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Pope Francis greets Muireann O'Carroll, 16, from Ireland during an audience with participants in an international congress on protecting children in a digital world, at the Vatican Oct. 6. The pope pledged "to work strenuously and with foresight for the protection of minors and their dignity." (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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Gerard O’Connell
The Declaration of Rome appealed “to leaders of the world’s great religions to inform and mobilize members of every faith to join in a global movement to protect the world’s children.”
A combination photo shows members of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Geneva on Oct. 6. The group won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Pictured from left to right are Beatrice Fihn, executive director; Daniel Hogsta, coordinator; and Grethe Ostern, a member of the organization's steering committee. (CNS photo/Denis Balibouse, Reuters)
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The Nobel committee honored ICAN for its efforts to achieve a prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law through the U.N.
A young woman holding a statue of Mary is comforted by family members of a person trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building on Sept. 26 in Mexico City. Five days after the deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake, the collapsed seven-story office building is one of the last hopes searchers believe they may still find someone trapped alive. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)
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Melissa Vida - Catholic News Service
“Most survivors suffer from severe anxiety or guilt.”
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Jim McDermott
“Celebrating Columbus Day does not honor their story and their struggle and their history; it insults it.”
Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., speaks during a hearing on genocide in Iraq and Syria held on Oct. 3 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Smith, who is senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired the hearing. (CNS photo/Erin Granzow, House Office of Photography)
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Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith said that IS militants began committing genocide against Yezidis and Christians in Iraq in 2014, and "three years later, they are still not receiving the assistance they need from the United States and so their survival in their ancient homelands is in jeopardy."
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Philippe Vaillencourt - Catholic News Service
"Any unbaptized person may be baptized. The church has not spoken further than that, whether the person is transgender or not"