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Special forces: Graduates head home armed with skills to fight abuse
Nineteen men and women from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas became the first graduates awarded special certification in the safeguarding of minors.
European bishops urge expansion of EU role in peacebuilding
A commission of Catholic bishops has called on the European Union to more actively promote peace and reconciliation to ease tensions and conflicts on country borders.
Pope thanks circus performers for bringing joy to often dark world
"You cannot imagine what good you do, the good you sow," he said June 16 during a special audience celebrating the jubilee of circus and traveling-show performers.
Last priest who was imprisoned in Dachau camp dies
He was arrested in October 1940 by German authorities because of his staunch Catholicism and taken to Dachau, near Munich, five months later.
Nuncio praises progress made on HIV/AIDS but warns against complacency
"AIDS is far from over ... despite remarkable progress," Archbishop Bernardito Auza said.
‘Laudato Si” at one year: Catholics inspired to act on climate change
Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment last June 18 has been studied by parishioners and is leading to concrete steps, including installation of solar panels at one church. "People are buying into this," said the pastor.
Patriarch urges leaders to attend pan-Orthodox meeting
Four of the churches -- the Antiochian, Bulgarian, Georgian and Russian Orthodox -- announced they would not attend the gathering scheduled for June 19-26 on the Greek island of Crete.
Florida Catholic Charities workers console, support victims’ families
Just hours after the shooting, six bilingual staffers from Catholic Charities arrived at the Hampton Inn in downtown Orlando, a meeting place for family and friends of the victims.
English martyrs’ relics at cathedral put focus on religious freedom
Marking the Fortnight for Freedom, in Philadelphia the relics of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher will be displayed during liturgies June 25-26 to recall today's challenges to religious liberty.
‘Witnesses to Freedom’ theme of church’s focus on religious liberty
The U.S. bishops' fifth annual Fortnight for Freedom runs June 21 to July 4, in which Catholics, other Christians and people of good will are encouraged "to set aside two weeks to reflect on religious freedom."