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A road is blocked by police tape April 18 after multiple victims were fatally shot in Fresno, Calif. Community members and faith leaders held a prayer vigil in the alley behind the Catholic Charities' Fresno Family Resource Center to honor the three shooting victims that were killed that day.

After shooting, Fresno Catholics urged to be a light to community

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FRESNO, Calif. – After three men were killed April 18 in a shooting rampage in Fresno by a gunman who was captured and admitted to the shootings, the Diocese of Fresno urged the local Catholic community to "seize this moment as an opportunity to live as people of light not darkness by rejecting the temptation to hate the hater."

Pope Francis has been named as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people for 2017.

Pope Francis among Time Magazine's 100 most influential people

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VATICAN CITY – Time Magazine has released its 2017 list of the world’s 100 most influential people, and Pope Francis is among the leaders highlighted by the publication.

Gunmen opened fire at a police check point near Egypt's historic St. Catherine's Monastery April 18.

Fears rise in Egypt after ISIS attack near ancient monastery

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CAIRO, Egypt – Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint near an historic Orthodox Christian monastery in Egypt, killing one and wounding four.

Peacekeepers drive past burning tires as they patrol protests against President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa, Congo, April 10.

Demand for cellphone metals thwarts efforts to end war, says Congolese priest

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MANCHESTER, England – Global demand for metallic ores used in cellphones is thwarting efforts to end war and violence in Congo, said an African priest.

Vatican says it make a meeting U.S. President Donald Trump, who will be in Italy May 26-27 for the Group of Seven summit. Vatican says it will try to make it work if U.S. President Donald Trump, who will be in Italy May 26-27 for the G-7 Summit, requests a meeting with Pope Francis.

Vatican says it would welcome visit by Trump

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VATICAN CITY – If U.S. President Donald Trump requests a meeting with Pope Francis in May, the Vatican will try to make it work, a top Vatican official said.

Members of the special police forces stand guard to secure the area around the Coptic Orthodox cathedral complex Dec. 11, 2016 after an explosion inside the complex in Cairo.

Egypt arrests 13 suspected of planning attacks against Christians

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CAIRO, Egypt – Egyptian police on Sunday arrested 13 people who were allegedly planning attacks against Christians and public institutions in the country.

Security personnel investigate the scene of a bomb explosion April 9 inside the Orthodox Church of St. George in Tanta, Egypt April, 9.

Aid agencies have high hopes for Pope’s visit to Egypt

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OTTAWA – Fanatics are stepping up their fear campaign against Christians in Egypt in an attempt to derail Pope Francis’ visit at the end of the month, say the Canadian directors of two Catholic aid agencies working in the country.

Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly, right, shakes hands with Pope Francis during the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on April 19.

Bill O’Reilly greeted by Pope hours before Fox News cut ties with him

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VATICAN CITY – Hours before Bill O'Reilly's ouster at Fox News was announced, the cable TV personality was greeted by Pope Francis on Wednesday (April 19) during the pontiff's weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square.

Jesuit Father Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, delivers the homily at an April 18 "Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition and Hope" in Gaston Hall on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington.

Georgetown University, Jesuits apologizes for role in slave trade

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The leader of the Catholic religious order that helped found Georgetown University addressed more than 100 descendants of slaves and sought their forgiveness.

Pope Francis and Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20, 2016. Both leaders are scheduled to attend a peace conference with Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar University.

Cairo peace conference to include Pope, Eastern Christian leaders

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VATICAN CITY – Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople was scheduled to attend a peace conference in Cairo with Pope Francis and Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar University.

Swedish pro-life midwife Ellinor Grimmark, right, lost in court again April 12 when a labour court sided with an earlier district court decision that said her freedom of opinion and expression was not violated when she was denied employment due to her anti-abortion views.

Swedish midwife loses court decision to be exempt from performing abortion

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STOCKHOML, Sweden – A Swedish midwife who refused to perform abortions has lost another court decision, but her supporters say the court neglected her freedom of conscience.

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