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At least seven mayors in various Mexican states have been assassinated in similar fashion in 2010 alone. Mayor Alexander Lopez Garcia is the third mayor to be killed in less than a month.

Mexican mayor assassinated in broad daylight

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/9/2010

In a brazen move shocking even by Mexico's violent standards, the mayor of El Naranjo was gunned down and killed inside his office in the central state of San Luis Potosi. Witnesses say that Mayor Alexander Lopez Garcia was shot to death by hooded gunmen who stormed his office building on ...

The former dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro, has been seen in more casual attire recently in lieu of the full-dress military uniform he is usually associated.

Fidel Castro admits 'Cuban model' doesn't work

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/9/2010

In a rare, revealing moment, the former dictator of Cuba Fidel Castro admitted to an American journalist that the "Cuban model" no longer works. It was an admission of the failure of the communist economic model introduced by his revolution more than 50 years ago. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) ...

After undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in 2006 and dropping out of sight for four years, Fidel Castro has begun making near-daily public appearances to warn of a nuclear war pitting the U.S. and Israel against Iran -- and also featuring a Washington-led attack on North Korea.

Castro: Missile crisis 'wasn't worth it'

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/8/2010

Former dictator of Cuba Fidel Castro granted his first in-depth interview with the western press in order to discuss his fears on nuclear war. Calling upon Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, Castro granted several in-depth interviews. "His body may be frail, but his mind ...

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Europe

St. Hildegard of Bingen, a twelfth-century German Benedictine religious.

Extolling Hildegard of Bingen, Pope Affirms Special Contribution Women Make to Theology

Vatican Information Service • 9/9/2010

He encouraged all women "who undertake this service to do so with a profound ecclesial spirit, nourishing their reflections with prayer and looking to the great riches - still partly unexplored - of the mediaeval mystical tradition.. we see how theology can receive a special contribution from ...

Protestant pastor who called his 50 member congregation to burn Korans.

Vatican Raises Great Concern on News of Protestant Pastors Call to Burn Korans

Vatican Information Service • 9/9/2010

'Each religion, with its respective sacred books, places of worship and symbols, has the right to respect and protection. We are speaking about the respect to be accorded the dignity of the person who is an adherent of that religion and his/her free choice in religious matters'. VATICAN CITY (VIS) ...

Russian Catholic Bishops: We Will Grow Through our Collaboration with the Orthodox

Asia News • 9/8/2010

"The Catholic community in Russia is a minority and must cooperate with the Orthodox - only then we'll be able to develop to the utmost. So, let's say we are interested in strong Orthodoxy. We have almost the same teachings on many issues... the only thing that divides us is basically the role ...

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Middle East

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was originally convicted of adultery in 2006 and sentenced to death by stoning. Her son, along with human rights activists urged worldwide attention to her case, prompting an international outcry.

Stoning death of Iranian woman put on hold

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/8/2010

An Iranian woman accused of adultery and murder that was set to be stoned to death has had her death sentence put on hold. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV that the "sentencing of Ms. [Sakineh Mohammadi] Ashtiani for adultery has been stopped and (her ...

Suicide bomber kills 19 in Pakistan

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/7/2010

A suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a Pakistani police station, killing 19 people. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place in the northwestern town of Lakki Marwat. It was the first series of terrorist attacks after devastating floods tore through the ...

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Asia Pacific

Due to the floods, Pakistan now has eight million people dependant on aid to survive. Floodwaters have engulfed a fifth of the country, affecting 17 million of Pakistan's 167 million people.

Pakistan faces hunger, homelessness and desperation

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/2/2010

Torrential rains and flooding have battered Pakistan over the past month, leading to the south Asian nation's worst ever recorded catastrophe. All five provinces have been effected, and the World Food Program now says that Pakistan faces a "triple threat" from the floods. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ...

The needs of pregnant women displaced by flooding in Pakistan are a major concern.

Pakistani women face health crisis in flooding

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 8/30/2010

Heavy rainfall and nonstop flooding have driven many Pakistanis from their homes, where they huddle in wait for aid that is slow in coming. The floods have damaged more than 200 health facilities and a third of the nation's 100,000 female health workers have been left without a place to practice. ...

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Africa

The latest victims of sexual violence in the eastern Congo include 21 girls between seven and 21 years old, and six men.

United Nations demands inquiry into mass rapes in Congo

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/9/2010

A United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the mass rapes in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC and urged the DRC government to immediate launch an inquiry into the tragedy, which also involved children victims. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Claude ...

Many of the women were gang-raped by as many as six men at a time, according to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Military rapes in eastern Congo far worse than feared

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 9/8/2010

United nation officials say that the systematic rapes of tribal women in the eastern Congo by rebel soldiers is far worse than previously feared. The number of rapes and sexual attacks since late July now stand at 500, more than twice what was previously estimated. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ...

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