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War without end, amen: U.S. to increase troop presence in Afghanistan
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 26, 2017
President Donald Trump changed course from what he said during the campaign about leaving Afghanistan this week. Now he will be sending a large troop increase to the country. However, he offered no plans for ending the war, even though polls show most Americans don’t think it’s possible to win and want the soldiers to come home.
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Pakistani Catholics condemn bombing of mosque
- Global Church
- September 17, 2016
After a suicide blast Friday ripped through a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people, Catholic leaders in Pakistan have condemned the act as “extremely tragic,” “horrific,” and “cowardly,” asking the government to embrace more than a merely military response.
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Suicide attacks on churches in Pakistan kill at least 15 people
- Faith
- March 16, 2015
LAHORE, Pakistan — Suicide bombers attacked two Christian churches during Sunday services in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens in the latest attack on religious minorities in the country. The attacks occurred in quick succession outside Catholic and Protestant churches in Youhanabad, one
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Pope demands that the world stop ‘hiding’ anti-Christian persecution
- Faith
- March 15, 2015
ROME — Pope Francis on Sunday said he felt great pain over two recent bomb attacks outside Christian churches in Pakistan, and asserted that the world is “trying to hide” anti-Christian persecution. “These are Christian churches. Christians are persecuted, our brothers spill their blood simply because they are Christians,” the
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