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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Despite differences of opinion on Cardinal Stepinac's life, the commission members said they were aware that the final decision on his canonization is of "the exclusive competence of the pope"
Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Ill., addresses more than 2,000 delegates on July 8 during the 12th National Black Catholic Congress in Orlando, Fla. (CNS photo/Jean Gonzalez, Florida Catholic)
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Jean Gonzalez - Catholic News Service
The bishop urged the attendees that they could all do something to know their own history and to be engaged in the community.
Veracruz state police man a standing roadblock on a highway leaving Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, in July. Despite President Enrique Pena Nieto's promises of a safer nation when he came to power five years ago, the violence is outpacing even the darkest days of the drug war launched by his predecessor. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Roman Catholic Church said in an editorial that Mexicans can't feel safe anywhere, as homicides rise throughout the country.

The statement Sunday by the Mexican Council of Bishops came on the same day that the bodies of two men and a woman were left at the entrance to a once-quiet, exclusive beach resort.

"This is not a single corner of this country where Mexicans can feel safe and live in peace," The bishops' council wrote in an editorial.

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Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
"In all my work with African countries, I don't know of any which is screaming, 'Come and help us, we have this abortion crisis.'"
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown delivers her inaugural speech to Oregon legislators in the Capitol House chambers in Salem, Ore., in January. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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Ed Langlois - Catholic News Service
Oregon's Catholic bishops urged a veto, saying the bill "forces all Oregon taxpayers to help finance an extremist abortion agenda that does not enjoy majority support."
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Associated Press
Pell is free ahead of his court hearing, during which he can formally apply for bail. When police announced the charges last month, Pell vowed to fight the allegations, saying: "The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me."