The Nobel committee honored ICAN for its efforts to achieve a prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law through the U.N.
War and Peace
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Congressman urges action to aid Christians in Iraq
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith said that IS militants began committing genocide against Yezidis and Christians in Iraq in 2014, and “three years later, they are still not receiving the assistance they need from the United States and so their survival in their ancient homelands is in jeopardy.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What it’s like to wait for a loved one missing in war
Barton Cross, a Navy serviceman, was taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942. Then his brothers tried to get him back.
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Vatican official condemns discrimination against women in speech to United Nations
The archbishop explained that women are “too often undervalued” and vulnerable to discrimination, not only when they are part of an ethnic, religious or linguistic minority, but for simply being women.
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Religious minorities need protection, says top Vatican official
The “revolting reality” of recent wars shows just how urgent it is that the international community act to protect religious minorities in situations of conflict, a top Vatican official told the U.N. General Assembly.
Posted inFaith, Features
In 1918, this American Catholic accepted a death sentence rather than go to war
The courageous witness of ‘unarmed prophet’ Ben Salmon—precisely one century ago—anticipated a major development in Catholic doctrine on war and peace,.
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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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Four takeaways from Pope Francis’ visit to Colombia
A Colombian Jesuit reflects on the visit of Pope Francis to his country.
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Church leaders condemn possible massacre of indigenous in Amazon
Catholic leaders respond forcefully to reports that an indigenous group was massacred to make way for illegal gold mining in the Amazon, casting blame on the Brazilian government.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Most Colombians agree with Pope Francis’ call for peace, professor says
“I believe that we who want peace are in the majority, even if it is imperfect.”