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Pope Francis delivers the homily as he celebrates Mass on May 27 during his pastoral visit in Genoa, Italy. (CNS photo/Georgio Perottino Garofalo, Reuters)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
With the civil war worsening and famine spreading, Pope Francis already in March had expressed doubts about the possibility of making the trip.
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Nathan Schneider
My son isn’t choosing the planet he will be getting. The unborn children to come certainly aren’t.
Martyrs Square, Beirut, Lebanon 1982. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
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Brooke Anderson - Catholic News Service
Assaad Chaftari, who once fought in the name of his Christian faith, is now working for peace alongside those who would have once been his enemies in the Lebanese civil war.
The "little lanterns march" at the Central American University in San Salvador during the 2015 commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the massacre of six Jesuit priests and two women, murdered in November 1989 by a military commando. (CNS photo/Oscar Rivera, EPA)
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Marcos Aleman - Associated Press
The Jesuits believe Benavides is a "scapegoat" for those who ordered the 1989 UCA massacre and were never punished. The Jesuits consider the case against the killers closed but continue to seek clarity on the intellectual authors of the crime.
Government troops take positions as fighting with Muslim militants in Marawi city enters its second week on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Jim Gomez - Associated Press
A Catholic priest who was taken hostage by militants linked to the Islamic State group says he's being held alongside 200 other captives, including children.
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Ed Langlois - Catholic News Service
Rick Best defended two women being accosted by a passenger yelling hate speech about Muslims and other groups.