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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Police are investigating a possible hate crime after a man threatened to kill a nun who was praying inside a Catholic Church in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon.
Church officials upset that Myanmar’s won’t allow U.N. rights investigators
By Catholic News ServiceYANGON, Myanmar – Church officials have expressed disappointment over the refusal of Myanmar's government to grant visas to three members of a U.N. fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses by security forces against the Rohingya minority.
Charlie Gard will not be transferred to Vatican Hospital
By CNA/EWTN NewsVATICAN CITY – The London hospital where Charlie Gard is living his last days has refused a transfer request from the Pediatric hospital Bambino Gesu in Rome for legal reasons.
German bishops regret lawmakers' vote to legalize same-sex marriage
By Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News ServiceOXFORD, England – Germany's bishops' conference expressed regret over a June 30 parliamentary vote to allow same-sex weddings, vowing to defend the "Catholic understanding of marriage."
Pope calls for respecting UK parents' wishes to care for dying child
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called for respecting the wishes of a terminally ill child's parents to accompany and care for their child "until the end."
Christian, Muslim leaders highlight Lebanon as country of coexistence
By Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News ServiceBEIRUT – Top Christian and Muslim leaders and Lebanese government representatives agreed that Lebanon should be highlighted as an example of peaceful coexistence, noting that "the deepening of democracy in Lebanon sends a message of hope to the Arabs and to the world."
Pope Francis donates $75,000 euros to Greek island struck by earthquake
By CNA/EWTN NewsATHENS, Greece – Pope Francis has donated 50 thousand euroes ($73,000) to the island of Lesbos, Greece, which is recovering from a June earthquake.
Vietnamese Catholic blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison
By Catholic News ServiceHANOI, Vietnam – A Vietnamese court sentenced a Catholic blogger to 10 years in prison for propaganda against the Communist government. Rights activists described the sentence as "heavy."
Arizona fire forces residents from homes; blaze fuelled by high winds
By Ambria Hammel, Catholic News ServicePHOENIX – Residents of the town of Mayer, including roughly 100 families who regularly attend Mass at St. Joseph Mission, were allowed to return home June 29 after evacuating for a time because of the Goodwin Fire burning in the nearby Prescott National Forest.
Doctors say it's a miracle that toddler survived ninth-floor fall
By CNA/EWTN NewsBUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The doctors at the Children's Hospital in San Miguel, Argentina, find no explanation for the quick recovery of Martin Chain – a three-year-old boy who fell from the ninth floor when he was playing on the balcony of his apartment.
Despite rumours, soccer superstar Messi not denied Catholic wedding
By David Ramos, CNA/EWTN NewsLIMA, Peru – An Argentine diocesan official has clarified that the local archbishop did not deny a sacramental Catholic wedding to Argentinian soccer player Lionel “Leo” Messi and his girlfriend, Antonella Roccuzzo.