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Cardinal Parolin: Interreligious dialogue necessary tool to combat anti-semitism – Vatican News
Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, concludes a virtual symposium hosted by the U. S. Embassy to the Holy See, exploring the rise of anti-semitism and how it can be eradicated through interreligious dialogue.
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US bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop federal executions
The United States is heading toward having 10 federal executions in 2020, more than double the previous record of four in 1938. “In the last 60 years, before the Trump administration restarted federal executions, there were only four federal executions,” two bishops wrote on the website of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
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Development funding and trade transparency needed, to stop COVID-19 dividing the world
The pandemic has redefined the world economy in ways that will deepen inequality and can only be reversed if a global transformation in attitudes towards trade and development allows the whole world to recover together, the UN trade body UNCTAD said, in a report published on Thursday.
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Zimbabwe: Bishops encourage unity and reconciliation ahead of Advent season – Vatican News
In a pastoral letter for Advent 2020, the Bishops of Zimbabwe highlight the importance of solidarity, national cohesion and reconciliation in the southern African nation.
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Pope urges Latin American Church to promote solidarity during pandemic – Vatican News
Pope Francis sends a video message to a seminar on the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America, and says the crisis has revealed the plight of the marginalized.
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New FIFA rules to protect female players’ maternity rights
Football’s governing body is preparing to mandate clubs to allow at least 14 weeks of maternity leave paid at a minimum two-thirds of a player’s full salary.
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EU Top Diplomat Confirms EU Foreign Ministers Agreed to Develop New Sanctions on Belarus
… short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) – EU foreign ministers have agreed to … with new sanctions against Belarus, EU foreign policy representative Josep Borrell … month, the leaders of the EU countries reached an agreement on …
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In the face of ridicule: one woman’s fight to bring sanitation to a Nepali village
4.2 billion people are living without access to safely managed sanitation, putting them at increased risk of catching a host of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, cholera, and typhoid. On this year’s World Toilet Day, which is marked on 19 November, we look at how Ratna Khawas has fought ridicule and tradition to improve hygiene…
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EU economies need public investment-led stimulus, ECB President tells MEPs | News | European Parliament
MEPs quizzed ECB President Lagarde about the bank’s policies going forwards, how to factor in climate change, and looming high debt as a result of the pandemicCommittee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Source : © European Union, 2020 – EP
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Migration and asylum: time to find balance between solidarity and responsibility | News | European Parliament
The EU must help member states at the external borders to manage migration flows and ensure that those seeking protection are welcomed in line with its core values.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Source : © European Union, 2020 – EP