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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, seen here in 2013, calls on Orthodox leaders to attend the Holy Council.

Patriarch urges Orthodox leaders to attend Holy Council

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ROME – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople called on his brother patriarchs and primates of the Orthodox churches to honour their commitments and join him for the Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church.

Akyra Murray, 18, seen here at her high school graduation, was the youngest victim in the mass shooting at a night club in Orland, Florida June 12.

Youngest Orlando shooting victim just graduated from Catholic high school

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PHILADELPHIA – Akyra Murray, who just recently graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School, was the youngest victim of the Orlando nightclub shooting June 12.

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, addresses journalists prior to a conference on human trafficking April 7 at the U.N. in New York City. The conference, co-hosted by the Holy See mission to the U.N. and the Vatican-led Santa Marta Group, addressed global efforts to end human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030.

Nuncio praises progress made on HIV/AIDS, warns against complacency

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Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, applauded recent progress made around the world to end the AIDS epidemic and warned against complacency on efforts to end the disease.

The hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in 2014. A commission of Catholic bishops have called on the European Union to be more active in promoting peace and reconciliation on country borders.

European bishops urge expansion of EU role in peacebuilding

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OXFORD, England – A commission of Catholic bishops has called on the European Union to more actively promote peace and reconciliation to ease tensions and conflicts on country borders.

A pedicab with a Vatican flag passes in front of the Russian Orthodox church in Havana Feb. 7, 2016.

Pan-Orthodox Council turns into cliffhanger over boycott threats

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After a gap of over 1,200 years, including 55 years of preparation, the planned Holy and Great Council of the Eastern Orthodox churches has turned into a cliffhanger only days before it is set to open.

Father Jorge Torres, director of vocations for the Diocese of Orlando, Fla., prays with young people who participated in the "Vigil to Dry Tears" June 13 at St. James Cathedral in Orlando. Father Torres is among the Orlando diocesan priests lending a hand in counseling families and friends of victims of the June 12 massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Florida Catholic Charities workers console, support victims’ families

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Since the worst shooting attack in America occurred June 12, Catholic Charities of Central Florida has been working in the background to help victims, survivors and family members in whatever way possible.

Detroit Red Wings' Gordie Howe is pictured in action against the Toronto Maple Leafs' Allan Stanley in this undated handout photo. Howe, the man forever known as "Mr. Hockey," died June 10 at age 88.

Gordie Howe an animal on the ice, a saint off it

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An amazing hockey player he may have been, but Gordie Howe’s greatest legacy will be that he was an even better human being, one who touched the lives of all of us and our families.

Members of Kenya's gay community hold a sign during a demonstration in Nairobi.

Anglican priest in Kenya joins lawsuit demanding greater rights for gays

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NAIROBI, Kenya – An Anglican priest has joined two gay men and two lesbians in a suit against the state over discriminatory laws that they see as encroaching on the rights and freedoms of sexual minorities in the East African country.

Women hold candles during a June 13 vigil in Los Angeles for the victims of the mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. A lone gunman, pledging allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group, killed 49 people early June 12 at the nightclub.

Vigils commemorate the victims slaughtered in Orlando mass shooting

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ORLANDO, Fla.  – In Orlando and major cities around the United States and the world, people gathered June 13 to pay tribute to the 50 killed — including the gunman — and more than 50 injured in the shooting rampage in Orlando the previous day.

Gordie Howe, the Saskatchewan-born superstar known as Mr. Hockey, was remembered as a family man. Mr. Howe passed away June 10 at the age of 88.

Gordie Howe was a true family man

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DETROIT – He was Mr. Hockey, but he was also Mr. Family.

That’s what Fr. J.J. Mech will take away from knowing Gordie Howe, the Detroit Red Wings hockey legend who passed away June 10 at the age of 88.

Buddhist monks participate in a protest against the murder of a monk in Bangladesh, in Mumbai, India, on May 23, 2016.

Bangladesh’s deadly attacks terrify its religious minorities

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The killings of two Hindus, one Christian and the wife of an anti-terror official in Muslim-majority Bangladesh last week have left members of minority religious communities afraid for their lives and skeptical of the government’s ability to provide security.

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