Why do Christians hesitate to rise up on anti-Christian persecution?
- August 18, 2017
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These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession
- Catholic News Agency
- August 23, 2017
Priests take this solemnity of the seal of confession very seriously; these four priests who died protecting it are witnesses to the extreme lengths to which priests are willing to go to protect the seal of confession.
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Indian foreign minister: Priest kidnapped in Yemen could be freed soon
- Crux Staff
- August 23, 2017
India’s Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, has told a delegation from his Salesian religious order that a Catholic priest kidnapped in Yemen last year is alive and could be released soon, according to a report from an Indian news agency. Minister Sushma Swaraj also reportedly told the group that securing his freedom is among the highest priorities of the Indian government.
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Patriarch Kirill and Parolin: Russian Orthodox and Catholics united for peace
- Claire Giangravè
- August 22, 2017
During their meeting in Moscow, the Vatican Secretary of State, Italian, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill discussed the two churches mutual positions regarding the Ukraine crisis, which Kirill described as “close,” and also the plight of the populations living in the Middle East, including persecuted Christians.
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Parolin and Russian Foreign Minister discuss Middle East, Ukraine
- Claire Giangravè
- August 22, 2017
Vatican Secretary of State, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed a vast array of topics during their meeting on August 22. On the agenda were the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, religious freedom and violence in Venezuela.
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Dublin archbishop: Pope Francis will visit "a very different Ireland"
- Crux Staff
- August 22, 2017
Pope Francis will have a different experience than John Paul II when he visits Ireland next year, according to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Beginning the preparation period for the 2018 World Meeting of Families, the Dublin archbishop said “plates fly in every family,” and later spoke about the bishops new guidelines on priests who father children.
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Bishops oppose Trump's decision ending program for unaccompanied child migrants
- Christopher White
- August 22, 2017
The U.S. bishops are protesting the decision of the Trump administration to end a program open to migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in an effort to control the flood of unaccompanied children into the United States trying to escape violence in their home countries. In 2014 alone, more than 60,000 unaccompanied children made their way into the country causing a massive backlog in the courts.
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‘Hong Kong is sinking,’ Zen warns after sentencing of protestors
- Claire Giangravè
- August 22, 2017
Religious and world leaders spoke up against the arrest of three former student leaders of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, an association born from the civil rights protests of 2014, calling it “an outrageous miscarriage of justice.”
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Chilean bishops say new abortion bill 'offends the conscience'
- Inés San Martín
- August 22, 2017
Chile’s Constitutional Court on Monday upheld a measure that would end the country’s absolute ban on abortions. The measure, hailed as a victory by President Michelle Bachelet, was criticized by the bishops, who’ve committed themselves to redoubling their efforts to accompany women who “live their pregnancies in extreme situations.”
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Explaining papal calm on security, plus a note on the convert debate
- August 20, 2017
In the wake of the latest spike in violence across Europe, the Vatican says it’s not taking extra security precautions, in part because safeguards were already “very strong.” Popes often feel a greater degree of calm about their safety than other public figures, because, let’s face it, from their point of view, they’ve got the ultimate safety net.
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Chilean bishops say new abortion bill ‘offends the conscience’
- August 22, 2017
Chile’s Constitutional Court on Monday upheld a measure that would end the country’s absolute ban on abortions. The measure, hailed as a victory by President Michelle Bachelet, was criticized by the bishops, who’ve committed themselves to redoubling their efforts to accompany women who “live their pregnancies in extreme situations.”
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Patriarch Kirill and Parolin: Russian Orthodox and Catholics united for peace
- August 22, 2017
During their meeting in Moscow, the Vatican Secretary of State, Italian, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill discussed the two churches mutual positions regarding the Ukraine crisis, which Kirill described as “close,” and also the plight of the populations living in the Middle East, including persecuted Christians.
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Catholic priest in Virginia speaks of his past membership in the KKK
- August 22, 2017
Father William Aitcheson says the images from Charlottesville “brought back memories of a bleak period in my life that I would have preferred to forget,” when he was a member of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan. He called for the condemnation of “the hatred and vile beliefs of the KKK and other white supremacist organizations,” adding that what they believe contradicts everything Catholics hold dear.
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Indian foreign minister: Priest kidnapped in Yemen could be freed soon
- August 23, 2017
India’s Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, has told a delegation from his Salesian religious order that a Catholic priest kidnapped in Yemen last year is alive and could be released soon, according to a report from an Indian news agency. Minister Sushma Swaraj also reportedly told the group that securing his freedom is among the highest priorities of the Indian government.
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Pope in Myanmar won’t be judged by crowds or speeches, but results
- August 19, 2017
Founded in 1991, Burma Campaign UK is one of the leading international organizations seeking reform in the country. Its director Mark Farmaner says Pope Francis is likely to face a challenging time when he visits Burma, also known as Myanmar, in a trip which is expected in late November. The pope has spoken up many times to protest the treatment of the Rohingya, a minority Muslim population facing persecution in the country.
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