myanmar’s Western Command
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Respect, don’t just tolerate other religions, Vatican officials say in Diwali message
The path to mutual respect between communities has no room for intolerance.
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Variety of Catholic rites in India is not threat to unity, Pope Francis says
Different Catholic rites are, in fact, “a treasure” for the church.
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Cardinal Bo defends Aung San Suu Kyi, calls for healing and justice In Myanmar
“The trigger to violence and the aggressive response are lamentable,” Cardinal Bo said in his carefully worded statement.
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The Catholic Church in China | A Short Documentary
Christianity has a long and storied history in China, dating back nearly 1,300 years. It’s seen periods of prosperity and also of darkness. Since the late 1970’s, sweeping changes in Chinese society have lead to a rebirth of Christianity. And China today is arguably more open than ever to the faith. We traveled to China […]
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Rohingya Muslims are being wiped off Myanmar’s map
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, the minority ethnic group is being wiped off the map. After a series of attacks by Muslim militants last month, security forces and allied mobs retaliated by burning down thousands of Rohingya homes in […]
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How the top-heavy Catholic Church is losing the ground game in China
Even if relations improve with the government, the Catholic Church in China needs evangelization efforts to grow beyond a devout but tiny membership.
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Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam’ revisits a barbaric war and asks, what went wrong?
For nearly 20 years, the United States was severely divided by race, and a generational split not seen since the Civil War.
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Aid workers see humanitarian crisis as Rohingya flee to Bangladesh
Members of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya group face violence even as they flee the country as the humanitarian situation turns desperate.