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Jewish Federations eye security improvements for communities
A year before the massacre at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, a security director from the city's Jewish federation came to the house of worship to train its religious school staff and rabbi on how to respond to violent situations.
Indigenous delegation to meet Pope Francis at Vatican at end of March
An Indigenous delegation is to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in early spring to discuss reconciliation and healing after a visit was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops ...
Indigenous directors named to oversee Catholic Church fundraising efforts
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says it wants to be transparent about fundraising to support reconciliation efforts and has named Indigenous directors to oversee the money. The Canadian bishops made a commitment last year to raise $30 milli...
Vatican selling London property at heart of fraud trial
ROME (AP) — The Vatican said Friday it has signed a contract to sell a luxury London building that is at the heart of a fraud and embezzlement trial under way in the Vatican's criminal tribunal, recovering more than it
Quebec mosque shooting anniversary includes call to act against hate, discrimination
MONTREAL — Five years after a gunman killed six men inside a Quebec City mosque, survivors of the attack and members of the community will gather Saturday to mark the tragedy, but they are also using the anniversary to highlight
World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Survivors recalled their agony to a world they fear is forgetting, Israel's parliamentary speaker wept in the German parliament and politicians warned of a resurgence of antisemitism on Thursday's International Holocaust Remembran...
Michigan settlement lets faith agencies deny LGBT adoptions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Faith-based adoption agencies that contract with the state of Michigan can refuse to place children with same-sex couples under a proposed settlement filed in federal court Tuesday, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for a
B.C. First Nation finds 93 possible burial sites at former residential school
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A First Nation in British Columbia says a preliminary geophysical investigation has identified 93 "reflections" that could indicate the number of children buried around the site of a former residential school. Chief Willie Sellars...
Lawmaker’s claim of anti-Muslim bias is new blow to UK govt
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered an investigation into a Conservative lawmaker’s claim that she was fired from a government job in part because of her Muslim faith — the latest allegation of wrongdoing that
Pope calls for day of prayer for peace for Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his concern over “rising tensions” in Ukraine that threaten peace, and called for political talks that put at the center “human brotherhood instead of partisan interests."