Pilgrims carry a portrait of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero to Romero's beatification ceremony in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Romero was beatified by Roman Catholic officials in a ceremony elevating the once-controversial cleric to the ranks of the blessed 35 years after his assassination. |
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A statement from Burundi's bishops said that "after considering the manner in which the elections have been organised and the way they are evolving", the church had asked priests who serve in poll bodies across the country to step down. The announcement came the day after Burundi's main opposition.... |
BUJUMBURA, Burundi — The of Burundi announced Thursday that it would withdraw its priests appointed to help organize the elections at the heart of the political upheaval in the country. “The Catholic Church cannot support elections that are full of shortcomings,” Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa, the.... |
Rick Santorum is back among the ever-swelling GOP presidential candidate lists. He won 11 Republican presidential contests in 2012 with his devoutly Catholic, homeschooling-dad, culture-warrior campaign. On Wednesday, he declared for the 2016 race with his traditionalist moral views freshly sharpened. |
It was a Sunday morning. I had just come back from church. Breakfast was cooking and I was in that frame of mind. I just wanted to kick back and lazy through a rare relaxing day off. My phone rang. The number was unknown to my database and posted to the screen without a name. I wondered a split second if I should take the call. |
The two countries guiding the peace process urged the warring parties to “continue their efforts on finding a negotiated solution to the remaining issues, including reaching an agreement on a definitive bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities. |
Both moves dealt fresh blows to President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid to run for a third consecutive term, which has sparked mass protests in the small central African nation. A statement from Burundi's bishops said that "after considering the manner in which the elections have been organised and the.... |
The European Union suspended its observer mission in Burundi on Thursday because of the crackdown on the opposition and the media, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday. The team, which the EU sent to Burundi over a month ago, can no longer fulfill its role of helping with.... |
Protests against the third term bid have been going on for weeks. The European Union has suspended its election monitoring mission in Burundi where President Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking a third term next month. The decision was taken because of restrictions on the media, excessive force against demonstrators and a climate of intimidation, it said. |
More than a month of demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office has sparked the biggest political crisis since an ethnically-charged civil war ended in Burundi in 2005. The EU said it had suspended its observer mission as the electoral process was.... |
BUJUMBURA The European Union and Burundi's influential Roman Catholic Church on Thursday pulled out from observing elections in the African country, saying that next month's vote cannot be fair because of daily unrest and a crackdown on media. More than a month of demonstrations against President.... |
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