Justice Minister Carlo Nordio on Wednesday signed off on the request to extradite the Rev. Franco Reverberi, an 85-year-old priest who served as military chaplain during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
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Trump’s Jan. 6 indictment puts the U.S. in ‘uncharted territory,’ Catholic scholars say
Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, said that “as indictments and court cases against former President Trump increase, he becomes stronger with his supporters.”
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Prosecutor seeks 7 years in jail for Cardinal Becciu in Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’
Unlike most defendants, Cardinal Becciu has attended nearly every hearing in the two-year trial and made several spontaneous declarations to the court.
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Riots in French cities reveal deep social fractures. Here’s how the church is trying to help.
Merzouk’s killing blew the lid off years of simmering resentment because of the police treatment of black and Arab youth, the ghettoization of immigrants and their descendants and the general hopelessness among black and Arab youth who feel like second-class citizens in France.
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How neighbors going door-to-door cut crime in a Louisiana city
What did four Shreveport neighborhoods with plunging crime rates have in common? They had Friendship Houses, opened and operated by Community Renewal International.
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Jesuit human rights advocates in Mexico targeted by state-sponsored spyware
Mexico’s military has been one of the most prolific users of Pegasus spyware since 2011, having “targeted more cell phones with spyware than any other government agency in the world.”
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House committee alleges FBI used undercover agent to produce analysis on ‘radical traditionalist’ Catholics
In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, alleged the FBI suggested that “certain kinds of Catholic Americans may be domestic terrorists.”
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Suspect in murder of 2 Mexican Jesuits found killed execution-style
The death of the suspect, José Noriel Portillo Gil, “in no way can be considered a triumph for justice, or a solution to the structural problem of violence,” the Jesuit province in Mexico said in a statement.
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Interview: Jesuit journalist on the roots of insurgent violence in Africa—and how faith communities are responding
Extremist and criminal violence is on the rise across Northern Africa from Somalia to Nigeria as local security forces face off against gangs and insurgencies they are often ill-equipped to contain.
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Suspect in shooting death of Los Angeles Bishop O’Connell charged with murder
Carlos Medina was charged with one count of murder “and a special allegation that he personally used a firearm,” according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.