Only a "collective international response" can thwart the specter of terrorism that crosses borders, according to the Vatican's permanent observer mission to the United Nations.
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Education, trauma counseling key to helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon
by Dave Gavlak ZAHLE, Lebanon (CNS) — On a rainy spring day, the misery of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees is compounded as they shelter in dilapidated shanties dotting a long muddy swathe of the verdant Bekaa Valley...
Speakers hopeful post-Scalia court will have religious liberty advocate
Even without Justice Antonin Scalia and with the likelihood of deadlocks by an eight-member Supreme Court for some time to come, there's still hope for a strong religious liberty advocate, a panel of speakers concluded.
Pope reminds world of suffering in war-torn Ukraine
Pope Francis' pleas for humanitarian aid for Ukraine is bringing needed attention to a forgotten war, said Ukrainian Catholic leaders.
Supreme Court hears arguments on Obama’s deferred deportation programs
All eyes are once again on what seems to be an evenly divided Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments April 18 in a major case impacting a U.S. immigration policy.
Poll respondents back Little Sisters of Poor in government dispute
According to a Marist Poll survey, a majority of Americans say it is "unfair" how the federal government is treating the Little Sisters of the Poor in the ongoing dispute over compliance with the U.S. Department of Health and...
Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims
Six members of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, including a young nun from Northern Ireland, are among the dead in the strongest earthquake to strike Ecuador since 1979.
From nightmare to dream: Syrian refugees thank pope for safety
After less than 48 hours in Rome, "dream" is the word used most often by the six Syrian adults Pope Francis brought back to Italy with him from a refugee camp in Greece.
Sanders dice que la invitación para ir al Vaticano no significa respaldo político
Uno de los candidatos a la presidencia de los EE.UU., Bernie Sanders, dijo que su asistencia a una conferencia llevada a cabo en el Vaticano sobre enseñanzas católicas sociales no representaba respaldo político para su...
Líderes eclesiásticos austriacos critican gobierno por nuevas barreras en frontera
Líderes eclesiásticos austriacos criticaron su gobierno por reconstruir controles fronterizos en un intento de mantener refugiados fuera.