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MANILA, Philippines – Gunmen claiming to have links with the Islamic State group threatened to kill hostages, including a Catholic priest, who were taken from the southern Philippine city of Marawi May 23.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 25 May 2017 04:30:00 -0400 Mother of one of 43 “disappeared” Mexican students testifies on Hill /item/20152-mother-of-one-of-43-disappeared-mexican-students-testifies-on-hill /item/20152-mother-of-one-of-43-disappeared-mexican-students-testifies-on-hill

OTTAWA - A Mexican group that includes the mother of one of 43 students who disappeared from a teacher-training college in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, is asking Canada to take Mexico off its list of safe countries.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:30:00 -0400 Pakistani Catholic official calls attack on school 'barbaric, inhuman' /home/international/item/19390-pakistani-catholic-official-calls-attack-on-school-barbaric-inhuman /home/international/item/19390-pakistani-catholic-official-calls-attack-on-school-barbaric-inhuman

NEW DELHI - The Catholic Church in Pakistan has joined the chorus of condemnation of the deadly attack by Taliban on an army school in Peshawar that has left at least 126 children and others dead and 250 injured.

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