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Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India in an undated photo. Bishop Mascarenha, in a press statement put out by the Bishops of India, condemned the violence against Africans.

Indian bishops condemn attacks on Africans, call for peace, brotherhood

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NEW DELHI – Bishops in India have condemned a series of attacks on Africans in New Delhi, calling it a disturbing trend and against Indian culture.

Syrian refugee children covered with dust arrive Sept. 10 at the Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq, near the town of Ruwaished, which is close to Amman, Jordan.

Pope invites Christians to pray for children in Syria

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called on Catholics and Orthodox Christians to pray for children in Syria who are suffering because of the ongoing conflict in the country. 

Yunni Perez holds plastic bottles used to carry water while she poses for a photo inside her home in a Caracas slum.

Venezuelans fight hunger, fear civil unrest

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BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela – Under other circumstances, Jonny Lopez might have been happy that he was losing weight.

Pope Francis greets Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting at the Vatican May 23.

Lebanese leaders hope pope-imam meeting leads to new relationships

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BEIRUT – Lebanese leaders in Muslim-Christian dialogue said they hoped Pope Francis' meeting with Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar University, would lead to new relationships.

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione, who also served in diplomatic posts in El Salvador, Guatemala, Ghana and Nigeria, died May 27 at age 94 in his native Diocese of Alessandria, Italy.

Archbishop Prigione, first nuncio to Mexico, dies in Italy

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ROME – An Italian archbishop who served as the first apostolic nuncio to Mexico died May 27 at the age of 94.

Miguel Alvarez Gandara said the key to social change in Mexico is unity among the different movements rising among the people.

Mexican people cry out for social change

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TORONTO – Mexico is ready for social change. The problem is that no one can agree on where to start, said Miguel Alvarez Gandara.

Italian Cardinal Loris Capovilla, who served St. John XXIII before and after he became pope, died May 26 at the age of 100 in Bergamo, near Milan. He is pictured in a 2012 photo.

St. John XXIII's aide, oldest member College of Cardinals, dies at 100

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VATICAN CITY – The former secretary to a saint and the oldest member of the College of Cardinals died May 26 at the age of 100.

Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Veronika Terezia Rackova, director of St. Bakhita Medical Center in Yei, South Sudan, died May 20 at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. The Holy Spirit Missionary Sister, who was shot in the stomach in Yei, is pictured in an undated photo.

Slovak nun who died in Kenya to be buried in South Sudan, where she served

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NAIROBI, Kenya – The body of Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Veronika Theresia Rackova, 58, director of St. Bakhita Medical Center in Yei, South Sudan, will be interred in Yei, not in Kenya as earlier planned.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the opening of the World Humanitarian Summit May 23 in Istanbul. The two-day gathering was conceived four years ago by Ban. In preparation, 23,000 people were consulted in more than 150 countries, according to U.N. officials.

World organizations make education for child refugees a priority

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Inspired by the Syrian crisis, a global fund for education for refugee children, announced at the World Humanitarian Summit, was welcomed by aid groups, including Catholic organizations.

VatiLeaks: Investigator says consultant admitted leaking documents

VatiLeaks: Investigator says consultant admitted leaking documents

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VATICAN CITY – A former consultant to a pontifical commission who denied to a Vatican court that she leaked documents about the Vatican's financial reform to an Italian journalist had admitted to sending the documents when she was first interrogated, a Vatican policeman said.

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting at the Vatican May 23.

Pope meets with head of top Sunni Muslim university, easing past tension

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VATICAN CITY – After five years of tension and top-level silence, Pope Francis and the grand imam of one of the most important Sunni Muslim universities in the world embraced at the Vatican May 23.

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