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Pope Francis meets March 9, 2019, at the Vatican with Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Pope Francis meets top Mormon leaders

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VATICAN – Pope Francis welcomed top officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Vatican the day before the officials inaugurated their first temple in the city of Rome.
People watch a tractor excavate Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash March 10, 2019, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The crash killed 157 people from 35 countries. Among the dead were Georgetown University law student Cedric Asiavugwa and four Catholic Relief Services staffers: Getnet Alemayehu, Mulusew Alemu, Sintayehu Aymeku and Sara Chalachew.

Four Catholic Relief Service staff, humanitarian workers aboard Ethiopian jet that crashed

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WASHINGTON – Four Catholic Relief Service staff members on their way to a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, were among the passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed moments after takeoff in the east African nation.
Then-Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York prays at the tomb of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City in 2009 after celebrating a memorial Mass for the prelate.

N.Y. court rules Archbishop Fulton Sheen's remains should be transferred to Peoria

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PEORIA, Ill. – Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced "with great joy" March 5 that the New York State Supreme Court's Appellate Division ruled 5-0 that the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen should be transferred from New York to the Peoria Diocese.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seen in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 8, 2019.

Church working to help Venezuelans to transitional government

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LIMA, Peru – Catholic Church leaders in Venezuela say a peaceful transfer of power from embattled President Nicolas Maduro to a transitional government, probably led by National Assembly president Juan Guaido, is the best hope for the crisis-wracked country.
A representative of the American Jewish Committee gives Pope Francis a certificate March 8, 2019, certifying that a grapevine in Israel has been dedicated to him and promising that each year he will receive a bottle of wine produced with the vine's grapes.

Christians and Jews must join to fight hatred, promote women, Pope Francis says

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VATICAN – Engaging in any form of anti-Semitism is a direct contradiction with the Christian faith, Pope Francis said.
A farmer in Ryugasaki, Japan, transplants rice June 26, 2017. Speakers at a Vatican conference on sustainable development said the food people choose at the supermarket and cook in their kitchens can make a huge difference in helping address the global problems of hunger, obesity and climate change.

Health and climate change depend on the way food is produced, cooked, Vatican speakers say

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VATICAN – The food people pick at the supermarket and cook in their kitchens can make a huge difference in helping address the global problems of hunger, obesity and climate change, a number of speakers said at a Vatican conference on sustainable development.
Popeyes scores big with our would-be foodwriter for its Cajun fish sandwich.

Meatless Fridays: A deep dive into the pool of fast-food fish this Lent

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WASHINGTON – Man does not live on bread alone. But on the Fridays of Lent, he’d better not add meat to the menu.

French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon arrives at the courthouse Jan. 7 in Lyon. Cardinal Barbarin and others are on trial for failing to discipline a local priest who allegedly abused children while running a Scout group in the 1980s.

French cardinal convicted for sex abuse cover-up

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VATICAN – A French cardinal was given a six-month suspended sentence at a civil trial after he was found guilty of covering up abuses committed decades ago by a priest.
Nuns stand on a beach in Cochin, India, in this 2014 file photo.

Indian police arrest one of 26 men accused in 1998 rape of four nuns

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BHOPAL, India – A man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the mass rape of four Catholic nuns that occurred more than two decades ago in central India.
A migrant from Central America feeds his daughter at shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 21, 2019.

Migrants from Central America surprised to find long wait to apply for asylum in U.S.

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A trio of Honduran migrants arrived at the diocesan migrant shelter in this Mexican border city in the predawn hours, hoping to rest up before approaching the U.S. border and making an asylum claim.
A priest in Mexico City celebrates Mass Jan. 11, 2018. The Mexican bishops' conference presented an action plan March 5 for preventing minors from sexual abuse by clergy and pastoral agents; it also addressed the cases of abuse that have occurred.

Mexican bishops present five objectives for action on clergy abuse

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MEXICO CITY – The Mexican bishops' conference has presented an action plan for protecting minors from sexual abuse by clergy and pastoral agents.
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