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The Massachusetts Attorney General's investigation covered the Dioceses of Worcester, Springfield and Fall River. Findings include that "more than 270 Catholic clerics abused nearly 1,000 children across the three dioceses."

by Faisal Ali, aljazeera.com

Armed groups clashed with federal troops across northern Ethiopia as fears mount of regional spillover.

“They’ve begun an offensive around southern Tigray,” Abdisalam Balema, a member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) central committee, told Al Jazeera by phone from Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital, on Wednesday morning.

“They’re carrying out strikes in many places. We are not sure of the extent of it or whether they will continue, but we will assess it.”

About 150 Catholic priests and nuns walked down Via della Conciliazione toward St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday afternoon, with three bishops in their ranks, carrying olive branches and a long white shroud.

Written across it in red and black ink were the names of roughly 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children who, according to the organizers, were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires had been declared.

Elpais.com

In the United States, the Latter-day Saints have built a vast portfolio of long-term property investments, operating in many ways like a sovereign wealth fund

 

Just 20 minutes from Denver International Airport, plans are under way for an ambitious project on a stretch of empty land larger than Manhattan’s Central Park.

A federal judge temporarily shielded Catholic nuns and other faith-based caregivers in Illinois from requirements they say force them to help end lives, not save them.

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