Mexico’s Bishops Call for Peace After Soccer Field Massacre Claims 11 Lives
The massacre in Guanajuato is the latest incident of violence related to drug cartels that has convulsed the country for nearly 20 years.
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Scourge of Abuse Haunts Women in India’s Kashmir
Beatings, rape, and abuse are part of the violence against women in Kashmir, and many suffer in silence out of fear or shame.
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Mexican Bishops Decry Violence as Cartel Extermination Camp Discovered
Bishops decry ‘cruelest’ violence as volunteers discover an extermination and recruitment camp run by a drug cartel in Mexico
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Six Nuns Kidnapped in Haiti Are Freed
After urgent calls from religious leaders including Pope Francis and the president of the Latin America and Caribbean bishops’ conference, six Sisters of St. Anne have been freed.
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Migrants Are Targets for Kidnapping in Mexico
Central American and other migrants en route to the U.S.-Mexico border are routinely held for ransom as criminal gangs engage in kidnappings.
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Cries of Haitian People ‘Cannot Go Unheeded,’ Vatican Official Says
Italian archbishop visiting Haiti after the abduction of 17 missionaries laments that kidnapping...
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Missionary Nun Held Captive Nearly Five Years in Mali Meets Pope
Kidnapped Franciscan Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, held in Mali since early 2017 by group linked to al-Qaida, says she was not mistreated.
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Christians Fight Forced Conversions in Pakistan
The kidnapping, forced conversions and forced marriage of girls from religious minorities has become an everyday matter in Pakistan.
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