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Mali church leader voices alarm over insurgent attacks on parishes
Tensions were running high in September and early October in Mali's central Mopti region after several Catholic churches were ransacked and torched, forcing parishioners to flee.
‘Love Saves Lives’ theme for 2018 March for Life marking Roe decision
The March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced the theme for the 2018 rally and march at a briefing on Capitol Hill Oct. 3 with Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life organization and other pro-life leaders in Washington.
‘Hidden homeless’ less hidden and homeless with movie, Texas ‘village’
"The Florida Project," aims to show the life of people whom director Sean Baker calls "the hidden homeless," as they scratch out a hand-to-mouth existence paying rent in cash weekly in motels along the U.S. Highway 192 strip between Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida.
Facebook, Microsoft try to keep up with vast scale of online abuse
Two giants in the digital world presented some key ways they are trying to keep up with the vast scale and increasing sophistication of the abuse and exploitation of minors online.
Eliminating any difference between sexes ‘is not right,’ pope says
While societies must find a way to overcome the subjugation of women, pretending there are no differences between men and women or even using technology to change a person's sex is not the answer, Pope Francis said.
Tolerance only way to ensure survival of church in China, Jesuit says
China is a communist nation and there is little chance that will change soon, so in order to survive, the Catholic Church must be realistic and seek a stance of mutual tolerance with the government, said a 90-year-old Chinese Jesuit priest.
Bishop Cantu reiterates call to Pentagon to close Guantanamo Bay prison
Moral and financial reasons require the Pentagon to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace reiterated in a letter to the secretary of defense.
Service vs. selfishness: Pope preaches potential of ‘noble’ politics
Pope Francis had been lecturing about politics lately, reminding people that it is a noble calling, but one that may require a politician to compromise or set aside some of his or her goals for the good of their whole community, entire nation or even the world.
Unwanted at first, Poor Clare sisters mark 100 years in Philadelphia
The monastery of nuns, located now in Bucks County where Cardinal Justin Rigali celebrated their anniversary Mass, was rejected by the Cincinnati and New York dioceses. But thanks to a Drexel family connection, they flourished in Philadelphia.
Las Vegas Catholic shrine an initial place of refuge for shooting victims
The Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer -- a white stucco church just off the Las Vegas Strip and dwarfed by giant hotels, casinos and flashing neon lights -- became an immediate place of shelter for concertgoers fleeing the barrage of bullets that showered down onto the country music festival.