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Scientist He Jiankui shows "The Human Genome," a book he edited, at his company. Direct Genomics, in Shenzhen, China, Aug.4, 2016. An ethicist calls Jiankui's gene editing on a human embryo "a train wreck of a thing to do."

Gene-editing human embryos 'a train wreck of a thing to do', ethicist says

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WASHINGTON – The revelation in late November that a Chinese researcher had edited genes in human embryos and then implanted them in a woman was "a train wreck of a thing to do," said an ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.
Veerabhadran Ramanathan speaks on solutions to climate change during a Nov. 16 lecture at Villanova University in Philadelphia.

Still time to curb worst effects of global warming, says climate scientist

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PHILADELPHIA – An internationally renowned pioneer in climate science and climate change research, in an address at Villanova University, said that rather than "finger-pointing" about the causes of global warming, people need take collective action to slow the process.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks Dec. 3 during the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland. The cardinal told participants "We are standing before a challenge of civilization for the benefit of the common good."

We stand before the 'challenge of civilization', Cardinal Parolin says at U.N. Climate Change Conference

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The Vatican challenged countries gathered for the 24th U.N. Climate Change Conference to focus on the needs of the present and the future as it worked to take swift action.
Ukrainian Catholic bishops said Ukrainians had a "right and sacred duty" to defend themselves against "Russian aggression," but should also avoid yielding to alarm and panic. The Dec. 1 message was signed by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, pictured in an early January photo.

Ukrainians have 'sacred duty' to defend against Russian aggression, bishops say

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KYIV, Ukraine – In a message marking the anniversary of their country's December 1991 referendum on independence from the Soviet Union, Ukrainian Catholic bishops said Ukrainians had a "right and sacred duty" to defend themselves against "Russian aggression," but should also avoid yielding to alarm and panic.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embraces Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican Dec. 3.

Pope Francis, President Abbas hope to restart peace process between Israel, Palestine

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VATICAN – Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed their commitment to peace in the Holy Land and a two-state solution to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine, the Vatican said.
U.S. Vice President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, are seen with St. John Paul II during an audience in 1985 at the Vatican.

Americans mourn death of 41st president, recalls life of public service

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WASHINGTON – When he was running for re-election in 1992, President George H.W. Bush told Catholic News Service that he believed that a strong religious faith could provide "an extra shot of strength when you need it."
A woman holding a rosary prays Oct. 1 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beijing.

'Religiously illiterate West' fuels rise in religious persecution

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OTTAWA – The West is turning a blind eye as rabid nationalism poses a growing threat to religious freedom in countries such as India, Russia and China, says a new report from Aid to the Church in Need.

Christian women hold pictures of Shahbaz Bhatti, the slain Pakistani minister of minorities, as they demand a sentence for his killers during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, April 6, 2011.

Thai crackdown on refugees targets Pakistani Christians

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In a secret location, under the watchful guard of Pakistan’s military, Asia Bibi and her family are hoping Canada or some other country will take them in before gangs searching from house to house discover her. 

Bethlehem University is establishing a Tourism Institute to train students to work in the tourism industry, said vice chancellor Br. Peter Bray.

Holy Land school contributes to rebounding tourism industry

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At Bethlehem University education is not about personal fulfillment. It’s the only way to transform a society that has been locked in conflict with Israel for 70 years, where unemployment runs at nearly one-third of the working age population (32.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2018, according to the World Bank) and a quarter of the population lives on less than $5.50 per day.

Shahbaz Bhatti was Pakistan’s only Catholic and Christian cabinet minister.

Pope Francis praises witness of Pakistani Catholic, 'servant of God' killed in 2011

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VATICAN – Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician from Pakistan who was killed in 2011, is a witness of how to act with love in the face of hatred, Pope Francis said Friday.
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago has been appointed by Pope Francis to be part of the organizing committee for the Vatican's Feb. 21-24 global bishops meeting to address clerical sexual abuse. Cardinal Cupich is pictured in front of Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta, also appointed a member of the committee, at the Vatican Oct. 18.

Women say church leaders must listen to survivors before Vatican abuse summit

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ROME – Three female survivors of sexual abuse by priests called on church leaders preparing for a February summit at the Vatican to listen to the voices of victims and to end a "culture of cover-up" that has dragged on for decades.
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