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Muslim-on-Muslim violence highlighted in new State Department report
Although Boko Haram in Nigeria and other terrorist groups elsewhere are cited in the report's executive summary as posing a major threat to religious freedom in general, these groups also targeted fellow Muslims.
Checking in: Pope invites Syrian refugees to lunch
At a luncheon that was part reunion and part progress report, Pope Francis invited 21 Syrian refugees to join him at the Vatican Aug. 11.
Unlocking forgiveness: Vatican tribunal promotes pardon
The Apostolic Penitentiary has nothing to do with a jail cell and everything to do with ensuring repentant sinners experience God's mercy.
U.N. Refugee Olympic team: ‘The victory scream of all refugees’
"They represent the strength it takes to come from nothing and being considered a 'nobody,' to becoming a champion."
Bangladeshi Catholic editor flees country amid harassment, threats
Rosaline Costa heard people tell her "be careful" so often she decided that she had to flee her native Bangladesh for the United States to stay alive.
Gymnast keeps rosary — a gift from her mom — close when she competes
U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Simone Biles says when she travels, she sometimes takes with her a statue of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes, and she also carries a rosary her mother gave her.
Texas Catholic parish welcomes immigrant children ‘with a lot of love’
"We've always been a very united community and having the children here has brought us even closer together because we all want the children to feel at home and we are doing everything we can for them."
Philippine church leaders feel powerless to stop extrajudicial killings
"In our dream to wipe out drug addiction, are we not becoming a 'killing fields' nation?" Archbishop Socrates Villegas asked.
Mercy received must be mercy shared, pope says at audience
In his main audience talk, Pope Francis focused on the Gospel story of Jesus raising from the dead the son of the widow of Nain, giving renewed hope not just to the woman and her son, but to all.
Archbishop announces clerical changes
Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective as noted ...