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At age 14, “I sensed that I was being sold for a few bucks”

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SPOTLIGHT: Hoping against hope in a fragmented world

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There is a reality that we cannot ignore, a reality that we must face. Together. We need to talk about it, even if we have everything.

Spotlight: Man who can’t speak gives voice to environment

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Ramon Sta. Ana's words are slurred, but whatever voice is left of him, he uses to convince others to protect the environment

SPOTLIGHT: Catholic school in rural Thai village responds to pope’s call for holistic education

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The school has partnered with an international school in Bangkok to develop mindfulness and life-skills for its students and staff
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Photos: ‘Taong Putik’: Filipino farmers express faith the ‘muddy’ way

People wake up before sunrise, cover their bodies with mud from the surrounding rice fields, and their faces with dried leaves

Ancient Afghan Buddhist city threatened by Chinese copper mine

Fears are rising that a place once considered one of the most prosperous trade hubs on the Silk Road could disappear without oversight

Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh’s garment-driven economic boom

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SPOTLIGHT: ‘Miracle spice’ changing lives of women in Indian village

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Church program in rural India giving hope and empowering women to be self-reliant while doing the "impossible" as a "service to God"

‘Life goes on’ for unfazed Taiwanese on frontline islands

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"The Chinese are like the Russians. What's yours is mine. What's mine is still mine," said a resident

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World Meeting of Families: Full text of Pope Francis’ address at the Festival of Families

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"Start from where you are, and, from there, try to journey together: together as couples, together in your families"

An 83-year-old nun takes the witness stand

Edita Burgos, OCDS, Philippines -
"A religious and a good Christian takes his friendship with God very seriously"

International Day for Countering Hate Speech

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It comes at a special moment of world history when hate speech in several parts of the globe seems to have become the order of the day

Model for single fathers

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So how are good and devoted fathers able to cope? How may they be better today than yesterday and better still tomorrow than today?

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St. John the Baptist is a ‘witness to the sacredness of life’

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Myanmar diocese bans priest from ‘active participation in politics,’ criticizing junta

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