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Two women draped in blankets leave the area near the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Nov. 8 after a gunman killed at least 13 people. The gunman, who opened fire without warning late Nov. 7, was found dead inside the establishment, authorities said.

'Pray hard' for all affected by California shooting, Archbishop Gomez says

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LOS ANGELES – After a shooting spree late Nov. 7 at a country-music bar in Thousand Oaks, about 40 miles from the heart of Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles asked people to "pray hard" for the victims and their families.
Prison inmate Marcello D'Agata paints an image of the Annunciation for use as one of the Vatican's 2018 Christmas stamps, at the Opera prison in Milan in this undated photo.

Vatican Christmas post stamps feature art from prisoner serving life sentence

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VATICAN – As the Christmas season draws near, the Vatican postal service prepared a unique set of commemorative stamps designed by a talented, yet unlikely, artist: a prisoner serving a life sentence.
U.S. Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien, grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, and Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, arrive for a press conference at the Vatican Nov. 7. The Knights are preparing for a major meeting in Rome.

Jerusalem Equestrian Order supports Holy Land Catholics, encourages dialogue

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VATICAN – The 30,000 members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem fund about 80 percent of the annual budget of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ensuring that Catholic parishes and seminaries, schools and hospitals in Israel, Palestine and Jordan continue to function, said U.S. Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien.
Jesuit Father David Neuhaus lights a baptismal candle during a Mass for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel in 2014.

Catholic leaders in Holy Land ask Israel to repeal controversial law

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JERUSALEM – The controversial Israeli Nation State law must be repealed because non-Jews also are citizens of Israel, said the Catholic ordinaries of the Holy Land.
A singer leads the group in a musical prayer inside a red tent on the convention centre floor designated as the Women’s Sacred Space.

Parliament of the World’s Religions explores how feminism and faith can, and must, co-exist

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Religion has not always been a woman’s ally. 

Men protest in Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 31, after the Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a Catholic accused of blasphemy.

Canada urged to grant asylum to Asia Bibi and her family

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OTTAWA – Canada is being urged to give asylum to Asia Bibi and her family after Pakistan’s Supreme Court cleared her of blasphemy charges, resulting in widespread rioting by Islamic extremists.

Pope Francis greets Sahle-Work Zewde, then-director general of the United Nations office in Nairobi, during a 2015 visit to Nairobi. Zewde was elected Oct. 25 as Ethiopia's first female president.

Ethiopia's first female president welcomed by bishops

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's bishops welcomed the election of the nation's first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, and said they were pleased that women "are getting their rightful place in the development of the country."
Newly elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a Catholic, waves Oct. 28 at a polling station in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil's newly elected Catholic president promises conservative moral agenda

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SAO PAULO – Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, a Catholic who campaigned to rid the nation of corruption, will take office Jan. 1 with a conservative moral agenda.
A homeless person sleeps under a sheet in San Francisco.

United Nations condemns treatment of homeless people in San Francisco

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SAN FRANCISCO – As San Francisco prepares to consider a ballot measure to boost taxes for services to aid the homeless, a U.N. investigator has classed the treatment of the homeless in San Francisco and the Bay Area as a human rights violation.
Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., is seen at the headquarters of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington Jan. 17.

Buffalo diocese expands list of credibly accused clerics after documents leaked

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Diocese of Buffalo is adding to their public list of clergy with credible allegations of sexual abuse against a minor.
French bishops leave the Basilica of the Rosary in Lourdes after a 2016 Mass during the French bishops' conference. Pope Francis encouraged bishops in France to be determined in their fight against child abuse and implement "zero tolerance" against known abusers.

Have zero tolerance to child abuse, Pope tells French bishops

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VATICAN – Pope Francis encouraged bishops in France to be determined in their fight against child abuse and implement "zero tolerance" against known abusers.
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