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News/International

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of Columbus attends the opening ceremonies of the 2015 World Meeting of Families Sept. 22 in Philadelphia.

Head of Knights urges action by U.S. after Kerry's genocide declaration

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WASHINGTON – If Christians and other religious minorities disappear in Iraq and Syria, "pluralism and stability leave with them," the head of the Knights of Columbus told a U.S. congressional commission April 19.

Students from the Catholic University in Nairobi, Kenya, light candles during a vigil Dec. 16 in solidarity with the Burundian peoplei. Violence from coordinated attacks on three Burundian army installations killed at least 87 people Dec. 12, an army spokesman said, showing the escalating turmoil over the disputed third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza.

Burundi’s Catholic Church labelled ‘terrorist’ by government

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A serious breakdown between the powerful Roman Catholic Church and the government in Burundi is raising concerns over stability in the East African nation, as senior government officials accuse the Church of sponsoring violence.

Vatican suspends outside audit while reviewing contract

Vatican suspends outside audit while reviewing contract

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VATICAN CITY – Four months after announcing it had hired the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an external audit of its finances, the Vatican has suspended the work underway.

Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England, speaks April 16 at the New Life Evangelical Church in Congleton. Bishop Davies welcomed a House of Commons motion to declare the actions of the Islamic State group as genocide.

British bishops welcome Commons vote to declare Islamic State atrocities 'genocide'

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LONDON – Catholic bishops have welcomed a unanimous vote by the House of Commons declaring atrocities committed by Islamic State as "genocide."

Coast Guard members help refugees to disembark April 17 at the port of Kalamata in Greece. The survivors told U.N. staff that they had been part of a group of between 100 and 200 people who departed from Libya the previous week. There are reports of up to 500 refugees drowning in the Mediterranean Sea.

Rescued refugees report hundreds drowned in Mediterranean

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ROME – The same day Pope Francis brought 12 Syrian refugees to Rome from Greece, a merchant ship rescued 41 refugees, including a three-year-old child. They told human rights workers they saw as many as 500 others drown when the refugees' boat sank.

Pro-life demonstrators gather outside the campus of Georgetown University in Washington April 20.

Planned Parenthood CEO at Georgetown dismissive of pro-life views

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WASHINGTON – Members of Georgetown Right to Life were hoping for dialogue with Cecile Richards, but complained after her April 20 speech that she was dismissive of anything spoken by pro-life students.

President Dilma Rousseff, who is facing impeachment by Brazil's National Congress

Brazilians dismayed as deputies cite God during impeachment vote

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SAO PAULO – Christian leaders said they felt uncomfortable that so many members of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies invoked religion as they voted to authorize an impeachment process for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

Syrian refugee children stand outside their school in Zahle, Lebanon, in the country's Bekaa Valley April 12. The international Catholic charity Caritas has been instrumental in helping Syrian refugees attend Lebanese public schools to continue their education.

Education, trauma counseling key to helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon

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ZAHLE, Lebanon – On a rainy spring day, the misery of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees is compounded as they shelter in dilapidated shanties dotting a long muddy swathe of the verdant Bekaa Valley.

Italian laywoman Francesca Chaouqui seen in a courtroom Nov. 24, the first day of the 'VatiLeaks' case at the Vatican.

Ex-Vatican PR consultant loves Trump even if Pope Francis doesn’t

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ROME – It’s hard to see how Francesca Chaouqui could find herself any more at odds with Pope Francis than she already is, given that the Italian PR consultant is on trial in the Vatican for leaking sensitive documents that made the pontiff’s reform efforts look bad.

A man stands in front his damaged house after shelling March 24 in the Ukrainian town of Makeevka.

Pope reminds world of suffering in war-torn Ukraine

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis' pleas for humanitarian aid for Ukraine is bringing needed attention to a forgotten war, said Ukrainian Catholic leaders.

Relatives carry the coffin of a relative on a vehicle in Pedernales, Ecuador, April 17, after an earthquake struck the previous day off the country's Pacific coast. At least 272 people died, nearly 3,000 were injured and thousands were left homeless in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake.

Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims

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WASHINGTON – Six members of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, including a young nun from Northern Ireland, are among the dead in the strongest earthquake to strike Ecuador since 1979.

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