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Headlines for December 28, 2017

Ordered from most to least recent.

 23 Catholic missionaries killed in 2017
 Patriarch celebrates 1st Mass in Mosul since 2014
 Christ must be at the center of Christmas, Pope says at general audience
 Benedict XVI praises Cardinal Müller for continuing service to the Church
 Papal greetings to young people at Taizé meeting
 Prince Charles laments persecution of Christians
 Priest on trial in Congo for calling for President Kabila’s departure
 Middle East Catholic patriarchs express hope amid uncertainty at Christmas
 Egypt’s Copts caution against US interference
 Nigerian Catholic leaders call for end of special police units, action on kidnappings
 Nevada high court issues ruling on religious education in custody cases
 ‘Mission is the thermometer of the Church,’ says Pontifical Mission Societies’ new president
 Peruvian bishops join protests after president pardons Fujimori
 Chinese officials demolish Catholic church without explanation
 Abortion activists who disrupted Mass in Spain are sentenced to year in prison
 Thomas Aquinas College recovering after harrowing ‘Thomas’ fire
 Child who survived terrorist attack meets with Pope
 Leading Italian bishop highlights plight of unemployed, poor
 Italy to send troops to Niger to fight Islamist militants, human trafficking
 Archaeologists puzzled by Rosary beads in child’s grave at Anglican cathedral cemetery
 EU bishops’ commission weighs in on antibiotic resistance
 Oklahoma’s only Catholic university closes doors
 Georgetown student group faces opposition for supporting Catholic teaching on marriage
 Catholic hospital in Bethlehem is regional leader in maternity care
 Theologian reflects on new Vatican instruction on relics
 Resignations and appointments (12/27)
 Church in Italy aids Iranian earthquake victims
 2 relics of St. Thomas Becket discovered in Italian church
 Russian warships pass close to British waters
 Spain’s king, in Christmas message to nation, urges Catalan lawmakers to avoid confrontation with Madrid
 Oil price at 2-1/2 year high following Libyan pipeline explosion
 255 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
 President Trump cuts funding to UN after Israel vote
 Russia, US discuss need for urgent North Korea negotiations

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