Accountability will lead agenda at pope’s sex-abuse prevention summit

Religion and Values

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December 18, 2018

Accountability will lead agenda at pope’s sex-abuse prevention summit

Organizers of the Feb. 21-24 event urge bishops to meet with survivors in their home countries and learn of their suffering.
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December 15, 2018

Creation of new church in Ukraine breaks ties to Russia

Orthodox leaders approve a move that could greatly raise tensions with The Motherland.
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December 14, 2018

News Texas bill would allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in classrooms

A state representative has unsuccessfully proposed the measure in past legislative sessions.
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December 14, 2018

Sanctuary buys time for Salvadoran mother in Maryland

Advocates say more than 50 houses of worship across the country are harboring immigrants who face imminent arrest and deportation if they step outside the confines of their refuge.
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December 14, 2018

Islamic leaders in Thailand set new rules for child marriages

The action follows an uproar over an 11-year-old Thai girl who married a 41-year-old Malaysian man.
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December 14, 2018

Priest crisscrosses U.S. performing random acts of kindness

Father Jim Sichko is a papal missionary of mercy, a group of 700 from around the world, who were appointed directly by Pope Francis.
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December 12, 2018

Australian cardinal convicted in sexual abuse case

George Pell, who has declared his innocence, had taken a leave of absence from the Vatican's third most powerful position, as the economy minister, to fight the charges.
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November 30, 2018

Hanukkah festivities begin Sunday with menorah lighting at Portland City Hall

The Jewish community of southern Maine will gather to mark the start of the eight-day Festival of Lights.
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November 24, 2018

Global group of Catholic nuns urges reporting of abuse to police

The statement is issued on the eve of the U.N.-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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November 24, 2018

Mysterious beam credited in rescue of Alabama hunter who crashed ATV

The injured man's friends call the experience a miracle.