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“(This) is an opportunity for us to prayerfully reflect on the ways history has been preserved, honored, and passed on across generations.”

“Pro-life and pro-parents’ rights Americans need to start paying attention to what’s going on in our state, because this is officially a national problem.”

“We are here to pray for peace and the future of Peru, so that this visit may strengthen us all and encourage us in faith to serve better.”

South Sudan gained independence in 2011, but in 2013, the world’s youngest nation descended into a brutal civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people.

“This act deeply wounds life, human dignity, and the peaceful coexistence of our society. We demand that it not go unpunished.”

Just a few days before the Jan. 3 U.S. strikes on — and temporary takeover of — Venezuela, the Catholic bishops of several Caribbean nations had repeated their earlier plea …

In separate statements, Catholic bishops in Kentucky and Wisconsin urged political leaders to seek immigration reform that upholds the dignity of migrants.

“Catholics must be free to live according to the 2,000-year-old teachings of our faith without government intrusion,” Bishop Paprocki said.

Catholics’ call to welcome the stranger stems from the Bible, the bishops noted in their statement, which is titled “For You Too Were Once Aliens.” 

“As tensions resurface today in the face of war, this great step between Poles and Germans, taken just 20 years after World War II, deserves to be remembered.”