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c. 2014 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) Italy’s Catholic bishops have condemned a proposed law that is set to speed up divorce and do away...

c. 2014 Religion News Service RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) As Brazil counts down to the opening of the World Cup on June 12, churches in cities hosting the...

c. 2014 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Catholic bishops returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday (May 29) with a renewed push for immigration reform, as...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Pope Francis’ announcement this week that he would meet with victims of sexual abuse by priests is dividing...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has warned he has “zero tolerance” for child sex abuse in the Catholic Church...

c. 2014 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) As Pope Francis concluded his Middle East tour, officials were hoping to finalize a date for the historic peace talks...

c. 2014 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) A United Nations panel blasted the Vatican for the second time this year for failing to respond adequately...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) The visit of Pope Francis to Palestine, though initially intended to be a simple ecumenical meeting with the Patriarch of...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) In April 1908, Dorothy Gumple, a 19-year-old Jewish woman living in Connecticut, converted to Roman Catholicism. Less than...