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Survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru visits pope's hometown to call for more reforms

Survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru visits pope's hometown to call for more reforms

CHICAGO (AP) — A Peruvian survivor of clergy sex abuse brought her public campaign for reforms to the American hometown of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, saying he failed in investigating her case when he was a bishop in her home country and needs to step
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Southern Baptist policy head resigns after 4 years of navigating internal conflicts

Southern Baptist policy head resigns after 4 years of navigating internal conflicts

The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's policy arm has resigned after nearly four years leading the staunchly conservative agency, which in recent years has fended off critics within the nation's largest Protestant denomination seeking to push
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Timeline: Grim history of Ireland's mother and baby homes

Timeline: Grim history of Ireland's mother and baby homes

Exhumation of a mass grave has begun in Tuam, Ireland, at the site of a former mother and baby home — one of several that once operated across the country.
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‘Chamber of horrors’ being exhumed at Ireland mass baby grave

‘Chamber of horrors’ being exhumed at Ireland mass baby grave

TUAM, Ireland (AP) — Only one stone wall remains of the old mother and baby home in this town, but it has cast a shadow over all of Ireland.
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‘Just a jumble of bones.’ How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland

‘Just a jumble of bones.’ How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland

TUAM, Ireland (AP) — This story begins with a forbidden fruit. It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner chased off two boys stealing his apples.
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French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight

French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight

PARIS (AP) — A summer camp counselor has accused Spanish law enforcement officers of using brute force against her during the removal of a group of French Jewish teenagers from a plane bound for Paris from Spain, French government ministers and her l
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Police arrest suspect in Melbourne synagogue arson attack

Police arrest suspect in Melbourne synagogue arson attack

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police say they have arrested one of three men they suspect are responsible for an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that marked a major escalation in antisemitic violence across the nation.
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Pope marks 50th anniversary of Cold War-era deal on security and human rights

Pope marks 50th anniversary of Cold War-era deal on security and human rights

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for a renewed commitment to diplomacy to resolve conflicts as he marked the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords, the landmark Cold War-era agreement that ushered in a new era of security and human rig
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Pope Leo XIV surprises Catholic youth festival with unexpected popemobile salute

Pope Leo XIV surprises Catholic youth festival with unexpected popemobile salute

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics on Tuesday and showed up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony, thrilling the kids and receiving a rock star’s welcome in the first big youth event of his pontific
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Anti-war demonstrators protest the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on the Greek island of Crete

Anti-war demonstrators protest the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on the Greek island of Crete

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza protested the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on another Greek island Tuesday – the third such protest on Greek islands in the last week.
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