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ROME – An Italian archbishop who served as the first apostolic nuncio to Mexico died May 27 at the age of 94.

Mexican people cry out for social change

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TORONTO – Mexico is ready for social change. The problem is that no one can agree on where to start, said Miguel Alvarez Gandara.

St. John XXIII's aide, oldest member College of Cardinals, dies at 100

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VATICAN CITY – The former secretary to a saint and the oldest member of the College of Cardinals died May 26 at the age of 100.

Slovak nun who died in Kenya to be buried in South Sudan, where she served

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NAIROBI, Kenya – The body of Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Veronika Theresia Rackova, 58, director of St. Bakhita Medical Center in Yei, South Sudan, will be interred in Yei, not in Kenya as earlier planned.

World organizations make education for child refugees a priority

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Inspired by the Syrian crisis, a global fund for education for refugee children, announced at the World Humanitarian Summit, was welcomed by aid groups, including Catholic organizations.

VatiLeaks: Investigator says consultant admitted leaking documents

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VATICAN CITY – A former consultant to a pontifical commission who denied to a Vatican court that she leaked documents about the Vatican's financial reform to an Italian journalist had admitted to sending the documents when she was first interrogated, a Vatican policeman said.

Pope meets with head of top Sunni Muslim university, easing past tension

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VATICAN CITY – After five years of tension and top-level silence, Pope Francis and the grand imam of one of the most important Sunni Muslim universities in the world embraced at the Vatican May 23.

Priest in Vietnam released before Obama's visit

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HUE, Vietnam – Father Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly, a human rights campaigner jailed by Vietnamese authorities, was released from prison three days ahead of the May 22 arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Speakers discuss refugees' plight, 'shared responsibility' for resettlement

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WASHINGTON – "There is a right to seek a better place for yourself and your children, but there is also a right to stay where you are," said Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick at a conference in Washington May 18.

Franciscan tasked with locating, preparing bones of Albania's martyrs

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SHKODER, Albania – Human bones, old shoes and deteriorating priest collars fill cardboard boxes in the office of Franciscan Brother Vincenzo Foca, an Italian who lives and works in Shkoder.

Archbishop: Anti-Semitism ‘embedded’ in British culture

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CANTERBURY, England – Anti-Semitism is “deeply embedded” in British culture, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said.