One of the major blocs in the Brazilian Congress has been waging a war against social movements that promote the occupation of lands in the South American country.
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A coalition of religious groups recently argued before the New York Court of Appeals that the state violated their religious beliefs in mandating that they cover abortion in their employee health insurance plans.
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In the South India state of Telangana the school management of Mother Teresa School run by the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament stopped a student who was wearing a Hanuman Deeksha attire from appearing for the examination.
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A synthesis report on synod listening sessions conducted during the current interim period in the Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, shared that priests and laity expressed frustration about a lack of clarity from Pope Francis.
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Two frontrunners for the upcoming Mexican elections, Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez, have been campaigning about violence, seen as the major problem in the Latin American country.
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The silence reflect a troubled history between pro-life groups and the leadership of the Italian bishops’ conference under Pope Francis, which takes a dim view of groups that seem to take their cues from aggressive American pro-life organizations.
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At the funeral this week of Italian mother Azzurra Carnelos, who died last week after refusing cancer treatment in order to save the life of her unborn son, she was hailed for her courageous sacrifice and for her love of life.
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As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank hold their Spring meeting, a leading Catholic international aid group says the world is sinking “deeper into a global sovereign debt crisis.”
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Some observers will be tempted to see the confirmation as a reward for the role Italian Monsignor Alberto Perlasca played in the convictions of Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants, despite questions about Perlasca’s judgment.
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Campaigns have started in Chad ahead of a presidential election scheduled to take place May 6 and will have 10 candidates.
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President Javier Milei announced he was planning a number of changes in the penal system in Argentina.
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British Archbishop Paul Gallagher closed a 5-day visit to Vietnam over the weekend after meeting with top civil and ecclesial authorities, and telling seminarians to persevere in joy and charity, even amid difficulty.
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War in Gaza has become a “way of life,” according to a Franciscan priest in the Holy Land.
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Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher called the stabbing of Orthodox Assyrian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and Father Isaac Royel “shocking and has caused distress to many in the community.”
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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Bessungu was mistreated by security personnel at N’djili International Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa.
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Highlighting that American communities would “grind to a standstill” without the labor of undocumented immigrants, Bishop Mark Seitz is encouraging Congress to create more avenues to legal employment authorization for those with pending asylum cl
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Most of the men scheduled to be ordained as priests in the United States in 2024 are 31 years old or younger, according to the latest research from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.
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“Many Western prelates are tetanized by the idea of opposing the world. They dream of being loved by the world; they've lost the desire to be a sign of contradiction,” said the 78-year-old Sarah.
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