President Donald Trump said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that he may decide to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate the Islamic Republic.”
Violence
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Texas bishop denounces ICE shooting in Austin, says people ‘living in terror and fear’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonBishop Daniel E. Garcia denounced the shooting of a man by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, Texas, who was delivering for DoorDash.
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Pope Benedict concluded “with a clear and radical rejection of the religious motivation for violence, from whatever side it may come,” Cardinal Bertone wrote.
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Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 in his Sunday Angelus address, praying for “those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day.”
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Archbishop Thomas Wenski urges the U.S. to halt Haiti deportations after a deadly gang massacre, warning TPS cuts will worsen Haiti’s humanitarian crisis.
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“Acts that diminish or disregard the dignity of any person or group of people should never be normalized in our society,” say Bishops Garcia and Cahill in a statement issued …
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El-Obeid is currently under constant bombardment and drone strikes, as the paramilitary attempts to dislodge the Sudanese armed forces.
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Supreme Court takes up case over state, local bans on semiautomatic rifles
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 took up a case regarding whether state and local bans on semiautomatic rifles, sometimes called assault weapons, violate the Second …
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Washington Roundup: US-Iran MOU begins; SCOTUS takes up ICE bond hearings; FDA abortion suit filing
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with Iranian officials, a tentative framework to end the war in Iran, but uncertainty remained about an …
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As Pope Leo XIV visits Madrid June 6, a towering cross rising above the cemetery on the outskirts of town will likely catch his eye.
