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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.

Displaced families await temporary shelter in Kirkuk, Iraq, June 11. Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs called for the rapid liberation of areas under control of the Islamic State group to end ethnic and religious genocide.

Patriarchs call for liberation from Islamic State of Iraqi lands where Christians lived

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BEIRUT – Syriac patriarchs, marking the two-year anniversary since the Islamic State group expelled Christians from a large part of Iraq, denounced "the ethno-religious genocide" of their people and called for the liberation of those areas.

People embrace outside the headquarters of the Orlando, Fla., Police Department June 12 during the investigation of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Chicago archbishop decries targeting of gays in Orlando attack

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Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich has decried the apparent targeting of gays and lesbians in the Orlando nightclub massacre and called for greater efforts on gun control, the first senior U.S. Catholic churchman to identify a likely reason the victims were singled out and raise the controversial issue of access to weapons.

People hold hands in a circle during a June 12 vigil in an Orlando, Fla., park following a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in that city earlier that morning.

'A sword has pierced heart' of city, says Orlando bishop about shooting

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Bishop John Noonan urged people of faith "to turn their hearts and souls" to God and pray for the victims, the families and first responders following the worst mass shooting in U.S. history June 12.

Police cruisers outside of Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida where a shooting left 50 people dead early Sunday morning. Pope Francis offered prayer in a statement released on June 12.

Pope offers prayers for Orlando victims of 'terrible, absurd violence'

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis offered prayers for the families of the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando and expressed hope that people would find ways to identify and uproot "the causes of such terrible and absurd violence."

Jesuit Father Richard Shortall, a missionary of mercy for the Jubilee Year of Mercy, walks outside his motor home at St. Patrick and St. Brigid Church in Cooranbong, Australia, May 26. Father Shortall, one of two missionaries of mercy in Australia, is traveling throughout the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese to rural parishes that have no resident priest.

Australian priest takes up Pope's call to be a missionary of mercy

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COORANBONG, Australia – A shiny white motor home stationed on the grounds of Catholic churches throughout the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese has become a beacon of hope and mercy among local communities.

Iraqi refugee women who fled Islamic State group violence in their homeland pose for a photo in Amman, Jordan, in early June. The Chaldean Catholic women sent the hand-sewn mantle to Pope Francis and asked him to pray for them and for peace in their country.

Iraqi women hope mantle sent to Pope will inspire prayers for peace

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AMMAN, Jordan – Iraqi refugee women who fled Islamic State group violence in their homeland have appealed to Pope Francis for help, sending a hand-sewn mantle and imploring him to pray for them and for peace in their country.

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