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Pakistani bishops demand probe into death of Christian farmworker
LAHORE, Pakistan — Catholic bishops in Pakistan on March 10 condemned the “suspicious death” of a young Christian farmworker in…
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Church leaders in India slam government’s dismissal of religious freedom report
BANGALORE, India — Church leaders in India have expressed frustration and concern over the Indian government’s rejection of the 2026…
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World Down Syndrome Day: What you may not know about the Special Olympics
For decades, Special Olympics has provided sports training and athletic competition to help children and adults with intellectual disabilities develop…
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Rohingya refugees learn about Lent as Caritas Bangladesh bridges faiths in camps
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — As more than 1 million Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh observe the final days of Ramadan,…
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1 year after Papua New Guinea declared itself Christian, bishops say little has changed
On March 12, 2025, Papua New Guinea’s Parliament passed a constitutional amendment by an 80-4 vote formally declaring the country…
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UK bishops, pro-life leaders react to vote decriminalizing women who end their own pregnancies
A majority of peers in the U.K.’s House of Lords voted late Wednesday to decriminalize women who terminate their own…
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Lebanon faces ‘catastrophic’ situation, Catholic humanitarian leader says
About 1 million people have been displaced over the past 10 days in Lebanon, where the situation continues to deteriorate,…
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Young Slovak martyr of communism reaches global audience
ROME — A martyr of communist persecution in Czechoslovakia and the most recently beatified Slovak, Blessed Ján Havlík, is reaching…
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Vienna’s archbishop: ‘What comes from the Holy Spirit, canon law cannot stop’
Archbishop Josef Grünwidl of Vienna has called for a Church in which “renewal and change” are possible, telling Austria’s bishops…
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