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Evangelina Chamorro, 32, says "it's a miracle" that she was able to pull herself out of a devastating mudslide near Lima, Peru March 15.

'It's a miracle': Woman survives devastating mudslide in Peru

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LIMA, Peru – Evangelina Chamorro was swept away for over a third of a mile by an avalanche of mud on the coast south of Lima. But she survived and said that thinking about “God and her daughters” gave her the strength.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame greets Pope Francis during a private meeting at the Vatican March 20, 2017.

Pope apologizes for Catholics' participation in Rwanda genocide

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VATICAN CITY – Meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis asked God's forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests and religious.

The U.S. Justice Department has decided to appeal one of the two court rulings that blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban executive order.

U.S. Justice Department to appeal ruling that blocked Trump’s travel ban

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice issued a brief notice March 17 that it will appeal a Maryland federal judge's ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's new executive order on a temporary travel ban.

Congressman Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, takes notes as he listens to House Budget Committee lawmakers deliver statements on the American Health Care Act during a March 16 hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

U.S. bishops: health bill’s ‘life protections’ laudable, other aspects ‘troubling’

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WASHINGTON (CNS) – The inclusion of "critical life protections" in the House health care bill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid and tax credits, are "troubling" and "must be addressed" before the measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.

New York's Father Robert Coogan, who works in Saltillo, Mexico, alleged that the police raided his home, which doubles as a halfway house, and tried to plant drugs.

U.S. priest's home in Mexico harassed by police

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MEXICO CITY – An American priest and prison chaplain in northern Mexico says his home, which doubles as a halfway house, was raided in the early hours of St. Patrick's Day as police came to arrest one of the three men who live with him.

Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, retired archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic, died March 18 at the age of 84.

Czech Cardinal Vlk, former window-washer, clandestine priest, dies

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VATICAN CITY – Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who washed windows and ministered underground during communism, died of cancer March 18 in Prague at the age of 84.

Pope Francis greets Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting at the Vatican May 23, 2016. It was announced that Pope Francis will be going to Egypt April 28-29.

In spirit of interfaith dialogue, Pope to visit Egypt in late April

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VATICAN CITY – In what will be his first international trip of the year, Pope Francis will be traveling to Cairo, Egypt, April 28-29, showing that interfaith dialogue is a priority.

of Omar al-Muqdad had to start his life all over again when war in Syria forced him to flee where eventually ended up in the United States.

'I had to flee for my life' – The reality of being a Syrian refugee

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WASHINGTON – Omar al-Muqdad wanted to help the Iraqi refugees who were displaced from their homes in 2004. He volunteered to help with refugee resettlement, aiding those who came in finding housing, clothing and schools in Syria, where he lived.

Volunteers with Catholic Charities' St. Maria's meals program in Washington serve dinner March 8 to the homeless.

Lent provides opportunity for Catholics to focus attention on homeless

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WASHINGTON – Almsgiving is a Lenten tradition and Washington resident Ron Van Bellen says his volunteer work feeding the homeless honours his Catholic faith as he prepares for Easter.

Maria Escalona Devia, who works at Centro Vida Nueva, a local church-run health centre in Santiago, Chile, poses for a photo March 10 at the centre.

In notorious Santiago community, church works to give people options

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SANTIAGO, Chile – The residents of La Legua, Santiago's most notorious community, are never sure when the gunfights will begin.

Emilia Fernandez Rodriguez, a 23-year-old Gypsy woman who was left to die after giving birth in a prison, is among 115 Spanish martyrs to be beatified on March 25.

Gypsy woman left to die after childbirth among 115 Spanish martyrs

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OXFORD, England – A 23-year-old illiterate basket-maker who died in prison after giving birth to a child will be the first Gypsy woman beatified by the Catholic Church.

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