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August 9, 2021

Police investigating source of letter containing bullets addressed to "the pope"

Police officers patrol a street in Milan Oct. 22, 2020. Italian police have launched an investigation after postal workers near Milan discovered an envelope addressed to "the pope" that contained three bullets.

ROME -- Italian police have launched an investigation after postal workers discovered an envelope containing three bullets and addressed to "the pope."

Published in Vatican
August 15, 2019

Pittsburgh church cancels festival after 'disturbing message'

Storm clouds pass over a a Catholic church in Pittsburgh.

WASHINGTON -- A church in the Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Aug. 13 it was canceling a popular summer event, its parish festival, after receiving what it called "a disturbing message."

Published in International
August 10, 2016

Bangladeshi Catholic editor flees country amid harassment, threats

A photo of Rosaline Costa from 20016. Costa, a Catholic, and the editor of Hotline Bangladesh for over 30 years, fled her native country in July amid harassment and threats.

WASHINGTON – Rosaline Costa heard people tell her "be careful" so often she decided that she had to flee her native Bangladesh for the United States to stay alive.

Published in International