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Britain's Catholic Church leaders predicts that the country's pharmacists could be forced to dispense lethal drugs under new plans to prohibit conscientious objection on the grounds of religion.

U.K. church leaders: Pharmacists could be forced to dispense lethal drugs

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MANCHESTER, England – The British Catholic Church has predicted that pharmacists could be forced to dispense lethal drugs under plans to prohibit conscientious objection on the grounds of religion.

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations, told the UN Human Rights Council that the death penalty doesn't solve problems.

The death penalty doesn't solve problems, archbishop tells UN

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GENEVA, Switzerland – The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations reiterated the Vatican’s defence of all human life in a meeting with UN Human Rights Council on the death penalty.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir called for a national day of prayer, which Bishop Santo Loku Pio Doggale, ishop Santo Loku Pio Doggale, Auxiliary Bishop of Juba, called a 'political prayer.'

Bishop rejects South Sudan president's day of prayer as a political move

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JUBA, South Sudan – The call by South Sudan's president for a national day of prayer was met with derision by one of the country's bishops, who called it a “political prayer” and a mockery.

The Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill March 7 that will restore the death penalty in the country. The bill will have go through the Senate before it can be signed into law by the president.

With passage in House, Philippines poised to reinstate death penalty

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The Philippines stands poised to reinstate the death penalty after it was put on hold 11 years ago. The church in the Philippines, which has grown more vocal in recent months, continues to oppose the measure that passed the Philippine House on the third and final reading March 7 and is widely expected to move quickly through the Senate. This latest version specifically targets drug crimes.

The three-year $28.5 million boost by Global Affairs Canada to Development and Peace will reach over 200,000 refugees in the Middle East.

D&P’s aid work given three-year $28.5M boost by Global Affairs Canada

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A $28.5 million vote of confidence from the federal government will help the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace deliver aid to refugees and war-affected Syrians, Iraqis and others over the next three years.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order temporarily banning refugees from certain majority-Muslim countries. The order was signed March 6 and will take effect March 16.

Initial reaction to Trump's new refugee ban ranges from concern to opposition

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WASHINGTON – Within hours of President Donald Trump's new executive order March 6 banning arrivals from six majority-Muslim nations, Catholic and other religious groups joined secular leaders in questioning the wisdom of such a move, with others vowing to oppose it outright.

The Diocese of New Ulm filed for bankruptcy March 3 as it faces over one hundred lawsuits concerning sex abuse dating back to the 1950s.

Minnesota diocese, facing 100-plus sex abuse lawsuits, files for bankruptcy

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Facing over one hundred lawsuits concerning sex abuse claims dating back to the 1950s, the Diocese of New Ulm has filed for bankruptcy and plans a reorganization.

Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, pictured in an undated photo, was kidnapped in Yemen March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of Charity were killed. The Salesians organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of the Indian priest.

Indian Catholics still pray for release of Salesian kidnapped in Yemen

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COCHIN, India – A year after an Indian priest was abducted by suspected Islamic militants in Yemen, Catholics in his home state of Kerala are still praying for his release, reported ucanews.com.

The U.S. Supreme Court has send the case of a transgender student's demand to access public school single-sex bathrooms back down to the lower courts for consideration.

U.S. Supreme Court sends transgender student case back to lower court

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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will not hear the case of a transgender student’s demand to access public school single-sex bathrooms, instead sending it back to the lower courts for reconsideration.

Slain American journalist James Foley's mother travelled to Rome March 3 to thank the Holy Father for his sympathy and support after Foley was executed by the Islamic State.

Mother of slain U.S. journalist thanks Pope Francis for support

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VATICAN CITY – The mother of American journalist James Foley, who was executed by the Islamic State group in Syria, has travelled to Rome to thank Pope Francis for the sympathy and support he gave her family after her son’s death.

St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California turned a $15,000 USD investment in Snap Inc., which went public March 2, into a windfall of at least $24 million USD.

California Catholic high school makes millions from Snapchat investment

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A California Catholic high school did away with future car washes and pizza kit sales March 2 when the $15,000 USD ($20,000) investment it made with Snap Inc., the company that developed the messaging app Snapchat, sold shares to the public and the school stepped into a windfall of at least $24 million USD ($32 million).

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