The "police are not a faceless enemy" and "the suspects in crimes or routine traffic stops are not just a faceless threat," but members of families in "need of assistance, protection and fairness."

"We condemn all acts of violence without exception," the South Sudan Council of Churches said, noting that it is "time to build a peaceful nation."

Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and prolific author who died on July 2 at age 87 in his New York home, has been remembered in tributes from around the world for standing up for human dignity and for being a witness to the world of the atrocities of the Holocaust.When P

"At least 6.5 million people will be food insecure in the coming year, according to a May government assessment. Malawi has a population of 16 million people."

Duterte, who won by a landslide in the May elections with 16.6 million votes, promised to "listen to the murmurings of the people" as he vowed to relentlessly fight the "problems that bedevil our country."

Damage from the flooding was widespread, with the southeastern region of the state being hit the hardest. Walls of water came crashing into towns and small communities leaving ruin and heartbreak in their wake.

"This [H.H.S.] administrative ruling fails to respect...the will of Congress and the rule of law."

"It's so important to save our children...We need to put down the guns and just love each other."

Bishops of dioceses which themselves fell victim to mass shootings in recent years were among the flood of Catholic leaders offering condolences and consolation to survivors and family members of the victims of the mass shooting on June 12 at a gay nightclub attack in Orlando, Florida.The mass shoot

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, applauded recent progress made around the world to end the AIDS epidemic and warned against complacency on efforts to end the disease.He made the comments in a statement to the United Nations' high level meet