Dozens Drown as Large Ferry Sinks Off Philippines
Loading the Audio Player... A passenger ship carrying 359 people sank just off the coast of Baluk-Baluk Island in the southern Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard. Rescuers pulled...
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New saint a ‘great encouragement’ to Christians of India | Crux
Crux,The announcement that India will get its first canonized laymen next spring will be a “great encouragement” to the Christian faithful, according to a prominent priest.
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US Ambassador Vows to Fight Anti-Israel Bias at UN in First Visit to Israel
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is in Israel for the first time this week to “strengthen and build again our nations’ 73-year partnership,” she said during public remarks in Jerusalem on Monday.
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Liverpool suicide bomber was confirmed in 2017
The suicide bomber in an attack outside a Liverpool hospital on Remembrance Sunday was confirmed as a Christian in 2017, according to media reports.
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Israeli Minister Headed to Morocco Next Week, Will Sign Defense Agreement
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will visit Morocco later this month and sign an agreement with his counterpart on enhancing security cooperation, his office said Tuesday.
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‘Fervent Prayer’ Sought for 58 Remaining Baptist Hostages After Captors Kill 2 and Wound 3 in Nigeria
A local Christian leader in Nigeria has confirmed gunmen killed two of the 60 hostages who were abducted two weeks ago at a church in Kaduna state.
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Myanmar military releases American journalist
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‘America Is Unreliable’: Why the US Fiasco in Afghanistan Hurts NATO Yet Again, Gives Fresh Fuel to Moscow, Beijing
For more than 70 years, NATO has served as a worldwide security force. Created by the U.S. and other western nations, NATO's first priority was to deter an attack by the Soviet Union, but now there's a growing consensus among European countries that they can no longer continue to count on the treaty's most powerful member.
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Pope Francis asks Secular Franciscans to take St. Francis’ path of conversion
Secular Franciscan Order is holding its general chapter in Rome.
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Archdiocesan shelter gives Brazilian women ‘the strength to go on’ | Crux
Crux,When a group of laypeople were discussing homelessness during the 2019 World Day of the Poor, Gregorio Ventura pointed out that although there were a few shelters for men in Montes Claros, there were none just for women.
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Latin America’s bishops to confront increasing poverty after COVID-19 | Crux
Crux,During the pandemic, parishes in the Diocese of Valle de Chalco on the outskirts of Mexico City have made care packages, taken meals to families of COVID-19 patients and operated food banks.
