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Protesters in San Salvador, El Salvador, demonstrate against mining exploitation March 9. El Salvador passed a law March 29 banning metal mining nationwide, making the small Central American country the first in the world to outlaw the industry.

Catholic leaders instrumental in pushing El Salvador to ban metal mining

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – At the urging of Catholic leaders, El Salvador has passed a law banning metal mining nationwide, making the small Central American country the first in the world to outlaw the industry.

After being abducted in the border state of Tamaulipas March 28, Father Oscar Lopez Navarro was returned safely March 30.

Priest kidnapped from Mexico's Tamaulipas state safely returned

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PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico – A Mexican priest reported kidnapped in the border state of Tamaulipas was reported to have been safely returned March 30, the Diocese of Tampico said in a statement.

The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen behind the smokestacks of the only coal-burning power plant in Washington in this March 10, 2014, file photo.

Bishop concerned U.S. won't meet carbon emission goals after Trump order

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WASHINGTON– President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a review of the Clean Power Plan jeopardizes environmental protections and moves the country away from a national carbon standard to help meet domestic and international goals to ease greenhouse gas emissions, said the chairman of a U.S. bishops' committee.

David Daleiden, one of the two activists who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood during their undercover investigation, is dismissing the facing 15 felony charges as 'bogus.'

Activists who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood reject felony charges as ‘bogus’

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The undercover activists whose work appeared to implicate Planned Parenthood officials in the illegal sale of unborn baby body parts now face 15 felony charges in California, but one insists the allegations are phony.

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, pondering the United States' immigration history, reminded people "the first non-indigenous language spoken in this country was not English."

Los Angeles Archbishop: English wasn't America's first language

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WASHINGTON – In recent months, national debates over immigration and deportation have reached a fever pitch in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's election.

Bishop Francis Duffy of Ardagh and Clonmacnois recently wrote a pastoral letter telling parishioners that they may need to take on more responsibilities as the number of priests in the diocese declines.

Facing sharp decline in priest numbers, an Irish diocese preps for change

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LONGFORD, Ireland – In one Irish diocese, the number of active priests may halve in fewer than 15 years. As a result, Bishop Francis Duffy of Ardagh and Clonmacnois has aimed to prepare his flock to take on more active roles.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gestures as he visits with Syrian refugees March 28 at Zaatari camp near Mafraq, Jordan. As the Catholic secretary-general visited the world's biggest camp for Syrian refugees, he made an impassioned plea: Stop Syria's devastating war.

U.N.’s top official visits world’s largest Syrian refugee camp, pleads for peace

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ZAATARI, Jordan – As the U.N. secretary-general visited the world's biggest camp for Syrian refugees this week, he made an impassioned plea: Stop Syria's devastating war.

Fr. Felipe Altamirano Carrillo, an indigenous priest from Mexico's western state of Nayarit, was murdered March 26. He becomes the second priest to be killed in the country this year.

Priest murdered in Mexico's western state of Nayarit

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JESUS MARIA, Mexico – Fr. Felipe Altamirano Carrillo, an indigenous priest who served in the Mexico's western state of Nayarit, was murdered Sunday while returning from saying Mass in one of the towns in which he served.

An Iraqi special forces soldier helps a family carry their child to cross from an Islamic State-controlled part of Mosul to an area controlled by Iraqi forces during a March 4 battle in Mosul.

Pope Francis prays for Iraq as number of civilian deaths rise

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VATICAN CITY – With the battle for major ISIS strongholds heating up in Iraq, Pope Francis has voiced his closeness to the country, praying for the safety of people on the ground, particularly civilians caught in the crosshairs of the fighting.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order titled "Energy Independence" during a March 28 event at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington. The order eliminates Obama-era climate change regulations and calls for a review of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan.

Catholic advocates critical of Trump's order to review Clean Power Plan

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WASHINGTON – Catholic environmental advocates decried President Donald Trump's executive order that would begin a review of his predecessor's Clean Power Plan, which set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Seamus McKelvey of Winnipeg, Manitoba, crashes a group photo with Canadian bishops in front of St. Peter's Basilica March 27. From left are Archbishops Richard Smith of Edmonton, Alberta; Richard Gagnon of Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski of the Ukrainian Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia. The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses.

Pope urges western Canadian bishops to be close to their people

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VATICAN CITY – "That's your bishop!" a woman shouted to Seamus McKelvey of Winnipeg, Manitoba, as he leaned in for an impromptu picture with three prelates posing for a professional portrait with St. Peter's Basilica in the background.

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