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Pope Francis presides at an ecumenical prayer service with religious leaders in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20. The pope and other religious leaders participated in the service that marked the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II's Assisi interfaith peace gathering. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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September 29, 2016
Ending conflict lies in human hands, Pope Francis said, so every individual "can and must become a peacemaker."
Pakistani security officials stand guard on a roadside in Quetta, Pakistan, Aug. 10. (CNS photo/Fayyaz Ahmed, EPA)
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September 20, 2016
Violence and division are the work of the devil, Pope Francis said.
Father Gabriele Amorth, exorcist for the Diocese of Rome, died Sept. 16 at age 91. He is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Gruppo Editoriale San Paolo)
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September 20, 2016
Father Amorth is credited with dispelling some 70,000 demons.
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September 19, 2016
Welcoming the more than 65 million people displaced can bring about world change, Pope Francis says.
Sister Kayula Lesa from Zambia, a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks during an interview in Rome Sept. 12. She said in Zambia the church has taken a multitiered approach to fight abuse.
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September 15, 2016
Holding leaders accountable for negligence is "critical to the whole picture," said a commission member.
A Bru refugee family is seen in Kanchanpur, India on June 18. (CNS photo/Stringer, EPA)
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July 29, 2016
The think tank will convene a summit in December seeking solutions to the global refugee crisis.
In this 2010 photo, Poor Clare Colettine nuns walk back to their Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford, Ill., after a funeral service for one of the cloister's elderly sisters. (CNS photo/Abbie Reese)
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July 22, 2016
The pope warns against "the recruitment of candidates from other countries solely for the sake of ensuring the survival of a monastery."
Refugees receive clothing from volunteers on a street in Rome on July 14. Several refugees said they were planning to head north to countries such as France and Germany. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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July 15, 2016
A medical unit with Vatican license plates lets the migrants, "who live in truly inhumane conditions" see and experience "the closeness of the pope and the church."
Blessed Alojzije Stepinac enters a Zagreb courtroom in 1946. Stepinac, who has been accused of being a Nazi sympathizer, is currently being studied by Croatian and Serbian experts who hope to clear up questions about his life. (CNS file photo)
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July 14, 2016
Croats see Stepinac as a symbol of the church's resistance to communist oppression.
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July 12, 2016
Al-Azhar University is considered the most authoritative theological-academic institution of Sunni Islam.