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A member of the Iraqi federal police walks along destroyed buildings from clashes in Mosul July 10. Sporadic clashes erupted in Mosul, a day after Iraq's prime minister declared "total victory" over the Islamic State.

Mosul needs help to rebuild, Iraqi official cautions after victory over ISIS

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ROME, Italy – Just days after Iraqi forces completed their recapture of Mosul from the Islamic State, the nation's ambassador to the Holy See has said that they are eager to rebuild the city and have people return home, but it will require help to do so.

Refugees attend a meeting with Pope Francis at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece April 16, 2016. U.S. Catholic and Lutheran leaders lament that the immigration cap of 50,000 refugees set by President Donald Trump had been reached.

U.S. Catholic, Lutheran leaders lament refugee entry cap being reached

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WASHINGTON – Amid a federal judge ordering the government to broaden the exemptions to the immigration travel ban upheld partially upheld by the Supreme Court, U.S. Catholic and Lutheran leaders lamented that the immigration cap had been reached for refugees without such exemptions for the 2017 fiscal year.

U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriation Committee voted July 13 in favor of an amendment to repeal the District of Columbia's assisted suicide law, which came into effect in February.

House members approve measure to repeal Washington D.C. assisted suicide law

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WASHINGTON – The House Appropriations Committee voted July 13 in favor of an amendment to repeal the District of Columbia's assisted suicide law.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the media April 7. Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla. said July 13 the Senate Republicans' latest effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act is "unacceptable" and shows little improvement over the lawmakers' first attempt to reform the federal health care law.

U.S. bishop sees little improvement in Senate's latest effort on health care

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WASHINGTON – The Senate Republicans' latest effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act is "unacceptable" and shows little improvement over the lawmakers' first attempt to reform the federal health care law, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.

Men carry the casket of Israeli policeman Hail Sethawi July 14 who was killed in an attack at the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. The deadly attack took place in the early morning hours near the Lions' Gate in the Old City walls, next to what Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary and Jews call the Temple Mount.

U.S. bishops condemn armed attacks near Jerusalem holy sites as ‘desecration'

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WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference and two committee chairmen condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the fatal shooting of two Israeli police officers July 14 in Jerusalem's Old City near some of the world's holiest sites.

Pope Francis talks with the Rev. Antonio Spadaro, editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, as he meets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 25, 2015.

Confidant of Pope Francis condemns U.S. religious right

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A close confidant of Pope Francis, writing Thursday (July 13) in a Vatican-approved magazine, condemned the way some American evangelicals and their Roman Catholic supporters mix religion and politics, saying their worldview promotes division and hatred.

One of the group of young people who feed homeless in Montevideo, Uruguay is the Luceros Movement. They are made up of more than 100 volunteers who gather Mondays and Wednesdays to prepare more than 100 meals.

These youth feed 2000 homeless people every night in Uruguay

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – For many people, a warm meal is a way to come together, celebrate, and spend time with friends and family. For homeless people living on the streets of Montevideo, Uruguay, it’s an experience that’s rare. But about 500 young people in the city are working to change that.

Volunteers from Jesuit-run TECHO-Chile (A Roof for Chile) pose for a photo with community members near a new community center in Rivera Sur camp in Colina, Chile. Young Chileans are discovering that helping others can help them reignite their faith.

'I see Jesus': Working with poor helps young Chileans' faith

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COLINA, Chile – In winter, the dirt roads in the slum known as Rivera Sur are muddy and full of puddles.

Food trucks seen in Austin, Texas in 2014. Mobile Loaves and Fishes is a Christian non-profit founded by Graham and five other men that delivers about 1,200 meals and essentials from 12 food trucks to homeless people on the streets of Austin every night.

Ministry serves up respect with food trucks for Austin's homeless

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AUSTIN, Texas – Austin, Texas, like any hipster city worth its organic, non-GMO salt, is known for its food trucks.

Indian Sister Veera Bara helps Pakistani migrant Gishon Payan with an Italian lesson June 4 at the classroom of the St. Pius X Catholic Church in Caltanisetta, Italy. Payan says he has no choice but to try to work in Europe to support his widowed mother and eight siblings after taking a loan of more than $10,000 to make the two-month journey by bus and foot to Italy.

Nuns hear stories of tragedy as they help migrants who land in Italy

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CALTANISETTA, Italy – Italian youth lead the lively Sunday worship at St. Pius X Catholic Church in this southern Sicilian town with the help of an African migrant picking up the playful rhythm on a drum.

Well-wishers gather July 9 at the dedication of a statue honoring Franciscan Father Flavian Mucci in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The statue marks the arrival of Father Mucci to El Salvador, where the founder of the Agape Association of El Salvador has served the poor for 50 years.

El Salvador nonprofit keeps mission to serve the poor through war, disasters

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SONSONATE, El Salvador – In 1977, when Franciscan Father Flavian Mucci found himself away from home, he decided to host Christmas dinner for the homeless in a rural zone of El Salvador. It was a meal the young friar would never forget.

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