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Politics & SocietyNews
Paul Jeffrey - Catholic News Service
When Pope Francis visits Myanmar in late November, church leaders will be listening nervously to his every word, specifically hoping they don't hear the R-word: Rohingya.
Family members of Sharoon Masih, a Christian high school student who was beaten to death on the third day of school in August in Pakistan. Photo courtesy of British Pakistani Christian Association
FaithNews
Amel Ghani - Religion News Service
The student charged in his death now awaits trial, but police are not calling the attack a hate crime.
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim woman Anjuna Khatoon, 23, holds her 5-day-old baby girl who she gave birth to while making the journey to cross the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at Palong Khali, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are already living in squalid and overcrowded camps, according to witnesses and a drone video shot by the U.N. offic
Politics & SocietyNews
Associated Press
The witnesses repeatedly described an insignia on their attackers' uniforms that matched one worn by troops from Myanmar's Western Command
Hindu women pray for peace Oct. 1 at the Sri Bunar Maha Shiva Hindu temple in Yangon, Myanmar. Peace and harmony will not result from members of different religions simply tolerating each other; respect and appreciation of customs and cultural diversity is required, top Vatican officials said in a message to the world's Hindus. (CNS photo/Nyein Chan Naing, EPA)
FaithNews
Matt Fowler - Catholic News Service
The path to mutual respect between communities has no room for intolerance.
Clergy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church process at the start of Mass in a suburb of New Delhi Nov. 18 to mark the 50th anniversary of the church's first missionary venture. (CNS photo/Anto Akkara) (Nov. 19, 2012)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Different Catholic rites are, in fact, "a treasure" for the church.
Aung San Suu Kyi, state counselor and foreign affairs minister and Myanmar's de-facto leader, delivers a speech to the nation Sept. 19 in Naypyitaw about the Rakhine and Rohingya situation. (CNS photo/Soe Zeya Tun, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“The trigger to violence and the aggressive response are lamentable,” Cardinal Bo said in his carefully worded statement.