A Nicaraguan judge described the Jesuit university as a “center of terrorism,” accusing its administrators and educators of “betraying the trust of the Nicaraguan people” and of “transgressing against the constitutional order.”
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Archbishop calls for canonizations and transfiguration in El Salvador
Sadly, the church of El Salvador can offer any number of priests, men and women religious and lay people to choose from to hold up as modern exemplars of Christian self-sacrifice.
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Europe’s Green Deal addresses climate change, but does it reach Pope Francis’ vision of ‘integral ecology’?
The Green Deal amends the European Union’s climate, energy, transport and taxation policies with the short term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030.
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Will a united Ireland celebrate a holiday that marks a Protestant victory over a Catholic king?
A proposal to make “the 12th” an all-Ireland holiday has not been not met with a warm reception. A former government minister described the popular response as “a mixture of diatribe and incredulity.”
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The head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church has been pushed out of Baghdad. What’s next for Christians there?
What obligation does the United States still owe these Christians and other Iraqi religious minorities? What is it willing to do to assist and protect them?
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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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After two decades of war, suffering in Sudan continues
The basic question centers on whether the present military conflict in Sudan will metastasize into a protracted, all-out civil war as both generals repeat in their own ways the atrocities begun by Mr. al-Bashir years ago in Darfur.
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Will Europe change course on migration after 600 drown on the Mediterranean?
A policy of deterrence through intentional neglect has not had an impact on migration, but it has resulted in far more losses among migrants and refugees.
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The Titan submersible disaster, migrant crises and what gets global media’s attention
How the international media covers the migration tragedy unfolding in the Atlantic in comparison to coverage of the Titan tragedy on the Mediterranean Sea seems a valid question to probe.
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A boat carrying 750 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean. The tragedy reflects a worldwide refugee crisis.
At the end of 2022, according to the United Nations, more than 108 million people worldwide “were forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order.” The figure represents an increase of almost 20 million people over 2021.