In 2003, the U.S. Army’s Guantanamo Bay facility received a 16-year-old boy, Omar Khadr. Omar would become Gitmo’s youngest prisoner. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he had been captured by U.S. special forces in 2002; U.S. military believe he was responsible for the death of a U.S. service member during a brutal, four-hour firefight. Mr. Khadr […]
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Pope Francis prays for dialogue, reconciliation in Jerusalem after uptick in violence
Pope Francis called on Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land to “moderation and dialogue” as tensions continued around a key site in Jerusalem that is sacred to members of both faiths.
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Holy Land Festival unites Muslims and Christians in hope for restored peace
The festival cultivates a conversation of hope around the Holy Land, with many groups coming together to engage visitors with the situation of Christians and of peace in the Holy Land.
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Head Korean bishop backs South Korean leader’s peace goal with North
The Korean bishops’ Committee for the Reconciliation of the Korean People held a symposium and stressed that a peace accord would help usher in better relations with the North.
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Three questions about the future of nuclear weapons
The U.N. has voted to ban the bomb. What comes next?
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President Trump Steps Up to Fight Famine
The Trump administration should be commended for stepping up in the face of these crises.
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Mosul residents flee into desert as ISIS is driven from the city; Catholic Relief Services responds
Many have simply walked from the city to the desert camps, a distance of 20 to 30 kilometers, says Mr. El-Mahdi. Now they confront hunger, thirst and the desert’s unforgiving sun. “The summer heat is brutal.”
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How Helmut Kohl seized the mantle of God by working toward a unified Europe
Mourners from across the continent praised Helmut Kohl’s vision for a united Europe
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In its first-ever U.N. vote, the Holy See says ‘No’ to nuclear weapons
122 states—but none of the world’s nine nuclear powers—voted to ban the bomb.
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A preventive strike on North Korea would be morally unjustifiable
Father J. Bryan Hehir believes that even the expanding reach of North Korean missiles cannot morally justify a preventive strike by the United States at this time.