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Gazans more desperate than ever after border clashes, says CRS official
Already in a precarious state, Gaza's health system faces a medical emergency, with more than 1,000 people injured in the recent Gaza border demonstrations that flared up since March 30.
Church leaders, aid agencies visiting Congo’s Ebola outbreak areas
The urban nature of the latest outbreak of the deadly virus is of greatest concern, the country's bishops said.
Everyone must have affordable health care, Vatican official says
Everyone should have access to essential health services and no one should have to fall into poverty to obtain needed care said Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Vatican observer to U.N. agencies.
Jesuit radio is at forefront of human rights battle in Honduras
Father Ismael Moreno said Radio Progreso offers news, analysis, and commentary about human rights in the country, including content critical of the Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez.
Pakistani cardinal-designate known for developing interfaith harmony
Cardinal-designate Joseph Coutts sees himself as a conductor -- not of musicians but of religious leaders from various faiths.
Japanese cardinal-designate writes haiku, works with disabled
Cardinal-designate Thomas Aquinas Manyo Maeda of Osaka was more surprised than anyone at the news he is to become a cardinal.
Nicaraguan bishops denounce death threats against one of their own
Death threats against an outspoken bishop, whose comments on corruption and support for students in the protests consuming the country, have been poorly received by those in power.
Nigerian bishops lead thousands in peaceful protests against killings
Benue, in north-central Nigeria, is the state worst hit in the conflict over fertile land. Often fighting is between the mostly Muslim semi-nomadic herdsmen and predominantly Christian farmers.
Evangelizer bases work with parishes on her own journey to Catholicism
Sherry Anne Weddell talks about how Catholics in the West must become "missionary apostles" to stop the church from dying out within the space of a few generations.
Cameroon bishops alarmed by ‘blind, inhuman, monstrous violence’
Tensions between Cameroon's French-speaking majority and English-speaking minority have been growing since late 2016.