Authorities in Indonesia Halt Construction of House of Prayer – Morningstar News
Local officials in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia on April 14 halted construction of a prayer house due to protest banners put up by Muslim residents.
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Ukraine crisis: Pope Francis asks world leaders to make ‘serious examination of conscience’
The pope called for people to fast for peace on March 2, Ash Wednesday.
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Spanish bishops announce national investigation of clerical sexual abuse
Crux,Caving to pressure from abuse survivors, politicians and the media, the Spanish bishops announced on Tuesday that they will conduct a full, nation-wide investigation of clerical sexual abuse.
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‘We’ve Cut Off Western Financing’: Biden Condemns Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine, His Aggression Spiking US Gas Prices
The East-West faceoff over Ukraine escalated dramatically Tuesday, with Russian lawmakers authorizing President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside his country and U.S. President Joe Biden and European leaders responding by slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs and banks.
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In First, Israeli Study Shows Oxygen Therapy Can Help PTSD Patients
Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University are using oxygen therapy to treat the brains of Israeli military veterans who are suffering from PTSD. They hope their techniques can be used to help PTSD patients around the world.
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Biden, EU sanction Russia as invasion begins
The United States joined 27 European Union members in levying financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs on Tuesday with more to come if Russian troops proceed further into Ukrainian terr...
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Humanitarian doctor Paul Farmer dies at 62
Paul Farmer shows off a new national referral and teaching hospital in Mirebalais, 30 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2012. Associated Press/Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery ...
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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.
