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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Gerald J. Beyer
Politicians who enable the proliferation of assault weapons are guilty of illicit cooperation in evil.
Abdullah Antepli outside the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron
Politics & SocietyNews
Yonat Shimron - Religion News Service
Imam Abdullah Antepli gave the opening prayer in the House of Representatives and delivered a plea for celebrating differences.
President Donald Trump signs his Executive Order on Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty during a National Day of Prayer event at the White House in Washington on May 4. (CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA)
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
Religious groups that had opposed the mandate were pleased with the administration's action.
Pope Francis greets Muireann O'Carroll, 16, from Ireland during an audience with participants in an international congress on protecting children in a digital world, at the Vatican Oct. 6. The pope pledged "to work strenuously and with foresight for the protection of minors and their dignity." (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The Declaration of Rome appealed “to leaders of the world’s great religions to inform and mobilize members of every faith to join in a global movement to protect the world’s children.”
A combination photo shows members of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Geneva on Oct. 6. The group won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Pictured from left to right are Beatrice Fihn, executive director; Daniel Hogsta, coordinator; and Grethe Ostern, a member of the organization's steering committee. (CNS photo/Denis Balibouse, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The Nobel committee honored ICAN for its efforts to achieve a prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law through the U.N.
A young woman holding a statue of Mary is comforted by family members of a person trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building on Sept. 26 in Mexico City. Five days after the deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake, the collapsed seven-story office building is one of the last hopes searchers believe they may still find someone trapped alive. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)
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Melissa Vida - Catholic News Service
“Most survivors suffer from severe anxiety or guilt.”