Opioid crisis, cruelty toward migrants are new social ills, pope says
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Opioid crisis, cruelty toward migrants are new social ills, pope says

VATICAN (CNS): Pope Leo XIV condemned the abuse of vulnerable migrants, stating it is not…

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World hunger is ‘collective failure,’ pope says on World Food Day
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World hunger is ‘collective failure,’ pope says on World Food Day

ROME (CNS): “Allowing millions of human beings to live—and die—as victims of hunger is a…

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Bishop calls for dialogue as war in Myanmar enters fourth year
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Bishop calls for dialogue as war in Myanmar enters fourth year

YANGON (LiCAS News): Auxiliary Bishop Francis Wai Lin Htun of Yangon urged national dialogue and…

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Philippine bishops demand end to land grabs from Palawan’s indigenous peoples
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Philippine bishops demand end to land grabs from Palawan’s indigenous peoples

MANILA (LiCAS News): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines [CBCP] demanded immediate action to…

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Marginalisation of indigenous peoples, slammed by Philippine bishop
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Marginalisation of indigenous peoples, slammed by Philippine bishop

MANILA (LiCAS News): Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos and vice president of Caritas Philippines,…

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