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Honor martyrs, work for Christ’s kingdom of peace, pope says in Nagasaki
NAGASAKI, Japan—While the world knows Nagasaki as the site of a U.S. atomic bomb blast, for the Catholic Church it is also the site of one of the fiercest campaigns of anti-Christian persecution. Visiting the […]
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Ministerio guatemalteco: mala idea enviar solicitantes de asilo a la selva
CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA—El ministerio de migrantes del episcopado guatemalteco se ha pronunciado en contra del envío de solicitantes de asilo por parte de los gobiernos de EE.UU. y Guatemala a una región remota y escabrosa […]
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NCYC goes from rowdy to reverent for Blessed Sacrament, pope’s message
INDIANAPOLIS—Outside, a cold drizzle dampened Indianapolis Nov. 21. Inside the city’s convention center, however, it seemed as if the pure joy and enthusiasm of 20,000 people — mostly high school youths — would have held […]
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Federal judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death-row inmates
WASHINGTON—A federal judge Nov. 20 temporarily blocked the executions of four federal death-row inmates scheduled for December and January, saying the lethal injections they were to receive goes against the Federal Death Penalty Act. When […]
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Unearthed church sites show local Christians as pilgrims in Holy Land
JERUSALEM—Two unearthed Byzantine church complexes shed light on the tradition of Christian pilgrimage in the Holy Land. The churches, according to Catholic archaeological scholars in Jerusalem, were most likely sites of veneration for local Christians […]
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Response to migration is sign of character, pope says in Thailand
BANGKOK—Calling migration “one of the principal moral issues” facing humanity today, Pope Francis thanked the government and people of Thailand for the way they’ve welcomed migrants and refugees, but he urged greater efforts to protect […]
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Students collect soil from lynching site in act to achieve racial justice
LEONARDTOWN, Md.—In the dark of night June 17, 1887, a mob lynched Benjamin Hance, hanging the 22-year-old African American man from the branch of a witch-hazel tree near the road to Newtown Neck in Leonardtown. […]
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Beneficiarios de DACA no se desaniman durante visita al Congreso
WASHINGTON—Tres jóvenes adultos de los 700,000 que se calcula que están beneficiando del estatus de Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Acción Diferida para lo Llegados en la Niñez, o DACA) todavía tienen esperanza después de […]
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Papa: Esfuerzos para proteger la vida incluyen promover el desarme
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO—El compromiso con la defensa y protección de la vida humana exige el compromiso a poner fin a las guerras y a promover el desarme nuclear, dijo el papa Francisco. “Usar armas nucleares […]