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Members of abuse commission in German diocese resign, citing lack of transparency

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Members of abuse commission in German diocese resign, citing lack of transparency

Apr 25
Crux Staff

Opposition lawmakers demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the violence in Manipur state carry placards and a banner with name of “INDIA” outside the Parliament building in New Delhi, India, July 24, 2023. (Credit: AP Photo.) 2 of 3 | FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives on the opening day of the monsoon session of the Indian parliament in New Delhi, India, July 20, 2023. For three months, the strongman leader has been largely silent on ethnic violence that has killed over 150 people in Manipur, a remote state in India’s northeast. That’s sparked a no-confidence motion against his government in Parliament, where his party and allies hold a clear majority. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) Read More 3 of 3 | FILE- Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference after he was expelled from parliament after a court convicted him of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison for mocking the surname Modi in an election speech, in New Delhi, India, March 25, 2023. India’s Parliament on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 reinstated top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as a lawmaker three days after the country’s top court halted his criminal defamation conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File) Read More

U.S. State Department cites human rights violations in India

Apr 25
Nirmala Carvalho

Discretion on ‘Patriarch of the West’ may reflect Francis/Benedict dynamics

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Pope calls for negotiated peace, blasts climate change skeptics in CBS interview

Apr 25
Crux Staff

Discretion on ‘Patriarch of the West’ may reflect Francis/Benedict dynamics

Apr 25
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A sign sits erected at the pro-Palestinian demonstration encampment at Columbia University in New York, Monday, April 22, 2024. U.S. Colleges and universities are preparing for end-of-year commencement ceremonies with a unique challenge: providing safety for graduates while honoring the free speech rights of students involved in protests over the Israel-Hamas war. (Credit: Stefan Jeremiah/AP.)

Columbia University’s Catholic chaplain says anti-Semitism must be stopped’

Apr 24
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Pope calls for negotiated peace, blasts climate change skeptics in CBS interview

Apr 25
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Franciscan Father Eunan McMullan, the Franciscans International (FI) Europe Program Coordinator, spoke at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 21. (Credit: YouTube.)

Franciscan friar questions UK’s Northern Ireland ‘Legacy and Reconciliation’ law in UN

Apr 24
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