SAN JUAN — Roberto González Nieves, archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, called on former President Trump to apologize personally for comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke comparing Puerto Rico
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Condoms can’t be trusted and boys don’t cry in Catholic Paraguay’s first sex ed program
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar’s body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she
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Pope to bishops: don’t admit gays to seminaries because there’s too much ‘faggotry’ in the priesthood already
ROME — Pope Francis has reportedly said there is “too much faggotry” among trainee priests in remarks that will confound those who regarded him as
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Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation on Thursday, attributing a second miracle
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Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the
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Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause
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LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps
MATANZAS (AP) — Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her
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‘Pioneering’ Jewish Emissary Henya Federman Dies At 40 On The U.S. Mainland
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Chabad women leaders from all over the globe have gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate the life of pioneering Jewish emissary Henya Federman of
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Panama Sentences Two Men In 2020 Killings of 7 Young People
PANAMA CITY — Two men were given long prison terms this week for killing seven young people in 2020, bloodshed that shocked this country where
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Rower Who Stopped In The BVI Gets An Audience With Pope Francis In Italy
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Don Victor Mooney of Queens, New York was invited to attend Pope Francis General Audience on World AIDS Day this month.
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