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At the fifth annual European Catholic-Orthodox Forum, the delegates urged European leaders to remember their Christian roots.

Europe will be 'adrift' if it loses Christian roots, faith leaders warn

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PARIS, France – Catholic and Orthodox leaders in a joint statement urged Europeans to remember their Christian roots, and to return to them during this time of “widespread concern for (the) future” of Europe.

After 47 years, St. Therese’s Chapel at the Bergen Town Center in Paramus, N.J. closed its doors after its final Mass on Ash Wednesday

Chapel in New Jersey shopping mall closes after 47 years

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PATERSON, N.J. – A Catholic chapel that has served a New Jersey shopping mall since 1970 has closed its doors.

Church leaders in the Netherlands have signed a petition against what they call an "exploitation of Christianity" by populist politicians, such as the nationalist Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders.

Dutch church leaders speak out against "exploitation of Christianity" by populist politicians

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AMSTERDAM – Dutch church leaders have signed a petition against the "exploitation of Christianity" by populist politicians in upcoming parliamentary elections, as the Catholic bishops' conference urged voters to back parties "contributing to the common good."

The Salesians are organizing a prayer meeting March 4 to mark the one year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil.

Prayers planned for Salesian kidnapped in Yemen last March

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BANGALORE, India – The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil.

Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., look on as President Donald Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress Feb. 28 in Washington.

After Trump’s address to Congress, pro-lifers stress protections in health care

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WASHINGTON – After President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, pro-life leaders wished he had spoken more to their concerns of federal abortion funding in health care.

People chant slogans against Congolese President Joseph Kabila as armed UN peacekeepers watch protesters in Kinshasa. Politically-motivated attacks took place on Catholic churches in Kinshasa and area in late February, attacks Cadinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya calls deliberate attempts to ruin the path to peace.

Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo leaves Toronto Catholics reeling

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Congolese Catholics in Toronto are in shock as they learn about politically-motivated attacks on Catholic churches and schools in their majority-Catholic homeland.

Congolese Bishop Fidele Nsielele Zi Mputu, Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa and Bishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu arrive in December 2016 to mediate talks between the opposition and the government of President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa.

Congo's bishops: Don't blame Catholics for blockage of peace accord

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KINSHASA, Congo – Congo's bishops criticized continued obstruction of a church-brokered peace accord and urged citizens not to blame Catholics for the deadlock.

Irish abuse victim Marie Collins, left, member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, accused the Vatican bureaucracy of resisting to fight clerical abuse in the Church as she quits the commission set up by Pope Francis.

Irish abuse victim lashes out at Vatican bureaucracy as she quits panel

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ROME – Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins has accused the Vatican bureaucracy of “shameful” resistance to fighting clerical sex abuse in the Catholic Church as she quit a key panel set up by Pope Francis.

Sister Angélique Namaika, standing, in black, assists women with the clothes they are making at the Maison de La Femme in the town of Dungu, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Aug. 1, 2013.

Catholic nuns the target of growing Congolese attacks

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Roman Catholic sisters in the Democratic Republic of Congo are coming under increased attacks as vandals destroy churches and convents in an attempt to frustrate the church’s efforts to act as mediator in an election dispute.

Despite opposition from Congress, the federal lawmakers ran out of time to repeal Washington D.C.'s assisted suicide law passed Nov. 15, 2016.

Despite opposition, assisted suicide law takes effect in Washington D.C.

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WASHINGTON– The District of Columbia has joined six states in the country in allowing doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives.

Local and national media report on more than 170 toppled Jewish headstones Feb. 21 after a vandalism attack on Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo. The incident at the cemetery near St. Louis was repeated in suburban Philadelphia Feb. 26 when gravestones were destroyed at a Jewish cemetery there.

U.S. bishops denounce rise in anti-Semitic attacks

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops are responding with solidarity and concern for the Jewish community, following a surge in anti-Semitic actions in recent weeks.

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