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Vian Dakhil, right, the only Yazidi Kurd member of Iraq's Parliament, will not likely be able to accept her Lantos Human Rights Prize in Washington D.C. in person due to U.S. President Donald Trump's recently imposed travel ban.

Yazidi human rights leader won’t be able to pick up award due to Trump's travel ban

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Vian Dakhil captured the world’s attention two years ago when she made an impassioned plea to save the Yazidi religious minority from annihilation by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq.

A woman greets her mother after she arrived from Dubai at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City Jan. 28. Three U.S. bishops' committee chairmen expressed deep concern over religious freedom issues regarding president Donald Trump's refugee ban.

U.S. bishops say refugee ban raises deep concerns over religious freedom

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WASHINGTON – The chairmen of three U.S. bishops' committees Jan. 31 expressed solidarity with the Muslim community and expressed deep concern over religious freedom issues they said President Donald Trump's refugee ban raises.

People hold signs during a Jan. 31 protest at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia.

Protesters gather at airport over refugee ban, greet arriving travellers

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DULLES, Va. – While their signs showed their discontent with President Donald Trump's executive memorandum to halt immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries, the protesters at Dulles International Airport conveyed nothing but welcome for the hundreds of travellers who arrived there Jan. 30.

Philippines bishops are opposing a bid by the country's legislature to revive the death penalty as part of President Rodrigo Duterte's tough-on-crime and war on drugs initiative.

Philippines bishops oppose bid for severe death penalty revival

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MANILA, Philippines – The Catholic bishops of the Philippines voiced strong objections to proposals intended to reinstate the death penalty in the country.

The Boy Scouts of America says self-declared gender identity now determines youth eligibility for its scouting programs.

Boy Scouts of America accepts gender identity as new standard for admission

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DALLAS, Texas – Citing legal and community changes, the Boy Scouts of America have said self-declared gender identity now determines youth eligibility for its scouting programs. The move could add new difficulties for Catholic sponsors of scout troops trying to adapt to the organization’s relatively new policy on homosexuality.

Rev. Philip Pizzo of St. Benedict Joseph Labre Roman Catholic Church in Richmond Hill shared a graphic on Facebook that encouraged anti-Trump protesters to commit suicide.

Priest apologizes for meme encouraging anti-Trump protesters to commit suicide

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Parishioners were distressed after a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn posted a meme on Facebook that encouraged Trump opponents to commit suicide.

Family members embrace in El Paso, Texas, during a massive reunion Jan. 28. Mexico's Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos says the country needs to ask migrants for forgiveness for the failure to provide opportunities at home.

Mexican archbishop: We need to ask emigrants for forgiveness for failure to provide

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MORELIA, Mexico – The head of an archdiocese in the western Mexican state of Michoacan has said the country needs to seek forgiveness for failing to provide for its people who seek a better life in the United States.

Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, who is affected by Donald Trump's travel ban, says it's difficult to distinguish between Christians and Muslims.

Trump ban will hurt Christian refugees fleeing conflict, says Iraqi Archbishop

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ROME – As confusion continued over President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim countries, Catholic leaders from Iraq are warning that the policy change will hurt thousands of Iraqi Christians languishing in Middle East refugee camps.

Father Emanuel Youkhana, an archimandrite of the Assyrian Church of the East, walks through the rubble of a demolished church in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 27.

Iraqi Christian leader visiting Mosul sees little future for Christians

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MOSUL, Iraq – As some residents of the city of Mosul celebrate their new freedom from the Islamic State group, an Iraqi Christian leader who visited the war-torn city said Christian residents are unlikely to return.

People protest against President Donald Trump's immigration policies during a demonstration near the White House in Washington Jan. 25.

Trump's ban on refugees prompts outcry from U.S. Catholic leaders

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's executive memorandum intended to restrict the entry of terrorists coming to the United States brought an outcry from Catholic leaders across the U.S.

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako says giving priorities to Christian refugees will fuel religious tensions in the Middle East

Iraqi patriarch: Fast track for Christian refugees will fuel tensions

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VATICAN CITY – Giving priority to Christian refugees for settlement programs would be "a trap" that discriminates and fuels religious tensions in the Middle East, said Iraq's Chaldean Catholic patriarch.

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