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Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, India, is led away for questioning by police on the outskirts of Cochin Sept. 21, 2018. Indian police have charged Bishop Mulakkal of repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, the Associated Press reported April 9, 2019.

Indian police charge bishop with repeatedly raping nun

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NEW DELHI - Indian police charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, the Associated Press reported.

Mousa Kamar, front right, and his son, Youssef, far left corner, carry the large wooden cross during the Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City March 25, 2016. Mousa Kamar and his sons are carrying on the tradition of his grandfather and father, carrying the cross on Good Friday.

Family tradition: Carrying the cross on Jerusalem's Via Dolorosa

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JERUSALEM - For four decades, Mousa Kamar has taken his place at the head of the heavy wooden cross used during the Franciscan Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa.

The altar of Ntarama Church, where more than 5,000 people were massacred.

A hundred days in hell

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The most harrowing interview I ever did was with a man who told me in excellent French that his name was Innocent.

Leo Kabalisa tells the story of how 25 years ago he survived the Rwandan genocide. He was part of the launch of a book and a photo exhibition called And I Live On at the University of Toronto’s Hart House.

The Rwandan genocide: Twenty-five years later

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Just 25 years after Leo Kabalisa lost his parents, his brothers, his uncles, his aunts and most of his friends in 100 days of frenzied killing in Rwanda, he is seeing a rising tide of Rwandan genocide denial, justification, equivocation and outright amnesia.

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, holds Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Christus Vivit" (Christ Lives), during a news conference at the Vatican April 2. The document contains the Pope's reflections on the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, holds Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Christus Vivit" (Christ Lives), during a news conference for its presentation at the Vatican April 2, 2019.

‘Make a ruckus,' Pope tells young people in letter

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VATICAN CITY — The sex abuse crisis, a history of sexism and an overly narrow focus on a small number of moral issues can keep young people away from the Church, Pope Francis wrote  in a new apostolic exhortation.

A man carries his children through floodwaters in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 23. More than two million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been affected by a cyclone that has killed more than 700 people, with hundreds still missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

African floods ‘wiped out entire villages’

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NAIROBI, KENYA - More than two million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been affected by a cyclone that has killed more than 700 people, with hundreds still missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

The Pope is scheduled to visit Morocco, a nation of 35 million people who are mostly Muslim, March 30-31. Right, migrants are seen before disembarking at Del Canuelo in southern Spain in 2018. By mid-2018 the number of migrants arriving in Spain, usually from Morocco, had surpassed the number arriving in Italy.

Pope goes on a mission for migrants

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis wanted to go to Morocco in December to draw attention to the need for international co-operation in assisting migrants and in alleviating the situations that force people to seek a better life outside their homeland.

Swiss Guards march in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City State and the Roman Curia.

Pope issues child protection law for Vatican City State

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VATICAN CITY — To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City State and the Roman Curia.

A firefighter is seen as flames shoot through the front door of St. Sulpice Church in Paris March 17, 2019, in this still image taken from social media. Vandals and arsonists have targeted French churches in a wave of attacks that has lasted nearly two months.

Vandals, arsonists target French Catholic churches

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MANCHESTER, England - Vandals and arsonists have targeted French churches in a wave of attacks that has lasted nearly two months.
Three victims of clergy sexual abuse in Chile, Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo, attend a news conference in Rome May 2, 2018.

Chilean court orders church to pay compensation to abuse survivors

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VATICAN CITY - A Chilean appeals court ruled in favor of three survivors of abuse by former priest Fernando Karadima and ordered the Catholic Church to pay damages.

Pope Francis waves from a balcony alongside Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi during a visit to City Hall March 26, 2019.

Pope Francis urges preservation of Rome's history, spiritual traditions

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VATICAN – As the capital of Italy and center of Catholicism, the city of Rome must work with the Catholic Church to preserve and defend its rich historical and spiritual traditions, Pope Francis said.
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