Catholic News Service
LONDON – An English cardinal has told an inquiry into child abuse of his shock at learning that a vicar general of his former archdiocese tried to help two pedophile priests escape to the United States.
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International
December 14, 2018
The key to solving migration crisis is education, Pope Francis says
VATICAN – As the celebration of Christmas draws near, the plight of the Holy Family calls to mind the sufferings of the many men, women and children escaping war and persecution, Pope Francis said.
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International
VATICAN – Protecting human dignity and human rights must always be at the heart of any action by world leaders to confront the many humanitarian crises afflicting today's world, Pope Francis said.
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International
December 13, 2018
Strasbourg bishop speaks of 'lucid madness' after terror attack at Christmas market
STRASBOURG, France – At noon Dec. 12, the bells of every Catholic church in Strasbourg rang for 10 minutes to honor the victims of a terror attack at a Christmas market the previous day.
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International
December 12, 2018
Mary raises up the abandoned, Pope Francis says at Mass
VATICAN – Just as she did hundreds of years ago from a small hill in Tepeyac, Mexico, Mary accompanies the downtrodden and the lowly like a mother caring for her children.
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Reflections
December 12, 2018
New U.S. law will provide relief to genocide victims of Islamic State in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has signed into law the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018, which will provide humanitarian relief to genocide victims in Iraq and Syria and hold accountable Islamic State perpetrators of genocide.
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International
December 12, 2018
Shooting in cathedral leaves five dead, four injured in Brazil
SAO PAOLO – A gunman opened fire inside a Brazilian church, killing four people and injuring four others before turning the gun on himself, police said.
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International
December 12, 2018
Three Roman Curia advisers end service on Pope's Council of Cardinals
VATICAN – Three members of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals have officially ended their service as papal advisers on the reform of the Roman Curia.
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Vatican
December 11, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court wont hear appeals over defunding Planned Parenthood, pro-life leaders upset
WASHINGTON – Pro-life leaders said they were disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court declined Dec. 10 to hear appeals from Kansas and Louisiana on lower court rulings that have stopped the states from blocking Medicaid funds going to Planned Parenthood.
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International
December 11, 2018
U.S. returns 'Balangiga Bells' to Philippines after more than 100 years
MANILA, Philippines – After more than a century, the United States government has returned three church bells swiped by American forces as war booty from the central Philippine town of Balangiga.
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International