Nigerian Police Walk Back Denial of Recent Church Kidnappings
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U.S. announces sanctions on Russia, vows to ‘go further’ if Putin continues Ukraine ‘invasion’
President Joe Biden has announced that sanctions to cut Russia off from Western financing will go into effect, promising to "go further" with measures if Russia continues what he called an "invasion" of Ukraine.
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This Catholic doctor lost everything in the Nagasaki bombing. Except faith, hope, and love.
Dr. Takashi Nagai’s work to help survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bombing and to console his devastated Japanese Catholic community is an unusual example of live-giving love and faith amid desolation and death, various speakers said at the New York Encounter on Sunday.
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Bishop Zanchetta pleads not guilty at civil trial for sex abuse in Argentina
Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, the Bishop Emeritus of Orán, denied Monday all charges of alleged sexual abuse of two former seminarians, during the first hearing of his civil trial.
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Biden enacts sanctions on Russia, vows to ‘go further’ if Putin continues ‘invasion’ of Ukraine
President Joe Biden has announced that sanctions to cut Russia off from Western financing will go into effect, promising to “go further” with measures if Russia continues what he called an “invasion” of Ukraine.
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U.N. wants faith groups to help work against plastic pollution
Crux,A senior U.N. official urged religious groups to help reach a global agreement to curb plastic pollution, amid experts warning that single-use or disposable plastics were choking the planet.
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Catholics in Poland, Western Ukraine welcome people fleeing threat of war
Crux,With the “further escalation of tension in Ukraine,” the president of the Polish bishops’ conference asked Polish Catholics to continue praying for peace, but also to be prepared to welcome Ukrainian refugees.
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All Mexicans must work to build peace, bishops say
Crux,The Mexican bishops’ conference asked all Mexicans to become peace builders, noting they have even made it their top pastoral priority in the country besieged by drug cartels and criminal gangs.
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Spanish cardinal: Clerical abuse audit is a ‘step forward’ in transparency
The investigation is expected to take a year to complete.
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Iran is squeezing Christians and other minorities out of the Middle East, researcher says
A researcher with the Philos Project told journalists today that Iran is using incremental strategies to squeeze non-Muslims out of the country and in nearby states such as Iraq and Syria, and that the plight of Christians in the Middle East is “truly misunderstood” by most in the West.
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What is Pope Francis’ plan for traditionalist groups?
A new decree underlines the pope’s complex relationship with the traditionalist world.
