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Sex trafficking is ‘rooted in structure of society,’ says speaker
The fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation may need its own #MeToo moment, according to Good Shepherd Sister Winifred Doherty, who is her religious congregation's representative to the United Nations.
Cooperation, dialogue needed for interreligious harmony, pope says
Before attending his weekly general audience, Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Dharmic religions -- Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism -- who were in Rome attending an interreligious conference.
Indonesian religious leaders, former first lady form anti-terrorism group
As another deadly attack by Islamic radicals rocked Indonesia May 16, dozens of religious leaders, backed by former first lady Sinta Nuriyah Wahid, launched a new anti-terrorism group.
Pope expresses concern about ‘spiral of violence’ in Holy Land
Warning that violence will never bring peace, Pope Francis urged all sides to do all they can to foster dialogue in the Middle East.
Resignation letter prepared by Blessed Paul VI published
Blessed Paul's letter was long rumored to exist, and in 2017 Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the vice dean of the College of Cardinals, confirmed that the pope had written such a letter.
Vatican updates pope’s schedule for visit to Geneva
The new schedule added a brief meeting with bishops and papal diplomats in Switzerland as well as provided times for some events that had not been specified in the original schedule released May 7.
Bishops decry U.K. refusal to remove cap on Catholics in ‘free schools’
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury said the policy, announced by the secretary of state for education, indicated that secularist ideology was trumping the rights of Christian parents to educate their children in their faith.
Historians’ approval moves Father Tolton’s sainthood cause forward
Father Tolton, a former slave, is the first recognized U.S. diocesan priest of African descent. Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George opened his cause for canonization in 2011, giving the priest the title "servant of God."
With stellar pitching and dash of luck, Malvern Prep clinches Inter Ac
Senior Brady Devereux, a hard-working and selfless star hurler, was first off the bench to join the jubilation of teammates as the Friars turned a 3-0 seventh-inning deficit into an improbable milestone win.
Some Irish believe lives were saved by country’s prohibition on abortion
In less than two weeks, people in Ireland will be asked if they wish to repeal Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution which enshrined a ban on abortion in 1983 and gives equal right to life to the mother and the unborn child.