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World Women’s Christian Temperance Union president Margaret Ostenstad of Norway gave a keynote address Aug. 18.

Temperance movement never more needed

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OTTAWA – Founded in the United States more than a century ago to battle the “evils of alcohol,” the World Women’s Christian Temperance Union has grown into a world-wide organization confronting 21st-century social ills that include everything from drug addiction to Internet pornography and human trafficking.

At CWL's annual convention, the League called on its members to pressure politicians to guarantee freedom-of-conscience protection for health care professionals.

CWL seeking protection of conscience in health care

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HALIFAX – The Catholic Women’s League of Canada is calling on its members to pressure politicians to guarantee freedom-of-conscience protection for healthcare institutions and medical practioners who refuse to participate directly or indirectly in providing assisted dying.

Sister Margaret Held, 68 and Sister Paula Merrill, 68 were found stabbed to death Aug. 25 in their Durant, Mississippi. At memorial Mass for the two on Aug. 29, the sisters were remembered for their generosity and service to Mississippi

At memorial, murdered nuns recalled for their generosity, service in Mississippi

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JACKSON, Miss. – The deaths of Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill demand justice, but not revenge, Franciscan Father Greg Plata said during a memorial Mass for the women religious in the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle.

Soldiers with Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual, the chief of staff of the South Sudan rebel troops, arrive in late April in Juba. Catholic missionaries from Solidarity with South Sudan chose to stay after a brutal attack on foreigners in the country's capital.

Catholic missionaries stay in South Sudan after attack on foreigners

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – While most expatriate aid workers left South Sudan after a brutal attack on foreigners in the capital, a group of Catholic missionaries chose to stay.

Father Andrea Santoro, seen here in 2005, was shot by then-16 year-old Oguzhan Akdin in 2006 at St. Mary Church in Trabzon, Turkey. Akdin was among thousands of prisoners released by the Turkish government following an attempted coup in July.

Turkey gives early release to man convicted of murdering priest

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ROME – A man imprisoned for killing an Italian Catholic priest in Turkey was released after serving almost half of his 18-year sentence.

Wounded soldiers lie on hospital beds Aug. 26 after a military operation against Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province, southern Philippines. A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines is backing a military campaign against Abu Sayyaf militants, who claim to have links with the Islamic State group.

Bishop in southern Philippines backs military push against Abu Sayyaf

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MANILA, Philippines – A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines is backing a military campaign against Abu Sayyaf militants, who claim to have links with the Islamic State group.

Riverside County Courthouse as seen in 2009. The county's superior court judge Daniel Ottolia ruled that he will not put California's new assisted-suicide law on hold while challenges by a group of doctors is ongoing.

Judge won’t stop California assisted suicide law or suit challenging it

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A California judge ruled Aug. 26 that he will not put the state's new assisted-suicide law on hold while a group of doctors are challenging it, but he also ruled that their challenge could continue.

Sister Margaret Held, 68, a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, and Sister Paula Merrill, 68, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Kentucky, are pictured in undated photos. The two women religious were found stabbed to death Aug. 25 in their Durant, Mississippi, home, police said.

Murdered nuns committed lives to serving poor, vulnerable people in Mississippi

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NAZARETH, Ky. – The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth commit in their mission statement to "risk their lives" in their ministry to the poor and vulnerable.

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako speaks to the media Aug. 9, 2014. The patriarch said Aug. 27 that it's about time Muslims and non-Muslims unite to end the spread of the Islamic State.

Stop the cancer of Islamic State, urges Iraq's Chaldean patriarch

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BAGHDAD – Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad called for a united and strong stance – by Muslims and non-Muslims alike – to stop the spread of the "cancer" of Islamic State and other terrorist groups.

Destroyed homes are seen Aug. 26 in Pescara del Tronto, Italy. Pope Francis said he was woken up by the 6.2 earthquake, which left hundreds dead and thousands homeless, when it happened.

Italian earthquake woke Pope Francis in the Vatican

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VATICAN CITY – While Pope Francis has expressed his sympathy for the victims of Italy’s devastating earthquake, few may have realized the pontiff himself was shaken by the 6.2 magnitude temblor as he slept at his residence inside the walls of the Vatican.

In a keynote address in Stockholm, Sweden Aug. 29, Cardinal Peter Turkson said its shameful that many around the world has no access to clean drinking water.

Shameful that need for clean water is not a priority, says cardinal

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VATICAN CITY – Allowing people to drink unsafe water or have no access to dependable, clean sources of water is shameful, Cardinal Peter Turkson told religious leaders.

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