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Persecution is a 'shared experience' that unites all Christians

Persecution is a 'shared experience' that unites all Christians

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VATICAN CITY - The persecution and martyrdom of Christians around the world have become "a shared experience" and a common journey that unites all who give witness to Christ, Pope Francis said.

People check their names on final voter list displayed at a polling station in Mandalay, Myanmar, Nov. 1. Myanmar will hold its nationwide general elections Nov. 8.

Myanmar's cardinal uneasy about pre-election push for one race, religion

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YANGON, Myanmar - From his residence at St. Mary's Cathedral, Cardinal Charles Bo has a front-row seat to the changes sweeping across his country. What he has witnessed ahead of the nation's Nov. 8 election — the first fully contested since 1990 — has troubled him, reported ucanews.com.

Merchants in the Temple is Italain journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi's second book based on leaked documents from the Vatican. Photo courtesy of Catholic News Service.

News 'VatiLeaks' 2015: Books claim strong resistance to pope's finance reform

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VATICAN CITY - Financial wrongdoing at the Vatican, leaked documents and arrests by the Vatican police may make it seem like 2012 all over again, but the situation -- while serious -- is not the breach of papal privacy that the earlier "VatiLeaks" scandal was.

Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, co-founder and former editor of La Repubblica, speaks on Italian television Feb. 1. Scalfari wrote in La Repubblica about his Oct. 28 telephone conversation with Pope Francis. The journalist claims the pope said that in principle Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried was accepted by the recent Synod of Bishops on the family.

Reporter claims Pope approves Communion for all remarried who ask

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican spokesman described as obviously "unreliable" an Italian journalist's claim that Pope Francis told him that following the Synod of Bishops on the family, "all the divorced who ask" will be admitted to Communion.

A boy walks with an umbrella during a shower in Bambari, Central African Republic, Oct. 17. Faith leaders there hope Pope Francis' November visit will help with the peace process.

Pope Francis’ trip to Africa draws excitement, trepidation in Kenya

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NAIROBI, Kenya - Pope Francis’ visit to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi Nov. 25–27 will bring healing and reconciliation to the East African nation that has suffered key setbacks in the recent past, senior bishops here say.

Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City distributes Communion during Mass in early May at Mexico City's Metropolitan Cathedral. Pope Francis will visit Mexico in February, marking the pontiff's first trip to the heavily Catholic country, said Cardinal Rivera.

Cardinal says in homily Pope Francis will visit Mexico in February

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MEXICO CITY - Pope Francis will visit Mexico in February, marking the pontiff's first trip to the heavily Catholic country, said Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City.

An internally displaced man stands in front of his makeshift house at a camp in Bambari, Central African Republic, Oct. 17. Despite ongoing violence in the African nation, Pope Francis said he hopes to be able to visit the country in late November and to anticipate the Year of Mercy by opening the Holy Door of the cathedral in Bangui, the nation's capital.

Despite violence, Pope says he hopes to visit Central African Republic

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VATICAN CITY - Despite ongoing violence in the Central African Republic, Pope Francis said he hopes to be able to visit the country in late November and to anticipate the Year of Mercy by opening the Holy Door of the cathedral in Bangui, the nation's capital.

Syrians look at a destroyed field hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus, Oct. 29. Syriac Catholic bishops, meeting in Lebanon for their annual synod, called for an end to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq through diplomacy.

Syriac Catholic bishops call for diplomacy to achieve peace in Syria, Iraq

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BEIRUT - Syriac Catholic bishops, meeting in Lebanon during their annual Synod, called for a diplomatic solution to achieve peace in Syria and Iraq.

Fr. Bob Simon, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena parish in Moscow, Pa., places a Lego piece on a model church he is building in a spare room in his rectory Oct. 24. Simon says his Lego-building hobby has served as an evangelization tool.

Pennsylvania priest builds ministry one Lego at a time

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MOSCOW, Pa. - Fr. Bob Simon fell in love with two things at the age of five — the Catholic Church and building with Lego.

Jaffa, Israel

Arab-Jewish preschool an island of sanity amid violence, parents say

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JAFFA, Israel - Amid ongoing violence between Palestinians and Israelis, a school in this city seems more determined than ever to teach Arab and Jewish children about coexistence.

isherman Joseph Enoch Rodriguez sits on a log Sept. 9 in Boca de Brito, Nicaragua, a small community on the Pacific coast. Catholic Church representatives in Nicaragua are concerned about the potential social and environmental impact of building a 278-km-long canal through the country to link the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.

Church concerned by potential impact of 278-km canal across Nicaragua

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Catholic Church representatives in Nicaragua are concerned about the potential social and environmental impact of building a 278-km-long canal through the country to link the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.

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