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Scottish police has charged a 12 year-old boy for threatening and abusive behaviour following an incident where a "gang of youths" threw raw eggs and hurled "anti-Catholic abuse" at parishioners outside St. John and St. Columba's Church in Rosyth, Scotland.

Eggs and anti-Catholicism hurled at churchgoers in Scotland

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EDINBURGH, Scotland – A 12 year-old boy has been charged with threatening and abusive behaviour following an incident on Tuesday at a Catholic Church in Scotland.

Over the past 40 years, Mexico's Father Francisco Lopez Sedano has performed at at least 6,000 exorcisms.

After performing 6,000 exorcisms, this priest says the devil fears him

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Fr. Francisco Lopez Sedano is an 80-year-old Mexican exorcist. In the past 40 years of service, he has conducted at least 6,000 exorcisms.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Pope Francis and the late Israeli President Shimon Peres arrive for an invocation for peace in the Vatican Gardens June 8, 2014.

Vatican policy promotes access to Jerusalem, self-determination for all

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VATICAN CITY – The Vatican's hopes for a peace-filled world and its defence of the right to religious freedom have supported its consistent position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for 70 years.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is applauded as he arrives for his Jan. 20 swearing-in as the country's 45th president at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

'We will be protected by God,' Trump declares in inaugural address

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WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump told the nation in his inaugural address that it need not fear in the days ahead.

Protestors hold signs in Washington prior to the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's swearing-in as the country's 45th president Jan. 20.

Protesters take to streets of downtown Washington on Inauguration Day

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WASHINGTON – The inauguration parade route was an unexpectedly strange place for Suzzett and David Faby to find themselves in as they headed to celebrate Donald Trump, the man the Catholic couple voted for in the 2016 presidential election.

Artist Shepard Fairey, who created the 2008 "Hope" poster of Barack Obama, has produced a new set of images in time for Donald Trump's inauguration.

In a hijab at the inauguration, Muslim woman says: Here I am

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WASHINGTON – Baraa Ktiri didn't support Donald Trump for president and recoiled at the anti-Muslim bigotry she heard from his campaign.

U.S Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump stand for the singing of the national anthem after Trump's swearing-in as the country's 45th president at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Trump receives congratulations, caution from Trudeau and other political, religious leaders

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WASHINGTON – Words of congratulations as well as caution emerged from political and religious leaders as President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated Jan. 20, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

U.S. President Donald Trump places his hand on the Bible as he takes the oath of office administered by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts Jan. 20.

Pope offers prayers for Trump as he becomes 45th U.S. president

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis sent best wishes and prayers to incoming President Donald J. Trump shortly after he took the oath of office.

Pope Francis and Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, hold a codex containing five pages of Jewish biblical commentary during the pope's visit to the main synagogue in Rome Jan. 17, 2016.

Concert marks one year after Pope's historic synagogue visit

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ROME, Italy – One year after Pope Francis visited the Great Synagogue in Rome, the Hebrew Choir of Rome “Ha-Kol,” and the Choir of the Diocese of Rome joined together to give a concert Jan. 19 on the theme: “Sing to the Lord a new song."

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, who is vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gives the closing keynote address Jan. 19 at Vatican-sponsored conference on mass migration and humanitarianism at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles archbishop emphasizes dignity of immigrants on eve of Trump's inauguration

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LOS ANGELES – On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez renewed the call to recognize the humanity of immigrants at a Vatican-sponsored migration conference at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Panamanian flags are seen at World Youth Day 2016’s closing Mass in Krakow, Poland. The 2019 WYD in Panama will take place in January, rather than the usual time of July.

World Youth Day Panama will take place January 2019

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VATICAN CITY – Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta of Panama officially announced the dates of the next World Youth Day on Friday (Jan. 20), which is set to take place in January, rather than July as is usual, due to the weather.

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