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A medic treats a boy who was injured after what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad at a hospital in Idlib, Syria, on May 15.
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Head of Caritas international aid network urges refugees in Jordan not to lose hope.
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Jesuit journalist Father Thomas J. Reese is among several new members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.In a May 14 announcement, President Barack Obama named Father Reese to the organization that serves as a monitoring and advisory panel to the federal government on religiou
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Small group of U.S. Catholic bishops and Iranian ayatollahs begin dialogue.
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If individuals and nations are serious about protecting human rights and promoting peace, they must do much more to curb the global arms trade and assist immigrants, Pope Francis told seven new ambassadors to the Vatican.There are "stories that make us weep and feel ashamed: human beings -- our
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Canonizing two recent popes in the presence of his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis praised the new Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II as men of courage and mercy, who responded to challenges of their time by modernizing the Catholic Church in fidelity to its ancient traditions."They were prie
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Members of the official U S government delegation to the canonizations of Sts John XXIII and John Paul II spoke of the honor and their good fortune in being chosen by President Barack Obama to attend the April 27 event quot I 39 m tickled to be here quot said Rep Xavier Becerra D-Calif cha
Pope John Paul II meets with a gathering of cheering youths in St. Louis in 1999.
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The man who served as Blessed John Paul II's spokesman and media adviser told reporters that the late pope did not initially understand the gravity of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, but once he did he immediately took strong steps to deal with it.Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who served as papal spo
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Reports that Pope Francis told an Argentine woman civilly married to a divorced man that she can receive Communion quot cannot be confirmed as reliable quot said Jesuit Father Federico the Vatican spokesman Julio Sabetta 50 wrote on his Facebook page that Pope Francis phoned his wife Jacqueli
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Documents detailing a 2014 court decision ordering the deportation of a now-80-year-old former defense minister from El Salvador directly connect his leadership to human rights abuses and a reign of terror against the country's civilians including a Salvadoran archbishop and women religious duri
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The families of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing explosions a year ago marked the first anniversary with poignant remembrances and emotional testimonies.Prayer and a simple wreath-laying ceremony took place at the two sites where their loved ones lost their lives and scores wer