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Vatican suspends outside audit while reviewing contract
The audit had been paused because there are "underway detailed studies of some aspects relative to the agreement" reached with the firm, which is one of the largest auditing firms in the world.
Rescued refugees report hundreds drowned in Mediterranean
A merchant ship rescued 41 refugees, including a 3-year-old child. They told human rights workers they saw as many as 500 others drown when the refugees' boat sank.
Brazilians dismayed as deputies cite God during impeachment vote
Carlos Moura said during five hours of voting April 17, legislators cast their votes "in the name of their wives, children, political party and God instead of sticking to the actual charges against the president."
Dominican nuns keep hope alive among displaced in northern Iraq
"We will not leave our people. Wherever they go, we will go with them," said Sister Luma Khudher, a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena.
Church leaders survey Philippine candidates for servant-leader traits
The survey asked 1,200 Filipino voters whether each candidate showed the following qualities: listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of people and building community.
Look at your own sins before judging others, pope says at audience
"The relationship of salvation" with God cannot move forward if people justify themselves and look at the mistakes of others instead of fixing their gaze on the Lord, he said.
Cut terror groups’ funding, arms sales and cyber access, nuncio says
The Vatican's representative at the U.N. urged getting at the root causes feeding international terrorism, especially terrorist groups' recruitment of young people who feel disillusioned and excluded.
Education, trauma counseling key to helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The 1.06 million Syrians who remain in neighboring Lebanon face continuing struggles with war trauma, dwindling funds, and a very uncertain and often dangerous future.
Pope reminds world of suffering in war-torn Ukraine
Pope Francis asked that Catholic parishes throughout Europe take up a special collection April 24 as a sign of solidarity with people suffering because of the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Refugees are not a problem, they are a gift, pope says
People who escape oppression, war, pollution or "the unjust distribution of the planet's resources are a brother and sister with whom to share bread, home and life," he said.