The prime minister authorized Royal Air Force participation in the U.S.-led strike while Parliament was in recess, upending an recent tradition of shared powers.
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Announcing the winner of the 2018 Anne Frank Essay Competition
Congratulations to James Chapman, a sophomore at Creighton Prep in Omaha, Neb.
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When can a doctor conscientiously object?
A proposed bill in the United Kingdom seeks “to clarify the extent to which a medical practitioner with a conscientious objection may refrain from participating in certain medical activities.”
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Cheering and jeering on the European mainland as Brexit doubts emerge
New forms of fascism are undoubtedly on the rise across Europe, but the majority of Europeans look askance at not only the football hooligans but at the possibility that sentiments similar to the ones they express might have driven the decision to leave the union.
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Trevi Fountain coins to continue bringing fortune to Rome’s needy
According to Caritas Roma, an estimated 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) worth of coins were tossed into the famed fountain in 2016.
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Irish bishop warns Brexit could complicate Good Friday Agreement
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union could complicate life for Ireland, north and south of the border.
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Capuchin sisters take to boxing in video to raise money for orphanage
The nuns are shown limbering up in their habits before strapping on gloves and slugging it out to the theme song from “Rocky.”
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Cold War tensions resurface after poisoning of Russian defector
The nerve-agent attack on two Russians in the cathedral city of Salisbury has Britons feeling as though they are back in the pages of a James Bond novel.
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Scottish cardinal who admitted sexual misconduct dies at 80
The cardinal stepped down as archbishop in February 2013 after three priests and one former priest alleged Cardinal O’Brien had made sexual advances toward them 20 years earlier.
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Polish bishops condemn new wave of anti-Semitism
Poland’s Catholic primate called anti-Semitism “a moral evil and a sin.”