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July 24, 2015

Ukraine monuments on mass graves recognize Jews killed in Holocaust

Fr. Patrick Desbois, second from left, greets visitors at the Rava-Ruska Holocaust mass grave on June 29, 2015. Desbois found and documented more than 1,600 Jewish mass graves in Ukraine and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.

LVIV, Ukraine - Ludvika Sarah Leah Schein, who survived the Holocaust, hadn’t been to her hometown in 70 years. But she still vividly remembers the day Germans came to Rava-Ruska.

Published in International
July 6, 2015

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules Ten Commandments monument must go

The Oklahoma state Supreme Court ordered a monument featuring the Ten Commandments be removed from the state Capitol grounds June 30. An attorney general who planned to petition a rehearing argued that a similar monument in Texas, pictured above, was found constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered a Ten Commandments monument removed from the state Capitol grounds June 30, three years after its installation sparked a religious feud.

Published in International