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Nuns carry a large wooden cross into St. Joseph's Cathedral April 14 in Hanoi, Vietnam, to celebrate Good Friday services.

Vietnamese nuns attacked protesting construction on disputed land

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HANOI, Vietnam – St. Paul de Chartres sisters in Vietnam were attacked by construction site guards while they were protesting the building of a house on their former land. One nun was beaten to unconsciousness, reported ucanews.com.
A view shows a Pyongyang city mass rally Aug. 2017 in North Korea's Kim Il Sung Square.

Religious freedom efforts in the spotlight as North Korean prisoners freed

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WASHINGTON – The release of three American prisoners from North Korea was hailed as an important first step in addressing abuses within the nation, as U.S. leaders call for a continued expansion of religious freedom initiatives in U.S. foreign policy.
People walk through a market in Bujumbura, Burundi, in this 2015 file photo. Catholic bishops there have criticized an upcoming referendum on constitutional reform that would allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in office till 2034.

Burundi's bishops say people live in fear, afraid to vote honestly

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BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Catholic bishops in Burundi have criticized an upcoming referendum on constitutional reform, warning that voters will be too afraid to express their views.
Faithful attend a Mass at St. Savior Catholic Church in Bangui, Central African Republic, in this 2015 file photo. The country's Christian and Muslim leaders designated May 10-12 as days of prayers for peace and reconciliation.

Central Africa religious leaders announce three days of prayer

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BANGUI, Central African Republic  – Christian and Muslim leaders in the Central African Republic have accused foreign states of complicity in a May 1 gun and grenade attack on a Catholic Mass and announced coordinated prayers for peace and reconciliation in its churches and mosques.
Martyrdom of St. Clement by Bernardino Fungai, 1501

London waste company discovers relic of St. Clement in the trash

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LONDON, England – London waste company discovers relic of St Clement in the trash

Pope Francis chats with retired Pope Benedict XVI at the retired pope's home at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery at the Vatican 2015.

Pope Francis praises retired Pope Benedict's writings on faith and politics

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VATICAN – For more than 50 years, the writings of retired Pope Benedict XVI on the relationship between faith and politics have insisted that the measure of human freedom is the extent to which each person acknowledges being dependent on the love of God, Pope Francis wrote.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, is pictured before a pre-synod gathering of youth delegates at the Pontifical International Maria Mater Ecclesiae College in Rome March 19. The Pope has updated the statutes of the dicastery, eliminating the requirement that it have three separate sections for laity, family and life.

Pope calls dicastery to promote reflection on role of women

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VATICAN – Pope Francis has updated the statutes of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, adding among other things a specific reference to the office's responsibility for promoting a deeper reflection on the role of women in the church and society.
Venezuelans line up to cross into Colombia at the border Feb. 16 in Paraguachon, Colombia.

Bishops in Latin America join efforts to aid Venezuelan refugees

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VATICAN – With the help of the Migrant and Refugee Section of the Vatican Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, eight bishops' conferences in Latin America have joined efforts to assist Venezuelans in transit through or settling in their home countries.
Italian fashioner designer Donatella Versace and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, arrive for a press presentation for the exhibit, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," at Galleria Colonna in Rome Feb. 26.

Vatican brings faith and fashion to the MET

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While some critics saw the media's sudden fixation on papal fashion as frivolous and a way of trivializing the true meaning behind elegance in ecclesial dress, one top art curator said he saw this spotlight as actually raising "deeper, more profound considerations – namely, the role that dress plays in the Catholic Church and the role that the Catholic Church plays" within the world of fashion's imagination.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, speaks during an interfaith conference on migrants and refugees at the U.N. headquarters in New York May 3. The event was co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the U.N. and Caritas Internationalis.

Faith groups care for refugees in ways governments can't, group tells U.N.

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UNITED NATIONS – Faith-based organizations are uniquely able to care for migrants and refugees because they employ a holistic, person-centered approach that respects the human dignity of each individual, and they have established networks throughout the world, according to panelists at a May 3 United Nations event.
Pope Francis greets people during a gathering of the Neocatechumenal Way at Tor Vergata, a field on the edge of Rome, May 5. Some 100,000 members of the movement welcomed the pope as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of the movement. Also pictured is Kiko Arguello, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way, playing guitar.

Pope offers Neocatechumenal Way lessons for respectful evangelization

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ROME – Sharing the Gospel means being a witness to love, responding to questions and patiently walking alongside people, not dictating how and when they take the next step, Pope Francis told members of the Neocatechumenal Way.
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