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Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges
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Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that more than 371,500 children would be born on the first day of 2021. 

1 January 2021 · 2 min read

Barr, Barret, Biden, Bryant, Fauchi – top 5 US Catholic 2020 newsmakers -- also high in national headlines
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Barr, Barret, Biden, Bryant, Fauchi – top 5 US Catholic 2020 newsmakers — also high in national headlines

Three of them grabbed headlines often in the latter part of the year -- Amy Coney Barrett, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Anthony Fauci – and they were among the…

1 January 2021 · 7 min read

Vatican Museums: Come, let us worship #8 - Vatican News
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Vatican Museums: Come, let us worship #8 – Vatican News

“The depiction of Jesus’ birth is itself a simple and joyful proclamation of the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.” These words of Pope Francis recall how…

1 January 2021 · 1 min read

Christianity and Trumpism collide at Liberty University as student leaders say Gospel comes first
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Christianity and Trumpism collide at Liberty University as student leaders say Gospel comes first

The president and vice president of the Liberty University's student body are speaking out about a center created by former University president Jerry Falwell, Jr. and an ardent Donald Trump…

29 December 2020 · 5 min read

After year of ‘trials, tragedies and tears’, UN chief sends message of hope for 2021 
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After year of ‘trials, tragedies and tears’, UN chief sends message of hope for 2021 

As the world enters 2021, after a “year of trials, tragedies and tears”, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has delivered a message of hope for the new year. 

29 December 2020 · 2 min read

Be prepared for another, more severe pandemic: WHO officials
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Be prepared for another, more severe pandemic: WHO officials

In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there…

28 December 2020 · 3 min read

Unrest continues to blight Horn of Africa regions - Vatican News
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Unrest continues to blight Horn of Africa regions – Vatican News

The government of Sudan is preparing to send troops to South Darfur state after the killing of 15 people in recent tribal violence.

28 December 2020 · 1 min read

Belarus allows Catholic leader to return from Poland after forced exile
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Belarus allows Catholic leader to return from Poland after forced exile

Belarusian authorities allowed the Catholic archbishop of Minsk to return home for Christmas after lifting a four-month ban on him entering the country during the ongoing protesting against government actions.

28 December 2020 · 3 min read

The virus that shut down the world: Education in crisis
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The virus that shut down the world: Education in crisis

Children all over the world have had their education severely disrupted this year, as schools struggle to cope with repeated closures and re-openings, and the transition, if it’s even an…

28 December 2020 · 4 min read