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Kenya’s Catholic bishops sued after canceling lease for Muslim-run restaurant

Kenya’s Catholic bishops sued after canceling lease for Muslim-run restaurant

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NAIROBI, Kenya - The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops is facing a lawsuit over the cancellation of a rental contract for a restaurant operated by a Somali Muslim.

A Filipino July 17 stands next to his house destroyed by Typhoon Rammasun, locally named Glenda, in a coastal village in Batangas, south of Manila. Catholic Relief Services teams were fanning out to affected areas after Typhoon Rammasun propelled its way across the northern half of the Philippines, leaving at least 40 people dead and destroying more than 26,000 houses.

Learning from Haiyan, many Filipinos sought shelters before typhoon struck

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MANILA, Philippines - An emergency advisor for Catholic Relief Services said many Filipinos learned from Typhoon Haiyan and willingly went to shelters before Typhoon Rammasun struck.

Palestinians look at a destroyed building in Gaza City shortly after an airstrike by Israeli Defense Forces July 17. Caritas Jerusalem officials say Gaza civilians are paying the price for the Israeli-Hamas conflict.

Ceasefire gives Gaza civilians brief chance to assess damage, seek aid

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VATICAN CITY - Civilians in Gaza used a brief ceasefire to spill onto the streets and replenish scarce supplies, some Church representatives said.

Birth control prescriptions focus attention on Canadian doctors' rights

Birth control prescriptions focus attention on Canadian doctors' rights

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OTTAWA - Canadian doctors who refuse to prescribe birth control pills have become the focus of a debate over physicians' rights to freedom of conscience and religion when practising medicine.

Lord Carey of Clifton, England, who served as Anglican archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002, preaches during a service of Christian unity in the Anglican cathedral in Chester Jan. 19. Lord Carey said he would dissent from the Church of England's teaching a gainst assisted suicide and vote for a bill scheduled to be debated in the British Parliament.

British faith leaders warn Parliament not to legalize assisted suicide

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MANCHESTER, England - The leaders of Britain's faith communities have united to warn Parliament against the "grave error" of legalizing assisted suicide.

Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa

Jesus would have been a great 'fit' on TV

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VATICAN CITY - The Gospel is made for television and Jesus Christ would have been a perfect on-air evangelist, said the papal preacher.

Archbishop Louis Sako of Baghdad, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

Iraqi nuns, orphans kidnapped in June released safely

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Updated 07/16/14

AMMAN, Jordan - Two Iraqi nuns and three orphans kidnapped in late June have been released safely, according to the Christian rights group Middle East Concern.

A handout picture provided by the Guatemalan Foreign Relations Ministry shows Mexican Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Chong, Guatemalan Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson addressing the humanitar ian crisis of child migrants at the U.S. border during a press conference at the Foreign Minister's office in Guatemala City July 9. President Obama has asked Congress for $3.7 billion dollars in aid to plug the flood of young parentless migrants.

Pope calls for end to ‘racist and xenophobic’ approach to migrants along U.S.-Mexico border

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis today waded into the controversy of the wave of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, calling for an end to racism against migrants and pushing the United States to offer greater protection for young children entering the country illegally.

Giovanni Maria Vian

Vatican editor says England’s female bishops vote ‘complicates’ relations

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VATICAN CITY - The Church of England’s vote to allow female bishops threatens unity with the Catholic Church, according to the editor of the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
U.S. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory, is pictured with the observatory's meteorite collection in this 2006 file photo.

Papal astronomer wins recognition for excellence in communication

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VATICAN CITY - A papal astronomer won recognition for his ability to communicate accurately and clearly the discoveries of planetary science to the general public.

Bern Will Brown died July 11 at age 94. The former Oblate's funeral was held today.

Bern Will Brown a 'Renaissance man' of Canada's north

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From mushing dog-teams 100 kms in minus 40C blizzards, to helping unionize a mine, Bern Will Brown had a job like few Catholic priests. 

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