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Pope Francis only leader respected enough to end today's wars

September 4, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Former Israeli President Shimon Peres asked Pope Francis to head a parallel United Nations called the "United Religions" to counter religious extremism in the world today.

Mafia boss threatens anti-mob activist priest

September 4, 2014

ROME - The Italian bishops' conference has sent a message of solidarity to Fr. Luigi Ciotti, founder of Libera, a network of Italian anti-Mafia associations, following an apparent threat to his life from a Sicilian Mafia boss.

Gay groups in St. Patrick’s parade all right with N.Y. Cardinal Dolan

September 4, 2014

NEW YORK - After years of strong resistance, organizers of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade said that gays and lesbians will be allowed to march under their own banner for the first time, and Cardinal Timothy Dolan — the parade’s grand marshal next March — has welcomed the move.

After kidnapping schoolgirls, Boko Haram takes aim at churches in northeast Nigeria

September 2, 2014

NAIROBI, KENYA - Five months after Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls in Nigeria’s Borno State, the Islamic extremist group has begun occupying churches in the country’s northeastern region, Church officials there said.

Scottish archbishops urge Catholics to vote in independence referendum

September 2, 2014

MANCHESTER, England - Scotland's archbishops have encouraged Catholics to vote in the forthcoming referendum on independence — and to pay attention to the issue of religious freedom.

Debating just-war theory in light of Islamic State and past Iraqi wars

August 31, 2014

WASHINGTON - In the days that followed Pope Francis' Aug. 18 remarks on U.S. airstrikes earlier in the month against Islamic State, the buzz was about whether the Pope had actually given his consent to them.

Is James Foley a martyr? A brutal death sparks a faith-based debate

August 31, 2014

From the moment news broke that U.S. journalist James Foley had been beheaded by Islamic State extremists in the Middle East, many Christians, especially Foley’s fellow Catholics, began calling him a martyr, with some even saying he should be considered a saint.

God at Nuremberg: How an American pastor came to comfort Nazis

August 30, 2014

He was a minister to monsters.

Pope Francis calls Gaza's Catholics to be Christ's witness in midst of conflict

August 29, 2014

VATICAN CITY - The priest leading the Gaza Strip's only Catholic parish met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, thanking him for his support of those suffering in the war-torn territory.

John Lennon’s killer: My life is all about Jesus now

August 29, 2014

The man who murdered John Lennon wants only one thing now — to tell others about Jesus.