Since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June, about 7,000 mostly poor people have died in police raids and killings carried out by unknown assailants.
War and Peace
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Egyptian Christians victims of increasing violence from ISIS
“They’re thirsty for the blood of any Christian,” Wafaa Fawzy said.
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Vatican and Islamic leaders offer “realistic” ways to end terrorism
Representatives of al-Azhar and the Vatican outlined steps to fight terrorism and terrorist organizations.
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Pope Francis urges international intervention as famine threatens South Sudan
As civil strife threatens greater disorder, a famine looms in South Sudan; Pope Francis urges intervention.
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Pope Francis: Give us the grace to say war is finished
Pope Francis: “war begins in the heart of a person; it begins at home, in the family, among friends and then goes out into the whole world.”
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Bishop Cantu: Reduce the nuclear arsenal
Bishop Cantu’s letter comes as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson begins his time as the chief foreign affairs adviser to President Donald Trump.
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The dawning of America’s imperial ambitions
Leading those who believed it was America’s destiny to acquire an empire were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Theodore Roosevelt, a newly minted war hero.
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Catholics keep low profile during anniversary of the Russian Revolution
Russian and Polish studies indicate that 422 Catholic priests were executed, murdered or tortured to death, along with 962 monks, nuns and laypeople.
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Former gang member heads national program to bring ‘invisibles’ into church
Mr. Torres’s relentless years of ministering to gang members, drug addicts and the incarcerated is beginning to be recognized.
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No future for Christians in Mosul, says Iraqi Christian leader
“Christians aren’t going to come back to stay. The churches I saw were not destroyed with bombs, but by the everyday business operations of the community.”