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Bishops call on Filipinos not to bully or harass gay people
In the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, the Philippines' Catholic bishops said dialogue with the gay community must continue and "be an encounter of brothers and sisters, an encounter of friends in the Lord."
Patriarchs call for liberation of Iraqi lands where Christians lived
In all, about 150,000 people were uprooted and fled to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq and neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.
Extreme poverty is a reality, not a faceless statistic, pope says
"Without faces and stories, human lives become statistics and we run the risk of bureaucratizing the sufferings of others," he said.
Love, not some idea of perfection, leads to happiness, pope says
Love and solidarity are what make the world a better place, not a focus on physical perfection and hiding away those who do not fit a commercial ideal, Pope Francis said.
Priest born deaf urges sacraments for children with disabilities
Redemptorist Father Cyril Axelrod insisted sign language, tactile sign language and body language are "gifts of the Holy Spirit" meant to help Christians share the Gospel with all people.
Situation in Nigeria called one of world’s worst humanitarian crises
More than two years have passed since the April 14, 2014, abduction. Some girls managed to escape a few months later, but most of them remain missing.
Unite to end child slave labor, pope says
Marking the World Day Against Child Labor June 12, the pope called for a renewed and united "effort to remove the causes of this modern slavery."
Diversity aids search for truth about cosmos, pope tells students
"All of us dwell under the same sky. All of us are moved by the beauty revealed in the cosmos and reflected in the study of the heavenly bodies and substances," he said.
Pope offers prayers for Orlando victims of ‘absurd violence’
Pope Francis and Archbishop Chaput asked for prayers for the victims of the 49 people killed and 53 injured, and their grieving families, following the shooting rampage of a gunman in Orlando, Florida, early June 12.
Pope: Euthanasia is triumph of selfishness, not act of compassion
In a culture that is increasingly "technological and individualistic," some tend to "hide behind alleged compassion to justify killing a patient," the pope said.