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19 Jul 2012 – ROME (CNS) — Italian Jesuit Father Paolo
Dall’Oglio was expelled from Syria in mid-June after he intensified his public calls for democratic change in the country. Read more...
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18 Jul 2012 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As violence continued
to shake Syria, the Vatican nuncio in Damascus called on
the international community to unite in efforts to restore
peace. Read more...
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18 Jul 2012 – NEW YORK (CNS) — Few conflicts in the
modern era have proved as intractable as that pitting
Israelis against Palestinians. One institution caught up in
this clash has been the Holy Land’s Bethlehem University, a Catholic establishment open to students of all faiths. Read more...
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17 Jul 2012 – CAIRO (CNS) — Egyptian Christian
representatives met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton in Cairo, rejecting calls by other religious leaders to boycott discussions but stressing their determination to flex their newfound political voice. Read more...
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16 Jul 2012 – Justus George Lawler’s “Were the Popes Against
the Jews” effectively rebuts the negative critique of the popes of the 19th and 20th centuries in David Kertzer’s
2001 “The Popes Against the Jews” and in those of even
earlier books by Daniel Goldhagen and John Cornwell. In
so doing, Lawler makes a significant contribution to what
has become an ongoing discussion among scholars and
journalists. He carefully analyzes Kertzer’s presentation,
showing where he fudges and manipulates historical facts
and statements. Read more...
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16 Jul 2012 – WASHINGTON (CNS) — Participants in the 13th
annual West Coast Muslim-Catholic Dialogue compared
and contrasted the qualities of the believer in Islam and
Catholicism during a recent meeting in Orange, Calif. Read more...
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16 Jul 2012 – WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic and Jewish
scholars heard presentations on a book that one bishop
called “an important milestone in Catholic-Jewish
relations” and discussed mutual problems of rising school tuition and threats to religious freedom during recent dialogue sessions. Read more...
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13 Jul 2012 – WASHINGTON (CNS) — Church leaders in
Ukraine have signed an open letter calling for Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovych not to sign a law that would
grant Russian, spoken by most people in eastern and
southern Ukraine, “regional language” status. Read more...
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